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British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ions to the contrary, legal history can extraordinarily fascinating. Legal history explores the conflicts that arise from civilization. A deft legal historian If you're even remotely familiar with the field of British criminal and legal history, no doubt you've seen John Beattie’s [https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History
...also put an end to the male-line succession of the House of Stuart on the British throne. The Jacobites' primary goal was to restore the Stuart line. The Jac ...lorious Revolution, see: </ref> Massie, A. (2013) The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin.

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History?
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Top 10 Books to Read on Western/British Medical History
...centuries saw the advent of some of the most important medical findings in history. The Industrial Revolution had resulted in a massive change in living condi I’ve arranged this list in order from the most popular, “fun” medical history books, to the more scholarly, academic books.

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====A Great Resource for History Teachers==== * [[51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers]]

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Why did the Egyptians Mummify their Dead
...carried out throughout thousands of years. The process changed throughout history, and there is no one way that the Egyptians mummified their dead. Describe ...ey were prone to disintegration.<ref> “Mummification in Egypt.” The British Medical Journal 1.2409 (1907): 521–521. Web. 11 Nov. 2015.</ref> In

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What were the major United States slave revolts
Slavery represented the opposite of freedom. In the period of human history variously known as the modern era or the Age of Discovery, this form of unf ...nder the control of the Spanish who offered enslaved Africans owned by the British freedom as a way to increase their territorial advantages in the region. Th

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How did the Boxer Rebellion unite Imperial Powers and create Chinese Nationalism
The Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) was a key event in the history of China, as it reflected the colonial powers increasing influence in Chine ...foreign presence in the 19th century, Duara, Prasenjit. 1995. Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China. Chicago: Unive

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What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
...entralized government. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the A ...the Albany Plan during a larger meeting known as the Albany Congress. The British Government in London had ordered the colonial governments to meet in 1754,

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When were Electric Cars Invented
...hat has some ways to go before they become common. However, electric cars' history goes back to the 19th century, as people experimented with electricity and ==The Early History of Electric Cars==

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How did Great Britain win the French Indian War (Seven Years War)
...nland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. ...esulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North America as both French and British imperial officials and colonists sought to extend each country’s sphere o

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Why did Westward Expansion Lead to the American Revolution
...merous problems of how to govern it. Conflicts arose from the inability of British officials to balance the interests of colonists and Indians, which led to c ...nd the entire present-day United States east of the Mississippi came under British control. With the official end of the war, Anglo-American colonists began t

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How Historically Accurate is the Outlaw King
...ot engage in any chivalrous battles with the English would never work. The British always had superior numbers and resources, but once the Bruce switched to g ...ally merged with the English kings and became the ancestors of the current British monarch. Robert the Bruce, both his ambition and bravery, were critical to

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How accurate is the movie The Favourite
...of 2018. It is a historical drama set in one of the key periods of British history. It focuses on the relationship of Queen Anne of Great Britain with two of ...s it marked the end of French expansion under Louis IV and the rise of the British Empire. <ref>Coward, Barry. The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714 (Lond

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What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution
...0-year old aide on an expedition with a letter informing the French of the British claims in the region. The French thanked Washington for coming, put him up ...outhwest Pennsylvania carving roads and attempting to build a fort but the British position was overrun by a larger French force. On a dark May night in 1755

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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] [[Category:British History]] [[Category:English History]][[Category:History of Elizabethan Age]]

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The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
...mes'', the ''Australian'', ''The Conversation'', ''Globalist Magazine'', ''History News Network'' and many others. Palen has recently published two outstandi ...so offers a timely reminder that the Republican Party was, for much of its history, the party of protectionism and imperialism. The GOP dominated the executiv

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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...ore the bike manufacturers. With the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 the British office of the Ministry of Defence sought out William and Edwin Douglas, bro ...Davidson Motor Company. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref>

