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__NOTOC__{{Mediawiki:kindleoasis}}<div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:GettysburgNapoli BW 2013-05-16 16-24-01.jpegjpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Civil War Battles Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist]]====A DailyHistory.org Creating a top ten booklist focusing list for books on best book 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 battles Great Top Ten Booklist}}</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 American Civil Waractions of our "Founding Fathers. The books on this list " 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%">[[File: Lighthouse.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]]====[[How Was the battles Lighthouse of AntietamAlexandria Destroyed?]]====Of all the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Gettysburgonly the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt still remain. War, Chancellorsvilleneglect, and many others. The list includes natural disasters have wiped them from the works of several face of the most prominent earth with only descriptions left by ancient historians on this topic including James McPhersonand geographers, or perhaps an occasional coin or painting, Gordon Rheaas tokens of their greatness. {{Read more|How Was the Lighthouse of Alexandria Destroyed?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size: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, Stephen Sears and Craig Symondswe can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers. Take If in doubt, get a look at book. History lovers adore books. Some our recommendations are less academic then some of the books that appear on our listother booklists, but they do represent outstanding recent books that most history lovers should enjoy.{{Read more|Civil War Battles Top Ten BooklistBest Gifts for History Lovers}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:PrivateeringSpartacus - 1960 - poster.jpgpng|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. KertHow accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'?]]====During The historical epic Spartacus (1960) is one of the War 1812, US best-known movies in cinema history. It caused a sensation on its release and Canadian privateers fought most was one of the naval battles between the United States and Great Britain. These privateers were comprised most successful pictures of captains who were motivated by the promise of profit to fight for their countries1960s. There The movie was not only a strong legal framework in both the United States commercial success it was a critical success and Great Britain that normalized piracyit received several Academy Awards. Canadian and American ship owners and investors took advantage of it and funded privateering outfits during Spartacus was directed by the war. Needless to say, privateers were incredibly risky investmentscinematic genius Stanley Kubrick.{{Read more|Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. KertHow accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:CayleffLast_Kingdom_2.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. CayleffHow Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?]]====At Season 2 is divided into two novels from the very end of the 19th CenturySaxon Tales series written by Bernard Cornwell, a new system called naturopathy namely books 3 and 4 (Season 1 was created by Benedict and Louisa Stroebel Lustbooks 1-2). The novels span roughly between 878-886 (Figure 1). Unlike many of The main focus for Season 2 in the 19th Century medical systems createdfirst four episodes is Uhtred's quest to go north from Wessex into Northumbria, naturopathy has persevered to this daya less tamed area of England that is ruled more by Danes but their hold is somewhat less clear. Naturopathic healing was founded Uhtred seeks his ancestral home in Bebbanburg (Bamburgh Castle) and based on number of influences including botanicsalso wants revenge against Kjartan, hydrotherapy, eclecticism, temperance and vegetarianismwho killed is adopted Danish father. {{Read more|Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. CayleffHow Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:British_LancersConfederate_monument_Elmira_NY.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|300px]]====[[Why did are there so many Monuments to the Battle of Confederacy across the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectivesUnited States?]]====The Battle of As one travels across the Somme or southern United States, it is not unusual to find monuments and memorials to the Somme Offensive was a series Confederate dead in many small towns. In fact, these sculptural pieces, often composed of battles that occurred during the Summer same statues and Autumn plinths from the Monumental Bronze Co. of 1916Bridgeport, Conn. It involved British , can be found as far north as Pennsylvania and French forces launching a massive assault on the German lines New York. A study in an effort to break the stalemate on the Western Front2016 found some 1,500 monuments still standing. The Battle was primarily While in recent years these monuments have become a battle between the Germans and the British. The offensive achieved new source of political conversation their very little and both sides suffered heavy casualties. The British only advanced erection was a few miles and the German lines held. The stalemate was not broken movement by the offensiveConfederate women. {{Read more|Why did are there so many Monuments to the Battle of Confederacy across the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectivesUnited States?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:French_soldiers16307509620 d1ab80ba6b.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|300px]]====[[Origins of World War One - Top Ten BooklistWhat was lynching?]]