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__NOTOC__<div class="portal">[[File:PinkertonsDailyhistory.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara]]====In 1850, Allan Pinkerton founded a detective agency that would grow into the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Pinkerton's agency org is easily the most famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investigate their employees and catch train robbers. But over time, the Pinkertons developed an intimate relationship with the federal government Amazon Associate and as these partnerships grew the Pinkertons' role increased dramatically. {{Read more|Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:Confederate_monument_Elmira_NY.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Why are there so many Monuments to the Confederacy across the United States?]]====As one travels across the southern United States, it is not unusual to find monuments and memorials to the Confederate dead in many small towns. In fact, these sculptural pieces, often composed of the same statues and plinths earns money from the Monumental Bronze Co. of Bridgeport, Conn., can be found as far north as Pennsylvania and New York. A study in 2016 found some 1,500 monuments still standing. While in recent years these monuments have become a new source of political conversation their very erection was a movement by Confederate women. {{Read more|Why are there so many Monuments links (primarily to the Confederacy across the United States?}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:Tissot Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[History of God Top Ten Booklist]]====The concept of God and his historical development is an extraordinarily complex topic and it is not easily addressed in ten books. These books seek attempt to explain a complex story on how the concept of God developed in different cultures, places, and across time. The history of the idea of God is long and has its roots ) from prehistoric to early historic periods in the ancient Near EastAmazon. Later cultures developed concepts that derive from ancient Iran, Greece, Egypt, and perhaps other regions.{{Read more|History of God Top Ten Booklist}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:William-wallace-monument-1256291 1280.jpeg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How historically accurate is Braveheart?]]====Braveheart was a popular movie released in 1995 that won 5 Oscars and featured Mel Gibson as William Wallace. Wallace was a Scottish knight who became a hero in the Scottish rebellions against the English in the late 13th and early 14th century. The movie helped to inspire Scottish national pride while also, to some, represent an early, Medieval warrior who fought for freedom for himself and his people. While much of the story depicted did occur, including the English occupation of Scotland during the time of Edward I, king of England, the depiction of the revolt against the English and other events do not correspond well to historical accounts.{{Read more|How historically accurate is Braveheart?}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File: Drysocks.JPG |thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen?]]=A Great Resource for History Teachers===Bill Mauldin once said that the infantryman “gives more and gets less than anybody else.” He knew this from his experience on the front lines with K Company, 180th Infantry Regiment, of the 45th Division. Mauldin went through basic training as an infantryman and stayed with his regiment throughout the invasion of Sicily and the Allied campaign up the boot of Italy. The talented cartoonist succeeded in ruffling the feathers of the “brass” all the way up to General George Patton.{{Read more|What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen?}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:Brykczynski-Primed-for-Violence-c.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====* [[Primed 51 Great Online Resources for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski]]====Paul Brykczynski's new book Primed for Violence: Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland published by the University of Wisconsin Press explores the tragic efforts of the Polish people to create a new democratic state after electing their first President, Gabriel Narutowicz.{{Read more|Primed for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:leecover.jpg|thumbnail|120px|left]]====[[American Civil War Biographies Top Ten Booklist]]====The library of texts pertaining to the Civil War Era ranges from scholarly research to pure fiction. Some of the most informative works come in the biography genre. The countless memoirs and autobiographies are essential to professional researchers and historians and have proved indispensable to the modern biographer. {{Read more|American Civil War Biographies Top Ten Booklist}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:Housesteads latrines.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did Public Sanitation Develop?]]====With the beginning of settled life, a new problem arose as people began to live in one place throughout the year. That problem was public sanitation. With increased population, the need to adequately remove human waste and maintain relatively clean water supplies became an increasing challenge.By prehistory, this challenge was addressed in societies, with increasing sophistication as cities grew and became more complex. {{Read more|How did Public Sanitation Develop?}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:America's_Constitution.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[American Legal History Top Ten BooklistTeachers]]====These are our Top Ten legal history books. Why do we like these books? Besides being awesome, we believe that these are some of the most exciting legal history books we have read. These books helped us think about legal history in new ways. {{Read more|American Legal History Top Ten Booklist}}</div><div class="portal">[[File:Florence_Cathedral.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Why did the Italian Renaissance End?]]====The Italian Renaissance was one of the most exciting periods in human civilisation. It witnessed a great flourishing of the arts, literature, philosophy, architecture and politics. Many of the greatest figures in World Civilisation appeared during the Renaissance in Italy, including Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli and Raphael.{{Read more|Why did the Italian Renaissance End?}}</div>

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The oil was essential for the German war machine. Hitler knew this – instead of opting for concentrating all his forces on the conquest of the oil fields, he made perhaps a fateful mistake.{{Read more* [[Ancient History Study Guide|Why did Germany lose the Battle of Stalingrad?}}Ancient History]]</div>* [[Roman History Study Guide|Roman History]] <div class="portal">* [[Renaissance History Study Guide|Renaissance History]] * [[File:portraitbowie.jpgAncient Greek Study Guide|thumbnailAncient Greek History]] * [[Ancient Egypt Study Guide|leftAncient Egypt History]] * [[The History of Things Guide|200pxThe History of Things]]----- ====United States History====[[The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie{{#dpl: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?]]category=United States History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=20}}Directly or indirectly, Jim Bowie’s enigmatic illness resulted from his own actions. A hearty man of six feet in height, Bowie was a walking contradiction; a slave trader who fought for freedom, a generous and congenial man who called out his thunderous temper on a whim, and a commanding leader who was prone to binges of sloppy drunkenness.-----{{Read more|The Mysterious Illness of Jim BowieMediaWiki: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?LongerAd}}</div>----- <div class="portal">===Myths and Gods====[[File{{#dpl:Anonymous_-_Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpgcategory= Myths and Gods |thumbnailordermethod=firstedit|leftorder=descending|200px]]count=20}}----- ====Booklists====* [[Origins of the French Revolution - https://dailyhistory.org/African_American_History_Top_Ten_Booklist African American History Top Ten Booklist]]{{#dpl:category=Booklists |ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=20}}The French Revolution has been seen as a world-altering event. The revolution demolished a long standing monarchy and showed that it was a natural form of government. The Revolution also showed that it was possible to change society, using reason, for the better and worse. The French Revolution inspired many to agitate for democracy and equality around the world. ---- ====World War I===={{Read more#dpl:category=World War One History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|Origins of the French Revolution - Top Ten Booklistcount=15}}</div><div class="portal">-----[[File:American_Colossus.jpeg||left|thumb|300px]]====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]World War II====Creating a Top Ten List for the Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of outstanding books on this period. These books are a selection of our favorites. Most of these books are focused on trying to define this era as whole, instead of focusing on a single issue. In other words, several of these books are seeking to create a grand narrative of the era to help their readers understand it. {{Read more#dpl:category=World War Two History|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklistordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=12}}</div>----

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