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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History
...<ref>Virtue, John, ''The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway: A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943'', McFarland & Company, ...heast of Fairbanks, and at the southern terminus in Dawson Creek, near the British Columbia/Alberta border. In between lay 1,700 miles of sub-arctic tundra, r

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie ...e a couple thousand years after Plato, was Francis Galton, a member of the British landed gentry and half-cousin to Charles Darwin. Charles was Francis’s ol

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Causes of World War II Top Ten Booklist
The second world war was the most catastrophic war in human history. The origins of the second world war in Europe are complex and controversia ...licy, which became increasingly hostile to Germany. It directly led to the British government issuing an ultimatum to Germany over Poland and this resulted in

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What steps did Germany take to start the Second World War in Europe
...ations, but ultimately the primary cause of the greatest conflict in human history was National Socialist Party's ideology and Germany's aggressive policies. ...ded the first world war, is perhaps the most controversial peace treaty in history; ‘many have judged it to be too harsh and others have judged it to be not

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What started World War One
...storiography of the First World War-Part I." Journal of Modern European History 121 pp: 5-27</ref> Germany was by far the most powerful military count ...y in Continental Europe, it lacked a large colonial Empire. The French and British Empires extended over large areas of the globe. Europe strategists at the t

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Why did the Baroque Style develop
...Culture of the Baroque: Analysis of a Historical Structure. Theory and History of Literature, v. 25. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.</ref> ...lready popular in Britain where the Baroque style never became popular for British tastes, emphasized proportional, free-standing buildings that were geometri

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What was the impact of the Irish Famine on Ireland and the world
...impact of the famine on Irish society and how it ‘decisively shaped its history and the nature of its society and economy.<ref>Donnelly, James S (2005), '' ...2002).</ref> The country was part of the United Kingdom and was ruled by a British appointed administration in Dublin Castle, who were under the London govern

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How does The Magna Carta influence the Modern Perceptions of Civil Rights
...considered and recognized to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy itself, as well as civil rights and obligations and common law ...uck: http://www.historyextra.com/feature/magna-carta-turning-point-english-history</ref> An official version of this very document was released soon afterword

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Did the Congress of Berlin create a more unstable Europe
...lity or even the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in particular. The British and the French were also alarmed by the growing power of the Russians in th ...s ‘sphere of influence’ in the Mediterranean.<ref>Glenny, 78</ref> The British made clear that they would not allow the Russians access to the Bosporus. L

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Did multi-cultural societies become widely accepted in ancient history
===Early History=== ...y in World History: Multidisciplinary Approaches. Studies in Global Social History, v. 3. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.</ref> In many cases, these migrations or c

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The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact- Stalin’s greatest mistake
...785&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ef7d32545f1ecdddb1c073906b750f1b A History of Germany: 1919–1945]'' (Rowman & Littlefield, London, 2000), p. 78.</re ...itler very well it had allowed him to attack first the west and defeat the British and French. When he was completed he was able to invade the Soviet Union.<r

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How did the Versailles Treaty lead to World War Two
...sponse to those terms would lead to the most destructive conflict in world history - World War Two. ...presented at the treaty conference came out with some disappointments. The British goal of stability was largely subverted by revolutions across Europe and Fr

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Why did museums develop
...e think of museums as areas that display the past, our culture, or natural history of our world. This certainly has developed to be the modern norm; however, ...abylon. The Schweich Lectures 1983. Oxford ; New York: Published for the British Academy by the Oxford University Press.

