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__NOTOC__ <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Napoli BW 2013-05-16 16-24-01.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist]]====Creating a top ten list for books on Alexander the Great is not easy, since few ancient historical figures have been written about as much. Everything from his complex personality and his sexual life to his military and logistical tactics have been analyzed by historians. Alexander, simply put, stands out as unique among ancient historical figures for having so much detailed assessment made on his life and times.{{Mediawiki:kindlefireRead more|Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Conspiracy_of_Free_TradeA_Midwife's_Tale.jpg|thumbnail|left|175px150px]] ====[[The Conspiracy Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist]]====Most of us are familiar with a narrative of colonial America that focuses on the actions of our "Founding Fathers." But what of our "Founding Mothers"? This booklist compiles ten works that explore gender in colonial North America and provide an important lens through which we can view some of Free Tradethe formative events in our shared history. {{Read more|Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size: Interview 90%">[[File: Lighthouse.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]]====[[How Was the Lighthouse of Alexandria Destroyed?]]====Of all the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt still remain. War, neglect, and natural disasters have wiped them from the face of the earth with Marconly descriptions left by ancient historians and geographers, or perhaps an occasional coin or painting, as tokens of their greatness. {{Read more|How Was the Lighthouse of Alexandria Destroyed?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-William Palensize:90%">[[File:William_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[Best Gifts for History Lovers]]====It can sometimes be difficult to find the right gift for your history loving friend or spouse. Hopefully, we can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers. If in doubt, get a book. History lovers adore books. Some our recommendations are less academic then some of the books that appear on our other booklists, but they do represent outstanding recent books that most history lovers should enjoy. {{Read more|Best Gifts for History Lovers}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">Marc[[File:Spartacus -William Palen1960 - poster.png|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's new book 'Spartacus'?]]====The historical epic Spartacus (1960) is one of the best-known movies in cinema history. It caused a sensation on its release and was one of the most successful pictures of the 1960s. The movie was not only a commercial success it was a critical success and it received several Academy Awards. Spartacus was directed by the cinematic genius Stanley Kubrick. {{Read more|How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="Conspiracyfont-size:90%" >[[File:Last_Kingdom_2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Free Trade: Last Kingdom?]]====Season 2 is divided into two novels from the Saxon Tales series written by Bernard Cornwell, namely books 3 and 4 (Season 1 was books 1-2). The Anglonovels span roughly between 878-American Struggle over Empire 886 (Figure 1). The main focus for Season 2 in the first four episodes is Uhtred's quest to go north from Wessex into Northumbria, a less tamed area of England that is ruled more by Danes but their hold is somewhat less clear. Uhtred seeks his ancestral home in Bebbanburg (Bamburgh Castle) and Economic Globalisationalso wants revenge against Kjartan, 1846who killed is adopted Danish father. {{Read more|How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-1896'' size:90%">[[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 relevant not only 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 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 to historians the Confederacy across the United States?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:16307509620 d1ab80ba6b.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[What was lynching?]]====Lynching is often described as a form of imperialismextralegal, capitalismvigilante violence or justice; however, its meaning has evolved over time—from the tarring and economicsfeathering of individuals in the Colonial period to the lethal, but racial violence that proliferated in the South. According to Digital History, "Lynching received its name from Judge Charles Lynch, a Virginia farmer who punished outlaws and Tories with "rough" justice during the 2016 American presidential primary electionRevolution." The United States has a long history of vigilance committees whose purposes were to protect the community. According to Linda Gordon, “vigilantism generally means bypassing the legal procedures of the state and substituting direct, usually punitive and coercive action by self-appointed groups of citizens".{{Read more|What was lynching?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Tomb_of_Nakht.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[What Was the Importance of Alcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt?]]====There is a common misconception today that life in ancient Egypt was a dreary one for anyone not in the nobility. This image is probably at least partially derived from pop culture where scenes are common in movies that depict Egyptian peasants being worked to the death to make tombs and temples for their gods and kings. The reality is that although the ancient Egyptian social system was quite different from that of the modern world, and they had few of today’s modern conveniences, Egyptians from all social classes enjoyed a leisure culture that was not much different than today’s. {{Read more|What Was the Importance of Alcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:L'aquarium; vue intérieure.