====The First World War was an incredibly destructive Lynching is often described as a form of extralegal, vigilante violence or justice; however, its meaning has evolved over time—from the tarring and wide ranging catastrophe. Not only did it dramatically change the map feathering of Europe and individuals in the world and it led Colonial period to further instabilitythe lethal, racial violence that proliferated in the South. The First World War was one of 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 most important wars in human historyAmerican Revolution. There " The United States has a long been a debate about the exact cause history of vigilance committees whose purposes were to protect the First World Warcommunity. The assassination According to Linda Gordon, “vigilantism generally means bypassing the legal procedures of the Archduke Ferdinand triggered the war but its ultimate causes were far more complexstate and substituting direct, usually punitive and coercive action by self-appointed groups of citizens". {{Read more|Origins of World War One - Top Ten BooklistWhat was lynching?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:VDC_book_coverTomb_of_Nakht.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[Fate What Was the Importance of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri GloverAlcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt?]]====Starting There is a common misconception today that life in ancient Egypt was a dreary one for anyone not in 1787, states began to ratify the newly drafted federal Constitution which would determine the fate of the new American Republicnobility. In order for the Constitution This image is probably at least partially derived from pop culture where scenes are common in movies that depict Egyptian peasants being worked to go in effect, nine of the states needed death to agree to the documentmake tombs and temples for their gods and kings. While five states quickly ratified The reality is that although the Constitution between December 1787 and January 1788, the country's eyes stayed on Virginia. Virginia ancient Egyptian social system was quite different from that of the most populated modern world, and largest state and it they had few of today’s modern conveniences, Egyptians from all social classes enjoyed a leisure culture that was critical for the state to ratify the Constitution to legitimize the processnot much different than today’s. {{Read more|Fate What Was the Importance of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri GloverAlcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Px-Epikouros BM 1843L'aquarium; vue intérieure.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so importantHow Did Public Aquariums Develop?]]====Epicurus is often associated as one of the Greek philosophers more interested Large public aquariums have become fixtures in pleasure or its pursuit than other idealsmost major urban regions. While at times this led to a negative view of his philosophyIn some places, they have become among the reality is his thinking was very advanced and developedleading attractions for city tourism, leading to his ideas becoming highly influential in modern thought in where many regions 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 world form in which we know aquariums today. He was one of the first Greek philosophers to develop is mostly a strong tradition that avoid superstition as a core idealrecent development.{{Read more|Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so importantHow Did Public Aquariums Develop?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Almost_a_MiracleKarl XII i Ystad 1715, målning av Johan Heinrich Wedekindt från 1719.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[American Revolution Top Ten BooklistWhy did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?]]====On July 4, 1776, the Declaration The failed invasion of Russia by Hitler and Napoleon are well known. Less well-known is invasion of Independence was signed Russia by the Continental CongressSwedes under their most famous king, Charles XII. This act Sweden in 1700 was only the first step towards greatest Northern European power and this provoked the creation jealousy of the United Statesits neighbors. The United States then fought a seven year war This led 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 superpowerGreat Northern War. The impact culmination of this revolution cannot be ignoredwar was the Swedish monarch’s invasion of Russia and his subsequent defeat by Tsar Peter the Great at Poltava (1709). {{Read more|American Revolution Top Ten BooklistWhy did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:Plato Academy MAN Napoli Inv124545The_Native_Ground.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]]====[[What was PlatoHow have Historians's academy and why did it influence Western thoughtperceptions of Native Americans changed?]]====The AcademyIn 1997, Kerwin Lee Klein, among others, founded by the philosopher Plato observed that a wholesale change had occurred in the early 4th century BCEhow historians portrayed Native American history. Previously, was perhaps one historians and ethnographers had focused on “the tragedy of the earliest institutions of higher learningvanishing Indian. While it was not like a university where people would enroll and obtain advanced degrees”[1] Many Americans, it functioned as one of the first places for dedicated research into scientific and philosophical questions, at least in Europeeven those sympathetic to Native Americans, took place by gathered scholarsargued that Indians ultimately faced extinction. Its main function Even though this argument was to teach Plato's philosophical understandingundermined by the continued survival of Native Americans, but it also challenged its scholars were slow to develop a new understanding reject it. The Native American rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s emphasized the persistence of our universeNative Americans. {{Read more|What was PlatoHow have Historians's academy and why did it influence Western thoughtperceptions of Native Americans changed?}}