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What were the goals of the Axis powers and the Soviet Union during World War Two
...Suez Canal in Egypt from the Italian colony Libya were largely repelled by British forces. Italy desired a string of colonies along the Adriatic coast in Yugo ...:World War Two History]] [[Category:European History]] [[Category:European History]]

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Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers
Len Travers is professor of history at the Univesity of Massachusetts Dartmouth and he is also the author of [h [[File:A_Battle_of_the_French-Indian_War.jpg|thumbnail|250px|Ambush British soldiers during the French and Indian War]]

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How did Joseph Stalin react to the German invasion during WWII
...German army conquered France without suffering appreciable losses, and the British withdrew from the continent. The Germans were astonished at how badly the S ...ews was true. The Soviet leader had also ignored all warnings from the US, British governments, and even his own intelligence officers. Economic and diplomati

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How did Winston Churchill become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in World War Two
...failed invasion of Gallipoli. Churchill later served as an officer in the British army on the western front. After the war, he joined the British Liberal Party and was to serve as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he

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Why Was the Battle of Antietam a Pivotal event in the American Civil War
...an, in Sharpsburg, Maryland. In this one poignant moment in time, American history was forever altered. If Gettysburg was the most significant battle in terms ...summer of 1862 proved to be the most hopeful for the South with regard to British and French intervention on the behalf of the CSA. Although news took ten da

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Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goff
...ican Studies Program. She is also the director of the Institute for Public History. Before becoming a professor, Goff had a distinguished career as a business ...adding the evidence of the landscape to the historiography of labor, urban history, and material culture. Shantytowns are especially intriguing because they w

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Why was France defeated in 1940
In September 1939, the French with the British declared war on Germany after Hitler invaded Poland. For several months, th ...360,000 casualties. A further two million men were captured. Some 300,000 British and French troops escaped the Germans after being evacuated by naval forces

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What were Joseph Stalin's goals as World War Two ended
...Franklin Roosevelt). Each brought his agenda to the Yalta Conference. The British wanted to maintain their empire, the Soviets wished to secure and obtain mo

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Why did the Germans suffer a defeat at Kursk in 1943
...he Eastern Front during World War II. Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, and it was the last attempt by the German army to slow down the Soviet Mil ...ir western Allies<ref> George, p. 167</ref>. Despite constant demands, the British and the Americans had failed to open a ‘second front’ in western Europe

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Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.
...rs win through logistics." Logistics is a fairly unsexy aspect of military history, but without good logistics armies cannot function. Are you trying to refoc ...ze its importance. The quote I use in the book succinctly states the case. British Field Marshall Archibald Percival Wavell, a veteran of the Boer War, World

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Why did Operation Market Garden in 1944 fail
...hat time. The operation was a daring one, and it was the brainchild of the British General Bernard Montgomery. This operation was even the subject of the 1977 ...he Allies' supply lines were overstretched, slowing down the Americans and British in particular. The shortage of oil meant that Patton’s armored divisions

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Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
...Protestant pamphlet for every man, woman and child in the country. If the British are a people of the novel, and the French a people of the philosophical tra ...od. No divine revelation. No resurrection. Interested in science, natural history, and philosophy as substitutes and superior alternatives to religion and th

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What Were the Motives of the Irish in the American Civil War
...temperate, and barbarian.’”<ref>Jay P. Dolan, ''The Irish Americans: A History'' (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008), 62.</ref>Most Irishmen in the U.S. we ...> This exacerbated the feelings of animosity held by the Irish towards the British Empire and also to the strong feelings of advocacy they had regarding slave

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How did hunting become a symbol of the royalty
...he Assyrian palace at Nineveh, dead lions and a lioness, about 645-635 BC, British Museum (12255284476).jpg|thumbnail|left|A lion hunt scene shown dead lions ...on ancient royal hunting in India, see: Sen, S. N. (1999). Ancient Indian history and civilization. New Delhi: New Age International, pg. 134.</ref> In fact,

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How did hunting become a symbol of the aristocracy/royalty
...he Assyrian palace at Nineveh, dead lions and a lioness, about 645-635 BC, British Museum (12255284476).jpg|left|thumbnail|Figure 1. A lion hunt scene shown d ...on ancient royal hunting in India, see: Sen, S. N. (1999). Ancient Indian history and civilization. New Delhi: New Age International, pg. 134.</ref> In fact,

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American Revolution Top Ten Booklist
...The successful fight for independence has had a remarkable impact on world history over the past 200 years. The United States gradually transformed itself fro ...ive on the Revolution they also to see and think about aspects of American history that we never considered. Here's our list.