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How Did Public Aquariums Develop?]]====Large public aquariums have become fixtures in most major urban regions. Once againIn some places, free trade has they have become among the leading attractions for city tourism, where many aquariums have also expanded into conservation efforts and applied research along with being tourist destinations. The history of such aquariums is not completely modern, although the form in which we know aquariums today is mostly a central campaign issue during recent development. {{Read more|How Did Public Aquariums Develop?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Karl XII i Ystad 1715, målning av Johan Heinrich Wedekindt från 1719.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Why did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?]]====The failed invasion of Russia by Hitler and Napoleon are well known. Less well-known is invasion of Russia by the Swedes under their most famous king, Charles XII. Sweden in 1700 was the greatest Northern European power and this provoked the jealousy of its neighbors. This led to the Great Northern War. The culmination of this war was the Swedish monarch’s invasion of Russia and his subsequent defeat by Tsar Peter the Great at Poltava (1709).{{Read more|Why did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:The_Native_Ground.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How have Historians' perceptions of Native Americans changed?]]====In 1997, Kerwin Lee Klein, among others, observed that a presidential electionwholesale change had occurred in how historians portrayed Native American history. Previously, historians and ethnographers had focused on “the tragedy of the vanishing Indian.”[1] Many Americans, even those sympathetic to Native Americans, argued that Indians ultimately faced extinction. Even though this argument was undermined by the continued survival of Native Americans, scholars were slow to reject it. The Native American rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s emphasized the persistence of Native Americans. {{Read more|How have Historians' perceptions of Native Americans changed?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Abraham_Lincoln_Brigade. jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]] ====[[The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War]]====During the Spanish Civil War, approximately 2,800 American men and women answered the call from the Communist party to defend the Spanish republic from fascist aggression. These men and women served in the Fifteenth International Brigade and formed the Abraham Lincoln, Washington and MacKenzie-Papineau Battalions. These soldiers’ stories have been controversial, because 80 percent of these volunteers were Communists. {{Read more|The Conspiracy Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:American_Girls_in_Red_Russia.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg]]====Julia L. Mickenberg's new book American Girls in Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream published by the University of Chicago Press explores the history of the American women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, revolution, work and new life. After they moved to Russia they found challenges and hardships. Many were disturbed by both the conditions of the country and the treatment of Free Tradepeople by the new government. {{Read more|American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with MarcJulia Mickenberg}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File: GermanHyperChart.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]] ====[[What Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?]]====Among the defining features of early twentieth century Europe and one of the contributing factors to World War II, was the economic maelstrom known as “hyperinflation” that ravaged Germany from 1921 until 1923. Although the short period is often overlooked in popular histories of the period, there is no denying the impacts that the process had on Germany, Europe, and the world. {{Read more|What Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of 1921-William Palen1923?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:32936173946 bc0836c5c5 o.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[When did abortion become legal in the United States?]]====In colonial America, abortion was dealt with in a manner according to English common law. Abortion was typically only frowned upon, or penalized, when it occurred after “quickening,”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the fetus had manifested into its own separate being. Quickening could vary from women to woman, and sometimes as late as four months. {{Read more|When did abortion become legal in the United States?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File: Ancient_ziggurat.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]]====[[What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====The people of ancient Mesopotamia practiced a religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and the physical focal point of their religion were the monumental, triangular structures known as ziggurats. {{Read more|What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}