 <div class="portal" style="widthfont-size:8590%;">[[File:The_Alien_and_Sedition_Acts_of_1789Abraham_Lincoln_Brigade.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left|200px]] ====[[The Alien and Sedition Acts Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperinthe American soldiers in the Spanish American War]]====The Alien During the Spanish Civil War, approximately 2,800 American men and Sedition Acts of 1798 were four laws that were passed by women answered the call from the predominantly Federalist Congress and signed by John Adams Communist party to strengthen the national security of defend the United StatesSpanish republic from fascist aggression. These acts not only restricted men and women served in the Fifteenth International Brigade and formed the ability of an immigrant to become a citizenAbraham Lincoln, but made it easier to deport nonWashington and MacKenzie-citizens who were either deemed dangerous or were citizens of hostile countriesPapineau Battalions. Perhaps the most contentious aspect These soldiers’ stories have been controversial, because 80 percent of the new laws criminalized the printing or speaking allegedly false statements about the federal government. Not surprisingly, these laws volunteers were incredibly controversial and strongly opposed by Thomas Jefferson's opposition Democratic-Republican partyCommunists. {{Read more|The Alien and Sedition Acts Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperinthe American soldiers in the Spanish American War}}

[[File:British_Troops_on_V_beachAmerican_Girls_in_Red_Russia.JPGjpg|thumbnail|left|200px150px]]====[[Why did the Gallipoli Landings fail American Girls in WWI?Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg]]====The Gallipoli campaign was an amphibious landing Julia L. Mickenberg's new book American Girls in Russia: Chasing the Soviet Dream published by the Dardanelles Strait in modern Turkey, that sought to knock University of Chicago Press explores the Ottoman Empire out history of WW I. The landings were exceptionally daring the American women who went to Russia looking for the time adventure, freedom, revolution, work and it ultimately failed new life. After they moved to achieve its objectivesRussia they found challenges and hardships. It cost tens Many were disturbed by both the conditions of thousands the country and the treatment of lives and it can be regarded as a total failure for people by the allies and a Turkish victorynew government. {{Read more|Why did the Gallipoli Landings fail American Girls in WWI?Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg}}

[[File:1906roome_td_yaleGermanHyperChart.pngjpg|150px|thumbnail|left|250px]] ====[[Did Theodore Roosevelt really save FootballWhat Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?]]====In 1905, American football faced an crisis. Far to many young men were being killed while playing football Among the defining features of early twentieth century Europe and no one of the contributing factors to World War II, was taking any serious actions to reduce the riskseconomic maelstrom known as “hyperinflation” that ravaged Germany from 1921 until 1923. The headline at Although the top short period is often overlooked in popular histories of the right hand column in ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' period, there is no denying the impacts that the process had on November 26Germany, 1905 screamedEurope, "Football Year's Death Harvest - Record Shows That Nineteen Players Have Been Killed; One Hundred Thirty-seven Hurt - Two Are Slain Saturdayand the world."{{Read more|Did Theodore Roosevelt really save FootballWhat Were the Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?}}

[[File:grant32936173946 bc0836c5c5 o.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px200px]] ====[[Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End When did abortion become legal in the Civil WarUnited States?]]====January 1In colonial America, 1863 marked abortion was dealt with in a pivotal moment in the American Civil Warmanner according to English common law. On this date the Emancipation Proclamation, the preliminary of which Abortion was issued by President Lincoln on September 22typically only frowned upon, 1862or penalized, took full and permanent effectwhen it occurred after “quickening, thus changing ”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the Union’s ultimate war goalfetus had manifested into its own separate being. The Civil War was no longer being fought Quickening could vary from women to preserve the antebellum Union but rather, in the words of Lincolnwoman, was to be a war of “subjugation…the [old] South” was to be destroyed in favor of “new propositions and ideassometimes as late as four months.”{{Read more|Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End When did abortion become legal in the Civil WarUnited States?}}

[[File:Stalingrad threeAncient_ziggurat.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|250px]]====[[Why did Germany lose What Was the Battle Importance of StalingradZiggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====Hitler saw the war in terms The people of his personal rivalry with Stalin ancient Mesopotamia practiced a religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and he decided to attack the city, because physical focal point of its symbolic value. However, their religion were the original aim of the offensive in Southern Russian was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus. The oil was essential for the German war machine. Hitler knew this – instead of opting for concentrating all his forces on the conquest of the oil fieldsmonumental, he made perhaps a fateful mistaketriangular structures known as ziggurats.{{Read more|Why did Germany lose What Was the Battle Importance of StalingradZiggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}

[[File:Samuel_Hahnemann_1841Immigrants_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger]]====Nineteenth-century medicine was characterized by constant competition among three major medical sectsDavid Roediger’s book <i>Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White: Regulars, Eclectics, and Homeopaths.[1] Each The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs</i> continues his provocative exploration of these medical sects not only meaningfully disagreed on whiteness studies by examining how to treat illnesses southern and diseases, but sought to portray their type eastern European immigrants became white during the first half of practice as the most effective and scientifictwentieth century. Arguably none of the three sects was superior to the othersRoediger argues that “the long, but their adherents concluded that their sectarian beliefs were better than their competitorscircuitous process by which ‘new immigrants’ became ‘white ethnics’” matters.{{Read more|What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century?Working Toward Whiteness by David Roediger}}

