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__NOTOC__ <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:PinkertonsNapoli 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]] ====[[Inventing Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist]]====Most of us are familiar with a narrative of colonial America that focuses on the Pinkertonsactions 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: Interview 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 Paul O'Haraonly 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.{{#dpl:category=Book Review|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=8}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:William_Ellis.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017]]====In 1850It 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, Allan Pinkerton founded get a detective agency book. History lovers adore books. Some our recommendations are less academic then some of the books that would grow into the Pinkertonappear 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]] ====[[How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's National Detective Agency. Pinkerton's agency Spartacus'?]]====The historical epic Spartacus (1960) is easily one of the most famous and infamous security guard and detective agency best-known movies in United States cinema history. Pinkerton originally created It caused a sensation on its release and was one of the most successful pictures of the agency to help railroad companies investigate their employees 1960s. The movie was not only a commercial success it was a critical success and catch train robbersit received several Academy Awards. But over time, Spartacus was directed by the Pinkertons developed an intimate relationship with cinematic genius Stanley Kubrick. {{Read more|How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'?}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File: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 federal government Saxon Tales series written by Bernard Cornwell, namely books 3 and as these partnerships grew 4 (Season 1 was books 1-2). The novels span roughly between 878-886 (Figure 1). The main focus for Season 2 in the Pinkertonsfirst four episodes is Uhtred' role increased dramaticallys quest to go north from Wessex into Northumbria, a less tamed area of England that is ruled more by Danes but their hold is somewhat less clear. Uhtred seeks his ancestral home in Bebbanburg (Bamburgh Castle) and also wants revenge against Kjartan, who 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?]]====
As one travels across the southern United States, it is not unusual to find monuments and memorials to the Confederate dead in many small towns. In fact, these sculptural pieces, often composed of the same statues and plinths from the Monumental Bronze Co. of Bridgeport, Conn., can be found as far north as Pennsylvania and New York. A study in 2016 found some 1,500 monuments still standing. While in recent years these monuments have become a new source of political conversation their very erection was a movement by Confederate women. {{Read more|Why are there so many Monuments to the Confederacy across the United States?}}
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====[[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 Tories with "rough" justice during the American 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?}}
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====[[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?}}
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====[[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?}}
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====[[Why did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?]]====
The failed invasion of Russia by Hitler and Napoleon are well known. Less well-known is invasion of Russia by the Swedes under their most famous king, Charles XII. Sweden in 1700 was the greatest Northern European power and this provoked the jealousy of its neighbors. This led to the Great Northern War. The culmination of this war was the Swedish monarch’s invasion of Russia and his subsequent defeat by Tsar Peter the Great at Poltava (1709).{{Read more|Why did Charles XII of Sweden fail to conquer Russia in 1708?}}
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====[[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, historians and ethnographers had focused on “the tragedy of the vanishing Indian.”[1] Many Americans, even those sympathetic to Native Americans, argued that Indians ultimately faced extinction. Even though this argument was undermined by the continued survival of Native Americans, scholars were slow to reject it. The Native American rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s emphasized the persistence of Native Americans. {{Read more|How have Historians' perceptions of Native Americans changed?}}
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====[[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}}
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[[File:Tissot Solomon Dedicates American_Girls_in_Red_Russia.jpg|thumbnail|left|150px]]====[[American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg]]====Julia L. Mickenberg's new book American Girls in Russia: Chasing the Temple at JerusalemSoviet Dream published by the University of Chicago Press explores the history of the American women who went to Russia looking for adventure, freedom, revolution, work and new life. After they moved to Russia they found challenges and hardships. Many were disturbed by both the conditions of the country and the treatment of people by the new government. {{Read more|American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File: GermanHyperChart.jpg|150px|thumbnail|200px|left]] ====[[History What Were the Causes of God Top Ten BooklistGermany's Hyperinflation of 1921-1923?]]