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Why was Rommel defeated at El Alamein
...e the most important battles of the North African conflict. The German and British armies were led two of their most capable commanders, Erwin Romel and Berna ...itish and French defeats in 1940. This led him to order his army to attack British controlled Egypt from the Italian colony of Libya.<ref>Carell, p. 67</ref>

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Why did the Battle of the Somme largely fail to achieve its objectives
...offensive was not effective and achieved very little for the allies. The British only advanced a few miles, and the German lines held. The offensive did not ...ians have argued whether the Somme was a failure or a partial success. The British and French did not secure their main objectives during the battle. Why did

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Why did Germany not achieve victory at Verdun in 1916
...mselves and had only been able to continue the war with the support of the British.<ref> Clayton, p. 120</ref> ...aware of the build-up by the Germans in the area. They had been ignored by British intelligence that a German attack was imminent and had prepared for an assa

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Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff
...are just a few of the medical sects born during this era of United States history. At the very end of the 19th Century, a new medical system called naturopat ...entury. Cayleff's book is an intriguing addition to the medical and social history of the United States.

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British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ions to the contrary, legal history can extraordinarily fascinating. Legal history explores the conflicts that arise from civilization. A deft legal historian If you're even remotely familiar with the field of British criminal and legal history, no doubt you've seen John Beattie’s [https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc

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Why did the Gallipoli Landings fail in WWI
[[File:British_Troops_on_V_beach.JPG|thumbnail|left|300px|British Troops Ashore on "V Beach" at Camp Helles]] ...me their success.<ref> Keegan, p. 153</ref> They also managed to limit the British advances in the Persian Gulf. However, the Ottoman Empire's conflict with t

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Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
...vateering" and explains why the dangers of piracy ultimately convinced the British to end its conflict with the United States. ...hundreds of trained men to sail them and fire their guns. Meanwhile, the British Royal Navy had hundreds of ships and men, seasoned by fighting Napoleon and

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How did modern boxing emerge
...odriguez, Robert G., and George Kimball. 2009. The Regulation of Boxing: A History and Comparative Analysis of Policies among American States. Jefferson, N.C: ...the rise of boxing in Europe, see: Boddy, Kasia. 2009. Boxing: A Cultural History. First paperback pr. London: Reaktion.</ref> In particular, swords became l

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Why was Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
[[File: Waterloo 2.jpg|thumbnail|left|350px|British Cavalry charging at Waterloo]] ..., Prussia, and their allies on the other. The battle was a victory for the British and the Prussians, and it is widely seen as the end of the series of wars t

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Why was Germany defeated at the First Battle of the Marne (1914)
...d its hinterland and was a counter-attack by the French field army and the British Expeditionary Force leading to the German withdrawing from the area around ...the capture of Mulhouse.<ref> Brooks, Richard, Atlas of World Military History. (London: HarperCollins, 2000), p. 117</ref> The Germans then invaded F

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What caused the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
...history: War and renewed defeat -https://www.britannica.com/place/Hungary/History#ref411390</ref> Furthermore, like many of its neighboring countries in the ...of response by force in Hungary. <ref>The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents - http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB76/</ref>

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Why did the Italians lose the Battle of Caporetto in WWI
...Italians.<ref> Morselli, M. Caporetto 1917: Victory or Defeat? Military History and Policy. London: Frank Cass, 2001), p. 17</ref> Furthermore, they be Cadorna was planning another offensive in the Isonzo. The British and the French informed Rome that the Germans had begun to deploy in the ar

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How did the modern tennis emerge
...f>For more information, see: Gillmeister, H. (1998). Tennis: a cultural history. London: Leicester University Press, pg. 3.</ref> ...read its popularity beyond royal families and into the nobility.<ref>For a history of royal courts playing tennis in the late Medieval period and early Renais