[[File:Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale,_1800Marco Polo traveling.jpgjpeg|left|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[Thomas Jefferson, What Is the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam HaselbyHistory of Ice Cream?]]====Recently on TwitterIce cream has been a popular treat that many see today as having developed relatively recently, as ice cream usually requires a debate broke out between Annette Gordon-Reed, Sam Haselby, and John Fea on the nature form of Thomas Jefferson's religious beliefsrefrigeration. Instead While the modern form of recreating ice cream is relatively more recent, the debate, it made more sense to contact one idea of the participantsice cream has been present for millennia. Ice treats, Sam Haselbywhich eventually gave us ice cream, whose recent book ''The Origins were refreshing snacks usually reserved for elites or those who can obtain ice in times of American Religious Nationalism'' (published by Oxford University Press) examines how a conflict with Protestantism, in the decades following US independence transformed American national identitywarm or hot weather.{{Read more|Thomas Jefferson, What Is the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam HaselbyHistory of Ice Cream?}}

[[File:EngineeringvictoryTod des Spartacus by Hermann Vogel.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Engineering Victory during What was the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome? ]]====Logistics win wars. Logistics is the coordination of complex operations such as moving, housing Spartacus was a Thracian and supplying troops and their equipment. War is he had once fought with the ultimate test of any logisticianRomans. During the Civil WarAccording to Plutarch, the Union troops fought almost the entire war in the Southhe was enslaved by them after he had deserted. Thomas FDue to his strength and military skills he was trained as a gladiator. ArmyIn 73BC, Jr. argues he plotted to escape from his gladiatorial school, near Capua in southern Italy and was joined in his new book Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War published conspiracy by Johns Hopkins University Press that the Union's engineering prowess during Civil War gave it an distinct advantage over the Confederacyup to 100 other gladiators.{{Read more|Engineering Victory during What was the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.impact of Spartacus' uprising on Rome?}}

[[File:Shantytown_USAHoecke_Croesus_showing_his_treasures.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa GoffHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?]]====The Harvard University Press recently published Lisa Goff's new book ShantytownAccording the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus, USA: Forgotten Landscapes who has often been called the “father of history,” the Working PoorLydian King Croesus (ruled ca. There's a chance that one of your American ancestors lived in an American shantytown560-540s BC) was the world’s wealthiest king who ruled the world’s wealthiest kingdom. While we may not realize it nowWhen Salon, the legendary Athenian law giver, came to Lydia see the king’s wealth personally, shantytowns were Croesus immediately had his servants “take him on a common feature tour of 19th century America. Goff's book explores not only how shantytowns became a prominent feature the royal treasuries” in order to “point out the richness and magnificence of America's towns and cities, but why middle class Americans eventually turned on them and their residentseverything. ”{{Read more|Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa GoffHow Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in the Ancient World?}}

[[File:portraitbowieOseberg_ship_-_IMG_9129.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own DeclineWhat if the Vikings Never Invaded England?]]====Directly The Viking, or indirectlymore accurately Danish and Norsemen, Jim Bowie’s enigmatic illness resulted from his own actions. A hearty man invasions of six feet England in heightthe 9th century CE (865) helped lead to what ultimately would become the united country of England. Before 865, Bowie England was a walking contradiction; a slave trader who fought for freedomdivided into four or sometimes more countries, a generous populated by Angles and congenial man who called out his thunderous temper on a whim, and a commanding leader who was prone to binges of sloppy drunkennessSaxons (or Anglo-Saxons).{{Read more|The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own DeclineWhat if the Vikings Never Invaded England?}}

[[File:Young_boxers_fresco,_Akrotiri,_Greece1906roome_td_yale.jpgpng|thumbnail|left|200px250px]]====[[How did modern boxing emergeDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?]]====Boxing is one of the oldest sports known to usIn 1905, American football faced an crisis. From very early historical records, Far to its professional development in the last century, many young men were being killed while playing football and modern prizefights, no one was taking any serious actions to reduce the sport has become a global phenomenon watched by millionsrisks. Although modern boxing has a lot The headline at the top of similarities with its ancient cousin, the mix with televisionright hand column in ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' on November 26, big money1905 screamed, and big personalities has forever changed the sport"Football Year's Death Harvest - Record Shows That Nineteen Players Have Been Killed; One Hundred Thirty-seven Hurt - Two Are Slain Saturday."{{Read more|How did modern boxing emergeDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?}}