====The concept Among the defining features of God early twentieth century Europe and his historical development 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 an extraordinarily complex topic no denying the impacts that the process had on Germany, Europe, and it is not easily addressed in ten booksthe world. These books seek attempt to explain a complex story on how {{Read more|What Were the concept Causes of Germany's Hyperinflation of God developed 1921-1923?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:32936173946 bc0836c5c5 o.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]] ====[[When did abortion become legal in different culturesthe United States?]]====In colonial America, placesabortion was dealt with in a manner according to English common law. Abortion was typically only frowned upon, or penalized, when it occurred after “quickening,”—when a woman felt fetal movement—because it suggested that the fetus had manifested into its own separate being. Quickening could vary from women to woman, and across timesometimes as late as four months. {{Read more|When did abortion become legal in the United States?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File: Ancient_ziggurat.jpg|150px|thumbnail|left]]====[[What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?]]====The history people of ancient Mesopotamia practiced a religion that modern scholars are only just now beginning to understand and the physical focal point of their religion were the idea monumental, triangular structures known as ziggurats. {{Read more|What Was the Importance of God is long and has its roots Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:Immigrants_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 prehistoric Ellis Island to early historic periods in the ancient Near EastSuburbs</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. Later cultures developed concepts Roediger argues that derive from ancient Iran, Greece, Egypt“the long, and perhaps other regionscircuitous process by which ‘new immigrants’ became ‘white ethnics’” matters.{{Read more|History of God Top Ten BooklistWorking Toward Whiteness by David Roediger}}
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[[File:William-wallace-monument-1256291 1280Marco Polo traveling.jpeg|left|thumbnail|200px|left]] ====[[How historically accurate is BraveheartWhat Is the History of Ice Cream?]]====Braveheart was Ice cream has been a popular movie released in 1995 treat that won 5 Oscars and featured Mel Gibson many see today as having developed relatively recently, as William Wallace. Wallace was ice cream usually requires 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 inspire Scottish national pride while also, to some, represent an early, Medieval warrior who fought for freedom for himself and his peopleform of refrigeration. While much the modern form of the story depicted did occurice cream is relatively more recent, including the English occupation idea of Scotland during the time of Edward Iice cream has been present for millennia. Ice treats, king of Englandwhich eventually gave us ice cream, the depiction were refreshing snacks usually reserved for elites or those who can obtain ice in times of the revolt against the English and other events do not correspond well to historical accountswarm or hot weather.{{Read more|How historically accurate is BraveheartWhat Is the History of Ice Cream?}}
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[[File: DrysocksTod des Spartacus by Hermann Vogel.JPG jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|left]]====[[What Was was the Importance impact of Bill Mauldin to WWII InfantrymenSpartacus' uprising on Rome?]]====Bill Mauldin Spartacus was a Thracian and he had once said that fought with the infantryman “gives more Romans. According to Plutarch, he was enslaved by them after he had deserted. Due to his strength and gets less than anybody elsemilitary skills he was trained as a gladiator.” He knew this In 73BC, he plotted to escape from his experience on the front lines with K Companygladiatorial school, 180th Infantry Regiment, of the 45th Division. Mauldin went through basic training as an infantryman and stayed with his regiment throughout the invasion of Sicily near Capua in southern Italy and the Allied campaign up the boot of Italy. The talented cartoonist succeeded was joined in ruffling the feathers of the “brass” all the way conspiracy by up to General George Patton100 other gladiators.{{Read more|What Was was the Importance impact of Bill Mauldin to WWII InfantrymenSpartacus' uprising on Rome?}}
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[[File:Brykczynski-Primed-for-Violence-cHoecke_Croesus_showing_his_treasures.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|left]]====[[Primed for Violence How Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynskithe Ancient World?]]====Paul Brykczynski's new book Primed for Violence: MurderAccording the fifth century BC Greek historian Herodotus, Antisemitismwho has often been called the “father of history,” the Lydian King Croesus (ruled ca. 560-540s BC) was the world’s wealthiest king who ruled the world’s wealthiest kingdom. When Salon, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland published by the University of Wisconsin Press explores legendary Athenian law giver, came to Lydia see the tragic efforts king’s wealth personally, Croesus immediately had his servants “take him on a tour of the Polish people royal treasuries” in order to create a new democratic state after electing their first President, Gabriel Narutowicz“point out the richness and magnificence of everything.”{{Read more|Primed for Violence How Did Croesus Become the Wealthiest Man in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynskithe Ancient World?}}
