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__NOTOC__<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:PinkertonsSpartacus - 1960 - poster.jpgpng|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul OHow accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'Hara?]]====In 1850, Allan Pinkerton founded 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 detective agency that would grow into critical success and it received several Academy Awards. Spartacus was directed by the Pinkertoncinematic genius Stanley Kubrick. {{Read more|How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's National Detective Agency'Spartacus'?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Last_Kingdom_2. Pinkerton's agency jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?]]====Season 2 is easily divided into two novels from the most famous Saxon Tales series written by Bernard Cornwell, namely books 3 and infamous security guard and detective agency 4 (Season 1 was books 1-2). The novels span roughly between 878-886 (Figure 1). The main focus for Season 2 in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency first four episodes is Uhtred's quest to help railroad companies investigate go north from Wessex into Northumbria, a less tamed area of England that is ruled more by Danes but their employees hold is somewhat less clear. Uhtred seeks his ancestral home in Bebbanburg (Bamburgh Castle) and catch train robbers. But over timealso wants revenge against Kjartan, the Pinkertons developed an intimate relationship with the federal government and as these partnerships grew the Pinkertons' role increased dramaticallywho killed is adopted Danish father. {{Read more|Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'HaraHow Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?}}
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====[[Why are there so many Monuments to the Confederacy across the United States?]]====
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Tissot Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem16307509620 d1ab80ba6b.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[History of God Top Ten BooklistWhat was lynching?]]====Lynching is often described as a form of extralegal, vigilante violence or justice; however, its meaning has evolved over time—from the tarring and feathering of individuals in the Colonial period to the lethal, 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 American Revolution." The concept United States has a long history of God vigilance committees whose purposes were to protect the community. According to Linda Gordon, “vigilantism generally means bypassing the legal procedures of the state and his historical development is an extraordinarily complex topic substituting direct, usually punitive and it 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 easily addressed in ten booksthe nobility. These books seek attempt 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 explain 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 complex story on how leisure culture that was not much different than today’s. {{Read more|What Was the concept Importance of God developed 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 different culturesmost major urban regions. In some places, placesthey have become among the leading attractions for city tourism, where many aquariums have also expanded into conservation efforts and across timeapplied research along with being tourist destinations. The history of such aquariums is not completely modern, although the idea form in which we know aquariums today is mostly a 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 God Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?]]====The failed invasion of Russia by Hitler and Napoleon are well known. Less well-known is long invasion of Russia by the Swedes under their most famous king, Charles XII. Sweden in 1700 was the greatest Northern European power and has this provoked the jealousy of its roots from prehistoric 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 early historic periods conquer Russia in 1708?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:The_Native_Ground.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How have Historians's perceptions of Native Americans changed?]]====In 1997, Kerwin Lee Klein, among others, observed that a wholesale change had occurred in how historians portrayed Native American history. Previously, historians and ethnographers had focused on “the tragedy of the ancient Near Eastvanishing Indian. Later cultures developed concepts that derive from ancient Iran”[1] Many Americans, Greeceeven those sympathetic to Native Americans, Egyptargued 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 perhaps other regions1970s emphasized the persistence of Native Americans.{{Read more|History How have Historians's perceptions of God Top Ten BooklistNative Americans changed?}}
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<div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:William-wallace-monument-1256291 1280Abraham_Lincoln_Brigade.jpegjpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How historically accurate is Braveheart?The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War]]====Braveheart was a popular movie released in 1995 that won 5 Oscars During the Spanish Civil War, approximately 2,800 American men and featured Mel Gibson as William Wallace. Wallace was a Scottish knight who became a hero in women answered the Scottish rebellions against call from the English Communist party to defend the Spanish republic from fascist aggression. These men and women served in the late 13th Fifteenth International Brigade and early 14th century. The movie helped to inspire Scottish national pride while also, to someformed the Abraham Lincoln, represent an early, Medieval warrior who fought for freedom for himself Washington and his peopleMacKenzie-Papineau Battalions. While much of the story depicted did occur, including the English occupation of Scotland during the time of Edward I, king of EnglandThese soldiers’ stories have been controversial, the depiction because 80 percent of the revolt against the English and other events do not correspond well to historical accountsthese volunteers were Communists. {{Read more|How historically accurate is Braveheart?The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War}}
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[[File:OriginsAmericanReligiousNationalismAmerican_Girls_in_Red_Russia.pngjpg|thumbnail|200pxleft|left150px]]====[[Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and ChristianityAmerican Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Sam HaselbyJulia Mickenberg]]====The Oxford University Press has released Sam HaselbyJulia L. Mickenberg's new book <i>The Origins American Girls in Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream published by the University of Chicago Press explores the history of the American Religious Nationalism</i> in a women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, revolution, work and new affordable paperback versionlife. This is a fantastic book that has been getting praise from prominent historians since it was originally releasedAfter they moved to Russia they found challenges and hardships. Gordon Wood described his book in Many were disturbed by both the New York Review conditions of Books as an "impressive the country and powerfully argued book - that ....it was American Protestantism and not any sort the treatment of classical republicanism that was most important in shaping people by the development of American nationalismnew government." {{Read more|Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and ChristianityAmerican Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Sam HaselbyJulia Mickenberg}}