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Why did the Germans win the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914
...The German losses were far less. The Russian defeat shocked the West. One British Field Marshall declared it to be the greatest defeat suffered by any army i ...suffered a defeat in the west. At the Battle of the Marne, the French and British defeated the Germans and halted their advance on Paris.<ref> Harrison, p. 2

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Why did the German Spring Offensive of 1918 fail
...Spring Offensive had succeeded in the outcome of the war and the course of history in the Twentieth Century would have been very different. The German Spring ...to seize the remaining ports in Belgium. They hoped that by defeating the British that they would seek peace terms with Germany and after capitulating, the F

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How Was Hitler Responsible for the German Defeat in World War II
...Germany’s land grabs did not go unnoticed by formidable European powers. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain organized a conference in Munich that in ...he two conquering countries.<ref>Michael J. Lyons, ''World War II: A Short History'', 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2010), 57-58.</ref>This

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Why Did American Colonists Become United Against England
...the costs associated with stationing British troops on American soil. The British government assessed taxes on the colonies yet denied colonists the right to ...ves as being subordinates to the Crown rather than as equal members of the British Empire, thus prompting the colonists to rebel against their mother country

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How Did Slavery Develop
...as been used as a form of punishment or to deal with prisoners of war. The history of this institution has, however, evolved over the millennia. ...he origins of slavery, see: Heuman, G. J. (Ed.). (2012). The Routledge History of Slavery (1. publ. in paperback). London: Routledge.</ref>. Initially

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Ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate and Late Periods Top Ten Booklist
...alysis of Egyptian, Assyrian, biblical, and Greek primary sources, eminent British Egyptologist, Kenneth Kitchen, presents the first and most accurate chronol ...rstand ancient Egypt’s Late Period – or any period in ancient Egyptian history for that matter – will fall short if the textual/historiographical eviden

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How did the game of golf emerge
...gins of Golf, with Sidelights on Polo.” The International Journal of the History of Sport 19 (1): 2–30. doi:10.1080/714001691. ...h. By 1787, in Blackheath, London, the first UK club was formed.<ref>For a history on early golf clubs, rules, and development of the sport in the 17th and 18

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How did universities develop
...op economic success, where universities play a critical role. However, the history of universities was very different, and these institutions were first relat ...Giovanni, John R. Catan, and Giovanni Reale. 1990. Plato and Aristotle. A History of Ancient Philosophy, Giovanni Reale ; 2. Albany, NY: State Univ. of New

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How historically accurate is Braveheart
...kirk in Wallace's life, see: Hamilton, J. S. (2010). The Plantagenets: History of a Dynasty. London ; New York: Continuum, pg. 79.</ref> *[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]]

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How Historically Accurate is Alexander
*[[British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist]] ...gory:Ancient History]] [[Category:Historically Accurate]] [[Category:Greek History]]

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How Did Firefighting Develop
...rtments and respondent to events. As with other institutions, however, the history of firefighting is complicated and influenced by the major technical and so ====Early History====

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How Did Roads Develop
...elation to royal roads, see: Briant, P. (2002). From Cyrus to Alexander: a history of the Persian Empire. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, pg. 364.</ref> ...oved roads, see: Guildi, E.J. 2001. The Road to Rule: The Expansion of the British Road Network, 1726--1848. Proquest.</ref> Such types of roads remained comm

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
====History and Key Events==== ...ntext ; Essays in Honour and Memory of Walter C. Utt. Studies in the History of Christian Traditions 156. Leiden: Brill.</ref>

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D-Day: What Factors Were Considered When Planning Operation Overlord
...y patrol the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Michael J. Lyons,'' World War II: A Short History,'' 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2010), 246. For an excel ...as designated as the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. British General Bernard Montgomery was charged with the command of all Allied groun

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of The Last Kingdom
====Anglo-Saxon and Danish History and Culture==== ...341&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=ff5b5676acff27932d33829e68aa84b0 A history of the Vikings] (2nd ed). London ; New York: Oxford University Press.