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[[File:leecoverOseberg_ship_-_IMG_9129.jpg|thumbnail|120pxleft|left200px]] ====[[American Civil War Biographies Top Ten BooklistWhat if the Vikings Never Invaded England?]]====The library Viking, or more accurately Danish and Norsemen, invasions of texts pertaining England in the 9th century CE (865) helped lead to what ultimately would become the Civil War Era ranges from scholarly research to pure fiction. Some united country of the most informative works come in the biography genreEngland. The countless memoirs and autobiographies are essential to professional researchers Before 865, England was divided into four or sometimes more countries, populated by Angles and historians and have proved indispensable to the modern biographerSaxons (or Anglo-Saxons). {{Read more|American Civil War Biographies Top Ten BooklistWhat if the Vikings Never Invaded England?}}
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[[File:Housesteads latrines1906roome_td_yale.jpgpng|thumbnail|left|200px250px]]====[[How did Public Sanitation DevelopDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?]]====With the beginning of settled lifeIn 1905, a new problem arose as people began American football faced an crisis. Far to live in many young men were being killed while playing football and no one place throughout was taking any serious actions to reduce the yearrisks. That problem was public sanitation. With increased population, The headline at the top of the need to adequately remove human waste and maintain relatively clean water supplies became an increasing challenge.By prehistoryright hand column in ''The Chicago Sunday Tribune'' on November 26, this challenge was addressed in societies1905 screamed, with increasing sophistication as cities grew and became more complex"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 Public Sanitation DevelopDid Theodore Roosevelt really save Football?}}
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[[File:America's_ConstitutionPrivateering.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px150px]]====[[American Legal History Top Ten BooklistPrivateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert]]====These are our Top Ten legal history books. Why do we like these books? Besides being awesomeDuring the War 1812, we believe that these are some US and Canadian privateers fought most of the most exciting legal history books we have readnaval battles between the United States and Great Britain. These books helped us think about privateers were comprised of captains who were motivated by the promise of profit to fight for their countries. There was a strong legal history framework in new waysboth 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|American Legal History Top Ten BooklistPrivateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert}}
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[[File:Florence_CathedralCayleff.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px150px]]====[[Why did the Italian Renaissance End?Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff]]====The Italian Renaissance was one of At the most exciting periods in human civilisation. It witnessed a great flourishing very end of the arts19th Century, literature, philosophy, architecture a new system called naturopathy was created by Benedict and politicsLouisa Stroebel Lust. Many Unlike many of the greatest figures in World Civilisation appeared during the Renaissance in Italy19th Century medical systems created, naturopathy has persevered to this day. Naturopathic healing was founded and based on number of influences including Michelangelobotanics, Leonardo Da Vincihydrotherapy, Machiavelli eclecticism, temperance and Raphaelvegetarianism.{{Read more|Why did the Italian Renaissance End?Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff}}
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[[File:GettysburgBritish_Lancers.jpegjpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[Civil War Battles Top Ten BooklistWhy did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?]]====A DailyHistoryThe Battle of the Somme or the Somme Offensive was a series of battles that occurred during the Summer and Autumn of 1916.org top ten booklist focusing It involved British and French forces launching a massive assault on best book the German lines in an effort to break the stalemate on the battles of the American Civil WarWestern Front. The books on this list explore Battle was primarily a battle between the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Germans and many othersthe British. The list includes the works of several of the most prominent historians on this topic including James McPherson, Gordon Rhea, Stephen Sears offensive achieved very little and Craig Symondsboth sides suffered heavy casualties. Take The British only advanced a look at our listfew miles and the German lines held. The stalemate was not broken by the offensive.{{Read more|Civil War Battles Top Ten BooklistWhy did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives?}}
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[[File:662px-Official_Francisco_FrancoFrench_soldiers.jpg|thumbnail|left|thumb|200px]]====[[What were the Root Causes Origins of the Spanish Civil World War?One - Top Ten Booklist]]====Spain The First World War was a very divided, unstable an incredibly destructive and weak country in the 19th centurywide ranging catastrophe. Once a great power, Spain lost almost Not only did it dramatically change the last map of its colonies after Europe and the world and it defeat led to further instability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in the Spanish-American warhuman history.[1] It was technically There has long been a monarchy, but power had frequently been in debate about the hands exact cause of military dictatorsthe First World War. The country was bitterly divided. The acute poverty assassination of the Spanish people meant that many Archduke Ferdinand triggered the war but its ultimate causes were drawn to Communism, Anarchism and Socialismfar more complex.{{Read more|What were the Root Causes Origins of the Spanish Civil World War?One - Top Ten Booklist}}
