DNA study opens a window into African civilisations that left a lasting legacy: Stone obelisks stand tall in Aksum, Ethiopia. This city was once the capital of a kingdom spanning northeast Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Shutterstock / Artist Pre-colonial African history is alive with tales of civilisations rising and falling and of different cultures …
Salman Rushdie’s attack was an assault on free speech – but not a clash of civilisations: The author Salman Rushdie has been stabbed at a talk in New York in the US. A. Astes/Alamy On August 12, the author Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times on stage at a literary festival in New York state. …
Big gods came after the rise of civilisations, not before, finds study using huge historical database: What came first – all-seeing Gods or complex societies? God the Father and Angel, Guercino Giovan Francesco Barbieri via Wikimedia Commons When you think of religion, you probably think of a god who rewards the good and punishes the …