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How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Victoria
...) who ruled at a time when there were many social and technical changes in British society during the 19th century. Her long rule also saw the United Kingdom ...n der Kiste, J. (2009) Queen Victoria’s children. 2nd ed. Stroud, History Press.</ref>

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What was the impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII on English Society?
{Mediawiki:British History}} ...ory:British History]][[Category:16th Century History]][[Category:Religious History]]

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What Mistakes did the Allies make during Operation Overlord on D-Day
...milar operation to secure access to the Sword, Gold, and Juno Beaches. The British divisions achieved a greater measure of success than the Americans. ...Pointe du Hoc at 0710 hours.<ref>Michael J. Lyons, ''World War II: A Short History,'' 5th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2010), 250.</ref>

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How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity
...Berenike and the Ancient Maritime Spice Route. The California World History Library 18. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> ...i> The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery. 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed. New York: Palgrave Macmil

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How Did Wine Develop
...with religion, cooking, feasting, and our forms of social gatherings. The history of wine also shows it has long been associated with human societies since t ...<ref>For more on rice and palm wine, see: Cyrus Redding, Redding. 2008. History and Description of Modern Wines. Place of publication not identified: A

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What textiles were British women bringing with them to India
...ate, as much as was possible, the comforts of the homes left behind on the British Isles. One of the main ways of doing this was through the liberal use of te ...onial system of government. At the same time, the interactions between the British and the native Indians changed to match the political situation. Where befo

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What is the Deep Impact of Ferrous Metallurgy
...eadrick, Daniel R. 2009. Technology: A World History. The New Oxford World History. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 37.</ref> ...on the spread of iron making technology, see: Schenck, Helen R.. 1980. History of Technology: The Role of Metals. University of Pennsylvania Museum.</

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What is the Deep Impact of Gold
...ns, and culture, see: Bernstein, Peter L. 2004. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession. Illustrated ed. New York: Wiley.</ref> ...iu C. 2011. Money and Market in the Economy of All Times: Another World History of Money and Pre-Money Based Economies. London and New York.</ref>

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A Study of Subaltern Studies
...icle "Situating and Rethinking Subaltern Studies for Writing Working Class History" that point out the archival limitations mentioned above, as well as many o ...nd profound critique of Subaltern Studies in the introduction to the book, History after the Three Worlds. They voice fears that Postmodernism, Multiculturali

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How Were the Assyrians able to Conquer the Ancient Near East
...n trade and merchant activities. Modern scholars generally divide Assyrian history into three periods known as the Old, Middle, and Neo-Assyrian periods or dy ...the Egyptians, Hittites, and Babylonians. <ref> Mieroop, Marc van de. A History of the Ancient Near East: ca. 3000-323 BC. 2nd ed. (London: Blackwell,

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2016 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
...:Pirate_Nests.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|Pirate Nests and the Rise of the British Empire, 1570-1740]] ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016.

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Could Another Alphabet Have Developed
...ed at the time that promoted the more ancient scripts.<ref>For more on the history of the Late Bronze Age, see: Steel, Louise. 2013. Materiality and Consu ...the Past. London / Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications. John F. Healey.</ref>

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2016 American Historical Association Book Awards
...rehensive history society in the United States. Basically, every flavor of history is represented in the AHA. Unsurprisingly, the AHA awards a massive number While the list is long, it is a great place to find great new history books on a lot of different topics. The breadth of subject of the books on

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What if the Vikings Never Invaded England
...ccupied by the remaining Britons, who were the pre-Roman population of the British Isles. ...new areas, where a more stable economy could be established for them. The British Isles, fed by the warmer waters from the Gulf stream, were attractive and f

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What was the impact of Attila the Hun on the Roman Empire
Attila the Hun is one of the most infamous conquerors and warriors in history. He ruled a large nomadic confederation known as the Huns. Attila either as No one really knows the origins of the Huns. The great British historian Gibbon believed that they were identical to the Xiongnu tribes wh