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====[[What Was Were the Importance Causes of Bill Mauldin to WWII InfantrymenGermany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?]]====Bill Mauldin once said that Among the infantryman “gives more defining features of early twentieth century Europe and gets less than anybody else.” He knew this from his experience on one of the front lines with K Company, 180th Infantry Regimentcontributing factors to World War II, of was the 45th Divisioneconomic maelstrom known as “hyperinflation” that ravaged Germany from 1921 until 1923. Mauldin went through basic training as an infantryman and stayed with his regiment throughout Although the invasion short period is often overlooked in popular histories of Sicily and the Allied campaign up period, there is no denying the boot of Italy. The talented cartoonist succeeded in ruffling impacts that the feathers of the “brass” all process had on Germany, Europe, and the way up to General George Pattonworld.{{Read more|What Was Were the Importance Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen1921-1923?}}
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====[[Primed for Violence When did abortion become legal in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynskithe United States?]]====Paul Brykczynski's new book Primed for Violence: MurderIn colonial America, Antisemitismabortion was dealt with in a manner according to English common law. Abortion was typically only frowned upon, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland published by or penalized, when it occurred after “quickening,”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the University of Wisconsin Press explores the tragic efforts of the Polish people fetus had manifested into its own separate being. Quickening could vary from women to create a new democratic state after electing their first Presidentwoman, Gabriel Narutowiczand sometimes as late as four months.{{Read more|Primed for Violence When did abortion become legal in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynskithe United States?}}
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[[File:leecoverAncient_ziggurat.jpg|150px|thumbnail|120px|left]]====[[American Civil War Biographies Top Ten BooklistWhat Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====The library people of texts pertaining ancient Mesopotamia practiced a religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and the Civil War Era ranges from scholarly research to pure fiction. Some physical focal point of their religion were 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 biographermonumental, triangular structures known as ziggurats. {{Read more|American Civil War Biographies Top Ten BooklistWhat Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}
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[[File:Housesteads latrinesImmigrants_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did Public Sanitation Develop?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger]]====With David Roediger’s book <i>Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the beginning Suburbs</i> continues his provocative exploration of settled life, a new problem arose as people began to live in one place throughout whiteness studies by examining how southern and eastern European immigrants became white during the year. That problem was public sanitation. With increased population, first half of the need to adequately remove human waste and maintain relatively clean water supplies became an increasing challengetwentieth century.By prehistoryRoediger argues that “the long, this challenge was addressed in societies, with increasing sophistication as cities grew and circuitous process by which ‘new immigrants’ became more complex‘white ethnics’” matters. {{Read more|How did Public Sanitation Develop?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger}}
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[[File:Florence_CathedralTod des Spartacus by Hermann Vogel.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Why did What was the Italian Renaissance Endimpact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome?]]====The Italian Renaissance Spartacus was one of a Thracian and he had once fought with the most exciting periods in human civilisationRomans. According to Plutarch, he was enslaved by them after he had deserted. It witnessed Due to his strength and military skills he was trained as a great flourishing of the artsgladiator. In 73BC, literaturehe plotted to escape from his gladiatorial school, philosophy, architecture near Capua in southern Italy and politics. Many of the greatest figures was joined in World Civilisation appeared during the Renaissance in Italy, including Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli and Raphaelconspiracy by up to 100 other gladiators.{{Read more|Why did What was the Italian Renaissance Endimpact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome?}}
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[[File:Gregory-American-Surveillance-cHoecke_Croesus_showing_his_treasures.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony GregoryHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?]]====The United States According the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus, who has often been conducting surveillance called the “father of its citizens since it history,” the Lydian King Croesus (ruled ca. 560-540s BC) was createdthe world’s wealthiest king who ruled the world’s wealthiest kingdom. When Salon, but the ability of any government legendary Athenian law giver, came to spy Lydia see the king’s wealth personally, Croesus immediately had his servants “take him on its citizens has dramatically improved a tour of the royal treasuries” in order to “point out the digital age. How should United States balance national security richness and personal privacy? Does the Constitution provide adequate protection against unrestricted government surveillance? What can advocates do to strengthen personal privacy rights? These concerns will only intensify in the years to comemagnificence of everything.”{{Read more|American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony GregoryHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?}}
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[[File:662px-Official_Francisco_Franco1906roome_td_yale.jpgpng|thumbnail|left|thumb|200px250px]]====[[What were the Root Causes of the Spanish Civil WarDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?]]====Spain was a very dividedIn 1905, unstable American football faced an crisis. Far to many young men were being killed while playing football and weak country in no one was taking any serious actions to reduce the 19th centuryrisks. Once a great power, Spain lost almost The headline at the last top of its colonies after it defeat in the Spanish-American war.[1] It was technically a monarchy, but power had frequently been right hand column in the hands of military dictators. ''The country was bitterly divided. The acute poverty of the Spanish people meant that many were drawn to CommunismChicago Sunday Tribune'' on November 26, 1905 screamed, Anarchism and Socialism"Football Year's Death Harvest - Record Shows That Nineteen Players Have Been Killed; One Hundred Thirty-seven Hurt - Two Are Slain Saturday."{{Read more|What were the Root Causes of the Spanish Civil WarDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?}}
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====[[Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]====
During the War 1812, US and Canadian privateers fought most of the naval battles between the United States and Great Britain. These privateers were comprised of captains who were motivated by the promise of profit to 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 say, privateers were incredibly risky investments.{{Read more|Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert}}
