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How Did Slavery Develop
...as been used as a form of punishment or to deal with prisoners of war. The history of this institution has, however, evolved over the millennia. ...he origins of slavery, see: Heuman, G. J. (Ed.). (2012). The Routledge History of Slavery (1. publ. in paperback). London: Routledge.</ref>. Initially

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Ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate and Late Periods Top Ten Booklist
...alysis of Egyptian, Assyrian, biblical, and Greek primary sources, eminent British Egyptologist, Kenneth Kitchen, presents the first and most accurate chronol ...rstand ancient Egypt’s Late Period – or any period in ancient Egyptian history for that matter – will fall short if the textual/historiographical eviden

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How did the game of golf emerge
...gins of Golf, with Sidelights on Polo.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 19 (1): 2–30. doi:10.1080/714001691. ...h. By 1787, in Blackheath, London, the first UK club was formed.<ref>For a history on early golf clubs, rules, and development of the sport in the 17th and 18

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How did universities develop
...op economic success, where universities play a critical role. However, the history of universities was very different, and these institutions were first relat ...Giovanni, John R. Catan, and Giovanni Reale. 1990. Plato and Aristotle. A History of Ancient Philosophy, Giovanni Reale ; 2. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New

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How historically accurate is Braveheart
...kirk in Wallace's life, see: Hamilton, J. S. (2010). The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty. London ; New York: Continuum, pg. 79.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]

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How Historically Accurate is Alexander
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] ...gory:Ancient History]] [[Category:Historically Accurate]] [[Category:Greek History]]

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How Did Firefighting Develop
...rtments and respondent to events. As with other institutions, however, the history of firefighting is complicated and influenced by the major technical and so ====Early History====

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How Did Roads Develop
...elation to royal roads, see: Briant, P. (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: a history of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, pg. 364.</ref> ...oved roads, see: Guildi, E.J. 2001. The Road to Rule: The Expansion of the British Road Network, 1726--1848. Proquest.</ref> Such types of roads remained comm

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
====History and Key Events==== ...ntext ; Essays in Honour and Memory of Walter C. Utt. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 156. Leiden: Brill.</ref>

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D-Day: What Factors Were Considered When Planning Operation Overlord
...y patrol the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Michael J. Lyons,'' World War II: A Short History,'' 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2010), 246. For an excel ...as designated as the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. British General Bernard Montgomery was charged with the command of all Allied groun

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of The Last Kingdom
====Anglo-Saxon and Danish History and Culture==== ...341&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ff5b5676acff27932d33829e68aa84b0 A history of the Vikings] (2nd ed). London ; New York: Oxford University Press.

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Victoria
...) who ruled at a time when there were many social and technical changes in British society during the 19th century. Her long rule also saw the United Kingdom ...n der Kiste, J. (2009) Queen Victoria’s children. 2nd ed. Stroud, History Press.</ref>

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What was the impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII on English Society?
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What Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day
...milar operation to secure access to the Sword, Gold, and Juno Beaches. The British divisions achieved a greater measure of success than the Americans. ...Pointe du Hoc at 0710 hours.<ref>Michael J. Lyons, ''World War II: A Short History,'' 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2010), 250.</ref>

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How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity
...Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route. The California World History Library 18. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> ...i> The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery. 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed. New York: Palgrave Macmil

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How Did Wine Develop
...with religion, cooking, feasting, and our forms of social gatherings. The history of wine also shows it has long been associated with human societies since t ...<ref>For more on rice and palm wine, see: Cyrus Redding, Redding. 2008. History and Description of Modern Wines. Place of publication not identified: A

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What textiles were British women bringing with them to India
...ate, as much as was possible, the comforts of the homes left behind on the British Isles. One of the main ways of doing this was through the liberal use of te ...onial system of government. At the same time, the interactions between the British and the native Indians changed to match the political situation. Where befo

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What is the Deep Impact of Ferrous Metallurgy
...eadrick, Daniel R. 2009. Technology: A World History. The New Oxford World History. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 37.</ref> ...on the spread of iron making technology, see: Schenck, Helen R.. 1980. History of Technology: The Role of Metals. University of Pennsylvania Museum.</

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What is the Deep Impact of Gold
...ns, and culture, see: Bernstein, Peter L. 2004. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession. Illustrated ed. New York: Wiley.</ref> ...iu C. 2011. Money and Market in the Economy of All Times: Another World History of Money and Pre-Money Based Economies. London and New York.</ref>

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A Study of Subaltern Studies
...icle "Situating and Rethinking Subaltern Studies for Writing Working Class History" that point out the archival limitations mentioned above, as well as many o ...nd profound critique of Subaltern Studies in the introduction to the book, History after the Three Worlds. They voice fears that Postmodernism, Multiculturali

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