[[File:AlexanderTheGreat_BustPrivateering.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|220px150px]]====[[Alexander Privateering during the Great Top Ten BooklistWar of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]====Creating 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 top ten list for books on Alexander strong legal framework in both the United States and Great is not easy, since few ancient historical figures have been written about as muchBritain that normalized piracy. Everything from his complex personality Canadian and American ship owners and his sexual life to his military investors took advantage of it and logistical tactics have been analyzed by historiansfunded privateering outfits during the war. Alexander, simply putNeedless to say, stands out as unique among ancient historical figures for having so much detailed assessment made on his life and timesprivateers were incredibly risky investments. {{Read more|Alexander Privateering during the Great Top Ten BooklistWar of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert}}

[[File:grantCayleff.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|250px150px]]====[[Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End the Civil War?Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff]]====January 1, 1863 marked a pivotal moment in At the American Civil War. On this date very end of the Emancipation Proclamation19th Century, the preliminary of which a new system called naturopathy was issued created by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, took full Benedict and permanent effect, thus changing the Union’s ultimate war goalLouisa Stroebel Lust. Once the aim Unlike many of the war changed for the Union19th Century medical systems created, so too did its leadersnaturopathy has persevered to this day. The harsh Naturopathic healing was founded and unpopular actions that were necessary to prevent the prolonged bloody carnage based on number of continual war were tasked to three men: Abraham Lincolninfluences including botanics, hydrotherapy, Ulysses S. Granteclecticism, temperance and William T. Shermanvegetarianism. {{Read more|Was the Destruction Perpetrated by Lincoln, Grant, and Sherman Necessary to End the Civil War?Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff}}

[[File:Eriduiraq4000bcBritish_Lancers.jpegjpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|200px]]====[[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]]====[[What Factors Led to the Creation Origins of the First Cities?World War One - Top Ten Booklist]]====The rise First World War was an incredibly destructive and wide ranging catastrophe. Not only did it dramatically change the map of cities in Europe and the ancient Near East during world and it led to further instability. The First World War was one of the fourth millennium BC (4000-3000 BC) is most important wars in human history. There has long been a key event in debate about the history exact cause of the world, as urban patterns that first arose there became patterns inherited in many societies, including in First World War. The assassination of the West. Cities in Archduke Ferdinand triggered the ancient Near East war but its ultimate causes were the first to develop major temples, palaces, large urban dwelling areas, city walls, governments, and religious authorities that become features seen in later citiesfar more complex. {{Read more|What Factors Led to the Creation Origins of the First Cities?World War One - Top Ten Booklist}}

[[File:French Prisoners 1940Queen_Anne's_Lace_(25468119510).jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|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]]====[[Why What was France defeated in 1940George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution?]]====In September 1939, The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to put George Washington in charge of the Nazi War Machine invaded Poland and World War II began. France and its Britain declared against Nazi Germany Continental Army in 19391775. The French army Washington was in theory as strong as only 43 years old at the Germanys and it had time, a vast Empire gentleman planter and a sophisticated arms industry. It had also established a series of fortifications in the east of the country, known as the Maginot Linelocal Virginian politician. The Line was designed to keep German forces out of France. {{Read more|Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During What was George Washington's military experience before the Cold WarAmerican Revolution?}}

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====[[HodgesWhat 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' Scout: Interview with Len Traverss Accomplice."]]====Johns Hopkins University Press has recently published Len Traver[[File:Assassins_accomplice.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]Kate Clifford Larson's new book Hodges' ScoutThe Assassin’s Accomplice: A Lost Patrol 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 French and Indian Warevents that revolved around Mrs. Travers' book examines a group of colonial scouts who were ambushed on a patrol Surratt in upstate New York by French and Native American soldiers during the French days and Indian War. Travers uses this massacre weeks leading up to explore the lives assassination of the colonists who fought, died and even survived this massacrePresident Lincoln.{{Read more| HodgesBook Review: "The Assassin' Scout: Interview with Len Traverss Accomplice."}}

====[[How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity?]]====[[File:American_ColossusBlack pepper (By R.Boroujerdi).jpeg||left|thumb|300px205px]]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>

[[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. In other words, several of these books are seeking to create a grand narrative of the era to help their readers understand it. {{Read more|Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist}}

