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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.{{Read more|Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====Articles====Here are some of our most recent articles.{{#dpl:category=Wikis|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:A_Midwife's_Tale.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]] ====[[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 the formative events in our shared history. {{Read more|Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====Booklists===={{#dpl:category=Booklists|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=12}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size: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 only 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-size:90%"> ====Book Reviews====Here are some of our most recent book reviews.{{Mediawiki#dpl:kindleoasiscategory=Book Review|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div>  <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Hodges_scoutWilliam_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017]]====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|Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====Historically Accurate===={{#dpl:category=Historically Accurate|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=10}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Spartacus - 1960 - poster.png|thumbnail|200px|left]] ====[[HodgesHow accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus' Scout: Interview with Len Travers?]]====Johns Hopkins University Press has recently published Len TraverThe 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 new book Hodges' ScoutSpartacus'?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File: A Lost Patrol Last_Kingdom_2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?]]====Season 2 is divided into two novels from the French Saxon Tales series written by Bernard Cornwell, namely books 3 and Indian War4 (Season 1 was books 1-2). The novels span roughly between 878-886 (Figure 1). TraversThe main focus for Season 2 in the first four episodes is Uhtred' book examines s quest to go north from Wessex into Northumbria, a group less tamed area of colonial scouts England that is ruled more by Danes but their hold is somewhat less clear. Uhtred seeks his ancestral home in Bebbanburg (Bamburgh Castle) and also wants revenge against Kjartan, who were ambushed on a patrol killed is adopted Danish father. {{Read more|How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-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 not unusual to find monuments and memorials to the Confederate dead in upstate 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 French Confederate women. {{Read more|Why are there so many Monuments to 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 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 Native Tories with "rough" justice during the American soldiers during Revolution." 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. In some places, 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 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 French greatest Northern European power and Indian this provoked the jealousy of its neighbors. This led to the Great Northern War. Travers uses The culmination of this massacre to explore war was the lives Swedish monarch’s invasion of Russia and his subsequent defeat by Tsar Peter the colonists who foughtGreat 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 wholesale change had occurred in how historians portrayed Native American history. Previously, died historians and ethnographers had focused on “the tragedy of the vanishing Indian.”[1] Many Americans, even survived those sympathetic to Native Americans, argued that Indians ultimately faced extinction. Even though this massacreargument 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|HodgesHow have Historians' Scoutperceptions of Native Americans changed?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File: Interview with Len TraversAbraham_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 Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War}}

[[File: Battle_of_Fredericksburg,_Dec_13,_1862American_Girls_in_Red_Russia.pngjpg|thumbnail|left|195px150px]]==== [[Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers?American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg]] ====During Julia L. Mickenberg's new book American Girls in Russia: Chasing the American Civil War, Soviet Dream published by the Battle University of Fredericksburg was but one meeting ground Chicago Press explores the history of Irish immigrants from both the Union American women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, revolution, work and new life. After they moved to Russia they found challenges and Confederacyhardships. Once fellow countrymen, these soldiers Many were forced to assume new perspectives on their identities amidst disturbed by both the conditions of the country and the chaos treatment of war. The ability to consider themselves Irish immigrants vanished when they donned a blue or gray uniformpeople by the new government. {{Read more| Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers?American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg}}

[[File:Conspiracy_of_Free_TradeGermanHyperChart.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|175px]] ====[[The Conspiracy What Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of Free Trade: Interview with Marc1921-William Palen1923?]]====Marc-William PalenAmong 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 new book ''The Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?}}</div> <div class="Conspiracyportal" of Free Trade>[[File: The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalisation32936173946 bc0836c5c5 o.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[When did abortion become legal in the United States?]]====In colonial America, 1846-1896'' is relevant not abortion was dealt with in a manner according to English common law. Abortion was typically only to historians of imperialismfrowned upon, capitalismor penalized, and economicswhen it occurred after “quickening, but to ”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the 2016 American presidential primary electionfetus had manifested into its own separate being. Once againQuickening could vary from women to woman, free trade has become a central campaign issue during a presidential electionand sometimes as late as four months. {{Read more|The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William PalenWhen did abortion become legal in the United States?}}

[[File:bogiecagneyroaringAncient_ziggurat.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[The Hays Code, Gangsters, and Prohibition: How did 1934 change HollywoodWhat Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====1934 was The people of ancient Mesopotamia practiced a pivotal year for the United States. Americans were enduring the fifth year of the Great Depression religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and the rural population was in an extreme state physical focal point of suffering that had begun prior to their religion were the stock market crash in October 1929. Urban citizens fared little bettermonumental, yet those who had a nickel to spare spent it at the movestriangular structures known as ziggurats. {{Read more|The Hays Code, Gangsters, and Prohibition: How did 1934 change HollywoodWhat Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}