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[[File:CayleffQueen_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>
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====[[Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so importantWhat Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?]]====Epicurus is often associated as one June 6, 1944 was arguably the most pivotal day of the Greek philosophers more interested in pleasure or its pursuit than other idealsWorld War II. While at times this led Operation Overlord was set to a negative view of his philosophybe launched and if successful, the reality is his thinking was very advanced and developed, leading to his ideas becoming highly influential open a second front in modern thought in many regions of the world todayEurope so as to attack Germany from all sides. He was one of Stalin’s Soviet Army had been battling the first Greek philosophers to develop a strong tradition that avoid superstition as a core idealGerman Army since late 1942 in Stalingrad, Leningrad, and Moscow. {{Read more|Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so importantWhat Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day?}}
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====[[Book Review: "The Assassin's Accomplice."]]====
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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."}}
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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}}</div> <div class="portal" style="font-size:90%">[[File:Pinkertons.jpg|thumbnail|200px|left]]====[[Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara]]====In 1850, Allan Pinkerton founded a detective agency that would grow into the Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Pinkerton's agency is easily the most famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investigate their employees and catch train robbers. But over time, the Pinkertons developed an intimate relationship with the federal government and as these partnerships grew the Pinkertons' role increased dramatically. {{Read more|Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara}}</div> <div class="portal">[[File:652px-First_Oil_Well.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px]]====[[How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?]]====Even though there was no one "first discover" of oil. Oil was known in antiquity when it was used to heal wounds. But by the middle of the 19th century methods for collecting oil from the ground had not changed for thousands of years. Edwin Drake's oil fundamentally changed this process and dramatically increased oil production around the world. {{Read more|How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well?}}
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====[[File:The_Alien_and_Sedition_Acts_of_1789.jpg|thumbnail|left|200pxGilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====[[The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798File: Interview with Terri HalperinAmerican_Colossus.jpeg|left|thumb|125px]]====The Alien and Sedition Acts 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 1798 were four laws that were passed by our favorites. Creating a Top Ten List for the predominantly Federalist Congress and signed by John Adams to strengthen the national security Gilded Age/Progressive Era is challenging. There are an extraordinary number of the United Statesoutstanding books on this period. These acts not only restricted the ability books are a selection of our favorites. Most of an immigrant these books are focused on trying to become a citizendefine this era as whole, but made it easier to deport non-citizens who were either deemed dangerous or were citizens instead of hostile countriesfocusing on a single issue. {{Read more|The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri HalperinGilded 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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The Congress of Vienna was a gathering of representatives of European kingdoms that was presided over by the Austrian Chancellor Klemens Von Metternich. The Congress was held in Vienna from 1814 to 1815. The goals of the Congress were to secure peace and stability in Europe and to ensure that revolutions did not destabilize the Continent. {{Read more|Why did the Congress of Vienna fail to stop future European wars?}}
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====[[History of God Top Ten Booklist]]====
The 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, places, and across time. The history of the idea of 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 of God Top Ten Booklist}}
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====[[How historically accurate is 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 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 story depicted did occur, including the English occupation of Scotland 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?}}
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====[[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 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 regiment throughout the invasion of Sicily and the Allied campaign up the boot of Italy. The talented cartoonist succeeded in ruffling the feathers of the “brass” all the way up to General George Patton.{{Read more|What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen?}}
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====[[Why did the Italian Renaissance End?]]====
The 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 Raphael.
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====[[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}}
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====[[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?}}
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====[[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.
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