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====[[Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff]]====
At the very end of the 19th Century, a new system called naturopathy was created by Benedict and Louisa Stroebel Lust. Unlike many of the 19th Century medical systems created, naturopathy has persevered to this day. Naturopathic healing was founded and based on number of influences including botanics, hydrotherapy, eclecticism, temperance and vegetarianism. {{Read more|Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff}}
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====[[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?}}
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====[[Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist]]====
The First World War was an incredibly destructive and wide ranging catastrophe. Not only did it dramatically change the map of Europe and the world and it led to further instability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in human history. There has long been a debate about the exact cause of the First World War. The assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand triggered the war but its ultimate causes were far more complex. {{Read more|Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist}}
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====[[What was used for birth control in medieval Europe?]]====
Birth is a universal experience for humanity and therefore, so is conception. This makes the issue of contraception one which stretched back into antiquity. While this topic is frequently in modern news, the historic practices of contraception and the specific methods utilized are rarely touched upon. {{Read more|What was used for birth control in medieval Europe?}}
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====[[What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution?]]====
The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to put George Washington in charge of the Continental Army in 1775. Washington was only 43 years old at the time, a gentleman planter and local Virginian politician. {{Read more|What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution?}}
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====[[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?}}
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=====[[How did kitchens develop?]]=====
Few places in a home are 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 family and friends in their kitchen. The kitchen does not simply provide for our daily nutrition but also helps to reinforce our 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?}}
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====[[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 unpredictable experiments.{{Read more|When did the First Heart Transplant take place?}}
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====[[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. {{Read more|Why Did Helen Keller Become a Socialist?}}
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====[[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?}}
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====[[The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson]]====
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|The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter: Interview with Bonnie S. Anderson}}
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====[[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?}}
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[[File:VDC_book_coverInto_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit for my series headline photo.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[Fate of What Mistakes did the Revolution: Interview with Lorri GloverAllies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?]]====Starting in 1787June 6, states began to ratify 1944 was arguably the newly drafted federal Constitution which would determine the fate most pivotal day of the new American RepublicWorld War II. In order for the Constitution Operation Overlord was set to go in effectbe launched and if successful, nine of the states needed was to agree open a second front in Europe so as to the documentattack Germany from all sides. While five states quickly ratified Stalin’s Soviet Army had been battling the Constitution between December 1787 and January 1788German Army since late 1942 in Stalingrad, Leningrad, the country's eyes stayed on Virginia. Virginia was the most populated and largest state and it was critical for the state to ratify the Constitution to legitimize the processMoscow. {{Read more|Fate of What Mistakes did the Revolution: Interview with Lorri GloverAllies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?}}
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====[[FileBook Review:Px-Epikouros BM 1843"The Assassin's Accomplice.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px"]]====[[Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so important?File:Assassins_accomplice.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]====Epicurus Kate Clifford Larson's book The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln is often associated as one a well-researched narrative exploring the prosecution of Mary Surratt. The Assassin’s Accomplice details the Greek philosophers more interested events that revolved around Mrs. Surratt in pleasure or its pursuit than other ideals. While at times this led to a negative view of his philosophy, the reality is his thinking was very advanced days and developed, weeks leading up to his ideas becoming highly influential in modern thought in many regions of the world today. He was one assassination of the first Greek philosophers to develop a strong tradition that avoid superstition as a core idealPresident Lincoln.{{Read more|Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so important?Book Review: "The Assassin's Accomplice."}}
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====[[How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity?]]====
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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?}}
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====[[American Revolution Top Ten Booklist]]====
On 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 United States then fought a seven year war to cement its independence from England. The successful fight for independence has had a remarkable impact on world history over the past 200 years. The United States gradually transformed itself from a former colony into a superpower. The impact of this revolution cannot be ignored. {{Read more|American Revolution Top Ten Booklist}}
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====[[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}}
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====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====
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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.{{Read more|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist}}
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====[[What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?]]====
Nineteenth-century medicine was characterized by constant competition among three major medical sects: Regulars, Eclectics, and Homeopaths.[1] Each of these medical sects not only meaningfully disagreed on how to treat illnesses and diseases, but sought to portray their type of practice as the most effective and scientific.{{Read more|What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?}}
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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.
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