[[File: Battle_of_Fredericksburg,_Dec_13,_1862Immigrants_Ellis.pngjpg|thumbnail|left|195px200px]]==== [[Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger]] ====During David Roediger’s book <i>Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the American Civil War, Suburbs</i> continues his provocative exploration of whiteness studies by examining how southern and eastern European immigrants became white during the Battle first half of Fredericksburg was but one meeting ground of Irish immigrants from both the Union and Confederacytwentieth century. Once fellow countrymenRoediger argues that “the long, these soldiers were forced to assume new perspectives on their identities amidst the chaos of war. The ability to consider themselves Irish immigrants vanished when they donned a blue or gray uniformcircuitous process by which ‘new immigrants’ became ‘white ethnics’” matters.{{Read more| Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger}}

[[File:ReconstructionMarco Polo traveling.jpeg|left|thumbnail|left|135px200px]] ====[[19th Century Overview What Is the History of United States History Top Ten BooklistIce Cream?]]====These books each cover Ice cream has been a popular treat that many see today as having developed relatively recently, as ice cream usually requires a specific aspect or period form of refrigeration. While the 19th Century. This list modern form of ice cream is not meant to be comprehensiverelatively more recent, but it is designed to give you an overview the idea of the entire centuryice cream has been present for millennia. Each Ice treats, which eventually gave us ice cream, were refreshing snacks usually reserved for elites or those who can obtain ice in times of these books has an extremely wide scope and broad ambitionswarm or hot weather.{{Read more| 19th Century Overview What Is the History of United States History Top Ten BooklistIce Cream?}}

[[File:466px-John_TTod des Spartacus by Hermann Vogel._Hoffman_(portrait_by_Jacob_Lazarus).pngjpg|thumbnail|left|135px200px]]====[[What was the impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome? ]]====Spartacus was a Thracian and he had once fought with the Romans. According to Plutarch, he was enslaved by them after he had deserted. Due to his strength and military skills he was trained as a gladiator. In 73BC, he plotted to escape from his gladiatorial school, near Capua in southern Italy and was joined in the conspiracy by up to 100 other gladiators.{{Read more|What was the impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome?}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File:Hoecke_Croesus_showing_his_treasures.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did botched abortions spur Did Croesus Become the push for medical licensing Wealthiest Man in 19th Centurythe Ancient World?]]====In 1872According the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus, who has often been called the “father of history, American medicine ” the Lydian King Croesus (ruled ca. 560-540s BC) was completely unregulatedthe world’s wealthiest king who ruled the world’s wealthiest kingdom. Up until that point nothing When Salon, the legendary Athenian law giver, came to Lydia see the king’s wealth personally, Croesus immediately had occurred his servants “take him on a tour of the royal treasuries” in order to galvanize support for medical licensing until “point out the summer richness and magnificence of 1872everything. ”{{Read more|How did botched abortions spur Did Croesus Become the push for medical licensing Wealthiest Man in 19th Centurythe Ancient World?}}

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====[[Angels of What if the Underground: Interview with Theresa KaminskiVikings Never Invaded England?]]====The Oxford University Press recently published Theresa Kaminski's Angels Viking, or more accurately Danish and Norsemen, invasions of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese England in the Philippines in World War II. Kaminski's book follows 9th century CE (865) helped lead to what ultimately would become the lives united country of England. Before 865, England was divided into four American women who were stranded in the Philippines after Japan invaded during World War II. Publishers Weekly described her book as a "fastor sometimes more countries, populated by Angles and Saxons (or Anglo-paced true story" that documents how these women resisted Japanese occupationSaxons). {{Read more|Angels of What if the Underground: Interview with Theresa KaminskiVikings Never Invaded England?}}

