Documents That Changed The World

Agreed between King John and his barons at Runnymede, as the first document to limit the power of the monarchy and assert the certain liberties granted to free men, the medieval Great Charter of...

After many years of negotiations with the Tsar, the United States buys Russia’s huge frozen chunk of North America for two cents per acre, leaving some Americans to question if Alaska’s worth that much....

Although the first invention occurred much earlier in China and Korea, the genesis of modern printing by means of a printing press using metal movable type is rightly traced to Gutenberg ’s publication of...

A visionary reformer recognizes the need for improved public transportation to and from London, and his relentless campaign to build a subterranean iron road beneath the teeming city finally becomes realized only a few...