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==[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]==

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==[[Causes of World War II Top Ten Booklist]]==

The second world war was arguably the most catastrophic war in human history. The origins of the second world war in Europe are complex and controversial. The following article is a list of ten books that provide different perspectives on the root causes of the second world.

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==[[How Did the German Military Develop Blitzkrieg?]]==

The early German victories in Poland, Norway, France, the Low Countries, the Balkans, North Africa, and Russia form an impressive list of military triumphs. What was more, these triumphs were accomplished with great speed and fairly modest cost to the Germans. Indeed, these victories were so striking that they gave rise to the myth of German military supremacy—a myth that has persisted to this day.

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==[[Interview:Pigs, Parks, and Power in the Antebellum City: Interview with Catherine McNeur]]==

Two hundred years ago, instead of being littered with gleaming glass towers and skyscrapers, Manhattan was home to thousands of wandering pigs and livestock. Antebellum Manhattan bore little resemblance to modern Manhattan's gleaming skyline.

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==[[History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist]]==

These are our Top Ten History of Sex books (American Version). As per usual, we included some caveats and and explanations for our selections.

First, this is a history of sex / history of sexuality list. We understand that there is a distinction but, for us, these two things blur together.

==[[How did ancient Professional Armies develop?]]==

Warfare has been a constant throughout human history and conflict can certainly be traced back to our hominid ancestors in our evolutionary past. While technology today is often used as the distinguishing characteristic of warfare, the development of the professional army, that is fulltime soldiers and formations of a standing army, was also an important factor in making warfare an affair conducted throughout the year and allowed the establishment of large-scale states and empires to be possible.

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==[[How Did Early Mathematics Evolve?]]==

Mathematics today profoundly affects our societies and has had a lasting impact on science and technology. However, before Greek mathematicians developed many wonderful achievements in this area, what are the origins of mathematics and how did this field evolve in its early history?[1]

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