[[File:Yemen landscape 051906roome_td_yale.jpgpng|thumbnail|left|thumb|175px250px]]====[[Did Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?]]====In 1905, American football faced an crisis. Far to many young men were being killed while playing football and no one was taking any serious actions to reduce the risks. The headline at the top of the right hand column in ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' on November 26, 1905 screamed, "Football Year's Death Harvest - Record Shows That Nineteen Players Have Been Killed; One Hundred Thirty-seven Hurt - Two Are Slain Saturday."{{Read more|Did Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File:Privateering.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[What was Privateering during the evolution War of water technologies like?1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]====The history During the War 1812, US and Canadian privateers fought most of water use the naval battles between the United States and technologies Great Britain. These privateers were comprised of captains who were motivated by the promise of profit to bring water fight for their countries. There was a strong legal framework in both the United States and Great Britain that normalized piracy. Canadian and American ship owners and investors took advantage of it and funded privateering outfits during the war. Needless to human societies is longsay, particularly in some privateers were incredibly risky investments.{{Read more|Privateering during the War of the world1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:Cayleff.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[Nature's most arid regions where human settled societies first beganPath: Interview with Susan E. Technologies Cayleff]]====At the very end of water also evolved as other technologies developed the 19th Century, a new system called naturopathy was created by Benedict and social organization and states changedLouisa Stroebel Lust. While we often think Unlike many of Roman aqueducts as a great marvelthe 19th Century medical systems created, which they werenaturopathy has persevered to this day. Naturopathic healing was founded and based on number of influences including botanics, other complex water technologieshydrotherapy, just as complexeclecticism, existed beforetemperance and vegetarianism.{{Read more|What was the evolution of water technologies like?Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff}}

[[File:Stele Naram Sim Louvre Sb4British_Lancers.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|150px200px]]====[[Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?]]====The Battle of the Somme or the Somme Offensive was a series of battles that occurred during the Summer and Autumn of 1916. It involved British and French forces launching a massive assault on the German lines in an effort to break the stalemate on the Western Front. The Battle was primarily a battle between the Germans and the British. The offensive achieved very little and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The British only advanced a few miles and the German lines held. The stalemate was not broken by the offensive. {{Read more|Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File:French_soldiers.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Did multiOrigins of World War One -cultural societies become widely accepted in ancient history?Top Ten Booklist]]====Multicultural societies are today common The First World War was an incredibly destructive and ubiquitous, but when wide ranging catastrophe. Not only did such societies become not only normal or typical but accepted or even celebrated? Most likely, multi-cultural societies begin it dramatically change the map of Europe and the world and it led to evolve early further instability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in prehistory, as ethnic groups migrated to regions and integrated into existing societieshuman history. There has long been a debate about the exact cause of the First World War. However, we rarely see multiculturalism celebrated until much later in historical periods when large states became The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand triggered the normwar but its ultimate causes were far more complex.{{Read more|Did multiOrigins of World War One -cultural societies become widely accepted in ancient history?Top Ten Booklist}}

==Articles==[[How did Phillip II of Macedon change Ancient Greek history?]]====Alexander the Great is one of the most famous men in history. However, it is generally recognized that Alexander’s achievements would have been impossible without his father, Philip II of Macedon, who reigned from 359 to 336 B.C. He is not as well-known as his son but he laid the foundations for the great Empire of Alexander.{{Read more|How did Phillip II of Macedon change Ancient Greek history?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:Egyptian kitchen Berlin 1.jpg|thumbnail|left|220px]]Articles =====[[How did kitchens develop?]]=====Few places in a home are wiki pages as important or symbolic for our social bonds than the kitchen. In almost every culture, the kitchen serves not only as the place where food is prepared, but serves as a social hub for families and friends. Humans develop deep social bonds with history essays written by family and friends in their kitchen. The kitchen does not simply provide for our daily nutrition but also helps to reinforce our experts social character. Whether humans are cooking around a fire or chopping vegetables on a granite counter-top, they are also interacting with one another. {{Read more|How did kitchens develop?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:Christiaan_Barnard_(1968).jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[When did the First Heart Transplant take place?]]====When Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant in 1967, it was initially seen as remarkable scientific achievement, but overtime both the medical community and the general public were forced to re-evaluate heart transplants. The medical community quickly realized that the first transplants were little more than dangerous and your contributionsunpredictable experiments.{{Read more|When did the First Heart Transplant take place?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:Keller.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Why Did Helen Keller Become a Socialist?]]====Helen Keller (1880–1967) is best known for her triumph over blindness, deafness, and muteness. Rescued from the isolation of her afflictions as a young girl by the Perkins Institute for the Blind teacher Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to understand a basic form of sign language and learned to “feel” and imitate the sound of the human voice. {{#dplRead more|Why Did Helen Keller Become a Socialist?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:categoryAnthophyllite_asbestos_SEM.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[When was Mesothelioma First Diagnosed?]]====The history of Mesothelioma is complicated. Medicine struggled to establish its existence and understand what caused it. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that forms on the "tissues that cover the lungs and abdomen." Mesothelioma is typically tied to the exposure of people to asbestos in either their environment or workplace.{{Read more|When was Mesothelioma First Diagnosed?}}</div> <div class=Wikis"portal" >[[File:Rabbbi's_Atheist_.jpeg|thumbnail|left|ordermethod200px]] ====[[The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson]]===firstedit=History is fickle. During the 19th Century, Ernestine Rose was one of the most important and famous international advocates for feminism, free thought and anti-slavery. She worked closely with renowned figures in this movement such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Despite her contributions to feminism, atheism, and anti-slavery, since her death she has slowly been erased from history. {{Read more|orderThe Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson}}</div> <div class="portal" style=descending"font-size:90%">[[File:Skythian_archer_plate_BM_E135_by_Epiktetos.jpg|countthumbnail|200px|left]]====15[[When did Men Start Wearing Pants?]]====Why did humans start wearing pants? To answer this question it’s important to understand two things - first, what were the earliest forms of clothing and how did they evolve into pants and secondly, why did a need for pants develop? It is also helpful to define what is meant by pants - specifically a bifurcated garment for the bottom half of the body which covers from waist to the lower leg. It is also helpful to define what is meant by pants - specifically a bifurcated garment for the bottom half of the body which covers from waist to the lower leg. {{Read more|When did Men Start Wearing Pants?}}