[[File:BattleCryFreedomSamuel_Hahnemann_1841.jpegjpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|200px]]====[[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?}}</div>

<div class="portal">[[File:Congress_of_Vienna_1815.jpg|thumbnail|left|250px]]====[[Why did the Congress of Vienna fail to stop future European wars?]]====The Congress of Vienna was a gathering of representatives of European kingdoms that was presided over by the Austrian Chancellor Klemens Von Metternich. The Best Historians Congress was held in Vienna from 1814 to 1815. The goals of the Congress were to secure peace and stability in Europe and Books According to James McPhersonensure that revolutions did not destabilize the Continent. {{Read more|Why did the Congress of Vienna fail to stop future European wars?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Tissot Solomon Dedicates the Temple at Jerusalem.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[History of God Top Ten Booklist]]====In 2014The concept of God and his historical development is an extraordinarily complex topic and it is not easily addressed in ten books. These books seek attempt to explain a complex story on how the concept of God developed in different cultures, the New York Times published a brief interview with noted Civil War historian James McPhersonplaces, and across time. The George Henry Davis 1886 Professor history of the idea of American God is long and has its roots from prehistoric to early historic periods in the ancient Near East. Later cultures developed concepts that derive from ancient Iran, Greece, Egypt, and perhaps other regions.{{Read more|History at Princeton Universityof God Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:William-wallace-monument-1256291 1280. McPherson jpeg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[How historically accurate is considered Braveheart?]]====Braveheart was a popular movie released in 1995 that won 5 Oscars and featured Mel Gibson as William Wallace. Wallace was a Scottish knight who became a hero in the Scottish rebellions against the English in the late 13th and early 14th century. The movie helped to be inspire Scottish national pride while also, to some, represent an early, Medieval warrior who fought for freedom for himself and his people. While much of the dean story depicted did occur, including the English occupation of Civil War historiansScotland during the time of Edward I, king of England, the depiction of the revolt against the English and other events do not correspond well to historical accounts.{{Read more|How historically accurate is Braveheart?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File: Drysocks. JPG |thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen?]]====Bill Mauldin once said that the infantryman “gives more and gets less than anybody else.” He is best known for knew this from his experience on the front lines with K Company, 180th Infantry Regiment, of the 45th Division. Mauldin went through basic training as an infantryman and stayed with his Pulitzer Prize winning book Battle Cry regiment throughout the invasion of Freedom which is Sicily and the Allied campaign up the boot of Italy. The talented cartoonist succeeded in ruffling the best overview feathers of the Civil War“brass” all the way up to General George Patton.{{Read more|What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Florence_Cathedral.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Why did the Italian Renaissance End?]]====The Best Historians Italian Renaissance was one of the most exciting periods in human civilisation. It witnessed a great flourishing of the arts, literature, philosophy, architecture and politics. Many of the greatest figures in World Civilisation appeared during the Renaissance in Italy, including Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli and Books According to James McPhersonRaphael.{{Read more|Why did the Italian Renaissance End?}}

[[File:Angels_of_the_Underground_Gettysburg.jpeg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Civil War Battles Top Ten Booklist]]====A DailyHistory.org top ten booklist focusing on best book on the battles of the American Civil War. The books on this list explore the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, and many others. Take a look at our list. {{Read more|Civil War Battles Top Ten Booklist}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Stalingrad three.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb250px]] ====[[Why did Germany lose the Battle of Stalingrad?]]====Hitler saw the war in terms of his personal rivalry with Stalin and he decided to attack the city, because of its symbolic value. However, the original aim of the offensive in Southern Russian was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus. The oil was essential for the German war machine. Hitler knew this – instead of opting for concentrating all his forces on the conquest of the oil fields, he made perhaps a fateful mistake.{{Read more|Why did Germany lose the Battle of Stalingrad?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:portraitbowie.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?]]====Directly or indirectly, Jim Bowie’s enigmatic illness resulted from his own actions. A hearty man of six feet in height, Bowie was a walking contradiction; a slave trader who fought for freedom, a generous and congenial man who called out his thunderous temper on a whim, and a commanding leader who was prone to binges of sloppy drunkenness.{{Read more|The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">====History of Religion===={{#dpl:category=Religious History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====Ancient Greek History===={{#dpl:category=Ancient Greek History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====American Civil War===={{#dpl:category=Civil War|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====19th Century History===={{#dpl:category=19th Century History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%"> ====Renaissance History===={{#dpl:category=Renaissance History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div>

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