[[File: Rethondes_Wagon_21_June_1940_one_day_before_the_signing_of_the_armistice_of_June_1940Immigrants_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger]]====David Roediger’s book <i>Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs</i> continues his provocative exploration of whiteness studies by examining how southern and eastern European immigrants became white during the first half of the twentieth century. Roediger argues that “the long, circuitous process by which ‘new immigrants’ became ‘white ethnics’” matters. {{Read more|Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File:Marco Polo traveling.jpeg|left|thumbnail|200px]] ====[[What were Is the goals History of the Axis powers and the Soviet Union during World War TwoIce Cream?]]====The strategic goals of each Ice cream has been a popular treat that many see today as having developed relatively recently, as ice cream usually requires a form of refrigeration. While the major powers modern form of ice cream is relatively more recent, the Second World War changed substantially over the course idea of the conflictice cream has been present for millennia. These aims Ice treats, which eventually gave us ice cream, were heavily affected by events on the battlefield refreshing snacks usually reserved for elites or shifting political realities. Still, many those who can obtain ice in times of the initial goals of the war were driven directly by angst over the Treaty of Versailles and efforts to dramatically reshape the world mapwarm or hot weather. {{Read more|What were Is the goals History of the Axis powers and the Soviet Union during World War TwoIce Cream?}}

[[File:Bachelors_and_BunniesTod des Spartacus by Hermann Vogel.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|175px200px]]====[[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]]====[[History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten BooklistHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?]]====These are our Top Ten History According the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus, who has often been called the “father of Sex books history,” the Lydian King Croesus (American Versionruled ca. 560-540s BC)was the world’s wealthiest king who ruled the world’s wealthiest kingdom. American notions When Salon, the legendary Athenian law giver, came to Lydia see the king’s wealth personally, Croesus immediately had his servants “take him on a tour of sexuality have dramatically changed throughout its history. These books seek the royal treasuries” in order to both understand “point out the richness and place America's complex and conflicted views magnificence of sex in an historical perspectiveeverything. ”{{Read more|History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten BooklistHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?}}

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====[[How did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister of What if the United Kingdom in World War TwoVikings Never Invaded England?]]====Winston Churchill led a remarkable lifeThe Viking, but perhaps or more accurately Danish and Norsemen, invasions of England in the 9th century CE (865) helped lead to what ultimately would become the most remarkable element in his life was how he became prime minister in 1940united country of England. Just a few years earlier he Before 865, England was widely seen as politically isolated and was widely ridiculed for his views. Yet in 1940divided into four or sometimes more countries, he was appointed his nation’s Prime Minister at its darkest hours populated by Angles and became the leader of the fight against Nazi GermanySaxons (or Anglo-Saxons). {{Read more|How did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister of What if the United Kingdom in World War TwoVikings Never Invaded England?}}

<div class="portal">[[File:Privateering.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]==Articles==Articles are wiki pages with history essays written 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 our experts 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 your contributionsinvestors took advantage of it and funded privateering outfits during the war. Needless to say, privateers were incredibly risky investments.{{#dplRead more|Privateering during the War of 1812:categoryInterview with Faye M. Kert}}</div> <div class=Wikis"portal">[[File:Cayleff.jpg|thumbnail|left|ordermethod150px]]====[[Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff]]===firstedit|order=descendingAt 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|count=15Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff}}

[[File:British_Lancers.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?]]==Interviews==These are our interviews with historians discussing their new booksThe 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.{{#dpl:category=InterviewsRead more|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=15Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?}}

[[File:French_soldiers.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist]]==Booklists==Includes both Expert 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 User created Top Ten History Booklistsit 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.{{#dpl:category=BooklistsRead more|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=15Origins of World War One - Top Ten Booklist}}

[[File:Queen_Anne's_Lace_(25468119510).jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[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?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:GW-painting.jpg|thumbnail|left|180px]]====[[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?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:512px-Filip II Macedonia.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[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]]=====[[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?}}</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 unpredictable 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. {{Read more|Why Did Helen Keller Become a Socialist?}}</div> <div class="portal" >[[File:Anthophyllite_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="portal" >[[File:Rabbbi's_Atheist_.jpeg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[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}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Skythian_archer_plate_BM_E135_by_Epiktetos.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[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?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[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."]]====[[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.{{Read more|Book Review: "The Assassin's Accomplice."}}</div> <div class="portal">====[[How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity?]]====[[File:Black pepper (By R.Boroujerdi).jpeg|left|thumb|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="portal" >[[File:Almost_a_Miracle.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[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 impact of this revolution cannot be ignored. {{Read more|American Revolution Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Pinkertons.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara]]==Blog Roll==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. {{TemplateRead more|Inventing the Pinkertons:Blog RollInterview with Paul O'Hara}}

[[File:652px-First_Oil_Well.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?]]==Contribute==DailyHistory.org is wiki. Almost every page (excluding interviews and expert booklists) can be editedEven though there was no one "first discover" of oil. You are welcome Oil was known in antiquity when it was used to join usheal wounds. *Every article answers a historical question and every booklist is a Top ten listBut by the middle of the 19th century methods for collecting oil from the ground had not changed for thousands of years. *After you register, you will be able to edit Edwin Drake's oil fundamentally changed this process and create articlesdramatically increased oil production around the world. *All of your contributions need to be original. *If you want to {{Read more|How did Edwin Drake create a new page, you can easily do so by using the following form:<inputbox>type=createbreak=nowidth=20</inputbox>World's first oil well?}}

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