[[File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit for my series headline photo.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[What Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?]]====June 6, 1944 was arguably the most pivotal day of World War II. Operation Overlord was set to be launched and if successful, was to open a second front in Europe so as to attack Germany from all sides. Stalin’s Soviet Army had been battling the German Army since late 1942 in Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Moscow. {{Read more|What Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?}}</div> <div class="portal">====[[Book Review: "The Assassin's Accomplice."]]==Interviews==These are our interviews with historians discussing their new books[[File:Assassins_accomplice.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]Kate Clifford Larson's book The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln is a well-researched narrative exploring the prosecution of Mary Surratt. The Assassin’s Accomplice details the events that revolved around Mrs. Surratt in the days and weeks leading up to the assassination of President Lincoln.{{#dplRead more|Book Review:category"The Assassin's Accomplice."}}</div> <div class="portal">====[[How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity?]]====Interviews[[File:Black pepper (By R.Boroujerdi).jpeg|left|ordermethodthumb|205px]]Visiting a restaurant in the Western world or even a home often means finding salt and black pepper as common condiments on the table used to give taste to our dishes. Salt has been native to many regions and is commonly found; however, black pepper was a far more limited plant (Piper nigrum) that natively grew in South and Southeast Asia.{{Read more|How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity?}}</div> <div class=firstedit"portal" >[[File:Almost_a_Miracle.jpg|thumbnail|left|order200px]]====[[American Revolution Top Ten Booklist]]====descendingOn July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed by the Continental Congress. This act was only the first step towards the creation of the United States. The impact of this revolution cannot be ignored. {{Read more|countAmerican Revolution Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class=15"portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Pinkertons.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 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 and as these partnerships grew the Pinkertons' role increased dramatically. {{Read more|Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara}}

[[File:652px-First_Oil_Well.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?]]==Booklists==Includes both Expert Even though there was no one "first discover" of oil. Oil was known in antiquity when it was used to heal wounds. But by the middle of the 19th century methods for collecting oil from the ground had not changed for thousands of years. Edwin Drake's oil fundamentally changed this process and User created Top Ten History Booklistsdramatically increased oil production around the world.{{#dpl:category=Booklists|ordermethod=firsteditRead more|order=descending|count=15How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?}}

==Blog Roll==[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====[[File:American_Colossus.jpeg|left|thumb|125px]]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. 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.{{Template:Blog RollRead more|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist}}

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