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Archive Stories edited by Antoinette Burton
...says comprising Archive Stories – Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History, (Duke University Press, 2005) effectively challenges the claims of obj ...e historian’s personal relationships with archives, its curators and the history of those archives. Archive Stories seeks to create “a more accountable b

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When were Spy Services created in the United States
...nded across the West, and its experiences in the Civil War and World Wars, history has shaped what spying means to the US. ...erty formed as a group that fought against the Stamp Act and would observe British troop movements in Boston and other places. This group included well known

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Playing Indian by Philip Deloria
...y known; they were used to create a new American identity in opposition to British domination. While it would seem an odd choice to dress like Indians becaus ...visioned a society for boys that emphasized America’s frontier past, the history of white Americans and military order. Unsurprisingly, over time Seton’s

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How Did the Mongol Invasions Change Population Genetics
...wars. The Mongol Invasions (1206–94) represent an important event in the history of population genetics because of the large, spatial extent of the invasion ...a and Europe were directly linked for the first time. <ref>For more on the history and background to the Mongol Empire and populations, see: Fitzhugh, Willia

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Why Did the Ancient Egyptians Mummify Animals
...vered that relates the precise details of the art, modern archaeology, art history, and the writings of the fifth century BC Greek historian, Herodotus, have ...t of mummification can be traced back to the earliest periods of pharaonic history and was done so that the deceased’s ka, or spirit, could have a ve

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How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Last Kingdom
...139&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=a5bdf413f75cfbfe3838ad70df0785b4 A history of London]. London, Macmillan, pg. 64.</ref> ...ing Guthrud his blessing.<ref>For more on St. Cuthbert, see: Marner, D. & British Library (2000) [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0712346864/ref=as_li_t

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Was there an Ancient Suez Canal
...mus in Egypt would save an immense amount of time and money. Under a joint British and French effort, construction of the modern Suez Canal began in the mid-1 ...Gae. “The Middle Kingdom Renaissance (c. 2055-1650 BC). In The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press,

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How did the defeat of the Spanish Armada (1588) change England
...had been successful, it could have changed the course of English and world history. The defeat of the Armada had profound consequences for England. The first ...ious European naval power. Britain's navy was the foundation of the future British Empire. As a result of the failed invasion by Catholic Spain, England beca

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How accurate is Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus'
...ded3d1908b 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 pi Nearly everything that we know about the life of Spartacus comes from Roman history. According to the Roman historian Appian, Spartacus was a Thracian, a war-l

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What are the Origins of the Abolitionist Movement
...has been remembered as one of the great humanitarian initiatives in modern history. Occurring as it did in a world that was rent by the slaveholding republics ...ut of those movements came many of the first abolitionist organizations in history. The second factor has to do with political economy. Slaveholding republics

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Why did African Americans join the British Army during the American Revolution
...f Liberation Historiography: African American Writers and the Challenge of History, 1794-1861]'' (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2004), ...nlike other “Loyalists,” a sizable segment of those who fought for the British, and most importantly their descendants, remained to incur the wrath of the

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How historically accurate is the movie The Longest Day
...on June 6th, 1944. These landings were the largest amphibious operation in history when some 100,000 Allied troops landed on the coasts of Normandy in German- ...s. <ref> Solomon, Aubrey, Twentieth Century Fox: a corporate and financial History (Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989). p. 253</ref> ''The Longest Day'

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How Historically Accurate is Season 2 of Versailles
...IV and the origins of the Dutch War. Cambridge studies in early modern history. Cambridge [England] ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</ref> ...(2009) The state in early modern France. New approaches to European history ; 42. 2nd ed. Cambridge, UK ; New York, Cambridge University Press.</re

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How historically accurate is the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'
...rs. The 1977 motion picture was directed by Richard Attenborough, a former British movie star. The movie had a huge budget and is visually spectacular. ...diverse nature of the allied forces in Operation Market Garden, including British, American, Canadian, Free Dutch forces and Polish Paratroopers.

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