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How Has the Mexico-US Border Changed in History
...r itself has changed as the two countries evolved. The border reflects the history between the two countries, that has sometimes been hostile while other time ...Western United States and modern Mexico. The first few decades of Mexico's history were turbulent, as a struggle for power between conservatives, who wanted a

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What is the History of US Presidential Scandals
...hard to believe even, yet the American public has often been forgiving, as history shows. ...ly angered France, the ally of the United States, and led to a split among US politicians, with Jefferson accusing Washington of treason.

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What is the History of US Presidential Scandals?
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How Has the Mexico-US Border Changed in History?
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Media History Top Ten Booklist
...n offered his provocative entry into the little-known canon of campanarian history, considering how bells resonated across the “auditory landscape” of rur ...orthcoming Messengers of the Right (on conservative media) promise to tell us much about the manifold ways that technologies of communication intersect w

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History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
...n). American notions of sexuality have dramatically changed throughout its history. These books seek to explain and place American views of sex in an historic ...tory of sexuality list. We understand that there is a distinction but, for us, these two things blur together. Unlike other people, we do not see them a

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American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...sistant Professor at the University of Washington - Bothell, ably assisted us in developing this booklist. We can safely say that the best selections on

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19th Century Overview of United States History Top Ten Booklist
...ith conventional safe picks, you leave off some of the good stuff. Trust us, we will get to the good stuff. #Westward Expansion/Environmental History: William Cronon, ''[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393308731/ref=as_li_t

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The Cold War, Sexuality, and American Medicine: Interview with Carolyn Herbst Lewis
...her about it. Carolyn Herbst Lewis is currently a Assistant Professor of History at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Her current research focuses on Dr. ...of sex since I was an undergrad. I also was working in the Contemporary History Institute, which has a post-1945 focus. At some point, I was at a garage sa

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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
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}} * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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How did Great Britain win the French Indian War (Seven Years War)
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}} Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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Why did Westward Expansion Lead to the American Revolution
{{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}} Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian], United States Department of State

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How Historically Accurate is the Outlaw King
Many of us know the story of Braveheart, where William Wallace leads a major re [[Category: Historically Accurate]][[Category:Wikis]][[Category:British History]]

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The Bronze Age Economy and Trade Top Ten Booklist
...the alphabet and other social ideas. The economy, however, seems alien to us as it was complex and had many aspects to it, spanning from elites in palac The book covers an interesting history in the Near East during the 14th century BC, when the city of Amarna briefl

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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 ...mies of the French. This war was to prove to be a key turning point in the history of Europe. As it marked the end of French expansion under Louis IV and the

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Bronze Age (3200-1200 BC) Economy and Trade in the Near East Top Ten Booklist
...the alphabet and other social ideas. The economy, however, seems alien to us as it was complex and had many aspects to it, spanning from elites in palac The book covers an interesting history in the Near East during the 14th century BC, when the city of Amarna briefl

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How did ancient Professional Armies develop
...ar and armies, see: Chaliand, Gérard, ed. 1994. ''The Art of War in World History: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age''. Berkeley: University of California Pr ...early professional armies in Mesopotamia, see Bauer, S. Wise. 2007. ''The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome''. 1st

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How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well
...il was slow to arrive. Finally, on August 27, 1859, at a depth of 69 feet, history's first oil well came in.<ref>American Chemical Society, "The Development o *[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]

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What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution
History tells us that the Continental Congress chose wisely. Washington lost more battles th {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=10}}

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Which Guns Won the American West
...Century History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]][[Category:History of the American West]] {{Mediawiki:US History}}

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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 ...ecutive throughout most of this period and it viewed any attempts to lower US tariff walls to be part of a vast transatlantic free trade conspiracy to un

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How Did Ancient Societies Adapt to Dairy Consumption
Natural selection, the process first uncovered by Charles Darwin, tells us that specific traits, over time, could become selected for, leading to a tr ...e different gene groups. In fact, there are different divergences known to us in relation to dairy consumption; dairy we know has become one of the stron

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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...Davidson Motor Company. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref> ...trains mechanics today. <ref>”’H-D Supports the Military,” corporate history, Harley Davidson USA, 2015</ref>

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How did Medicine develop in the Ancient World
...ral regions around the world, which had early complex societies, have left us evidence or documents that describe some of the relatively sophisticated me ...d their involvement in medical practices, see Sigerist, Henry E. 1987. ''A History of Medicine''. Publication / Historical Library, Yale Medical Library, no.

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Why Was Vicksburg “The Gibraltar of the Confederacy”
...vid, Cohen, Lizabeth, Lemley, Piehl, Mel, The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume I: To 1877, Wadsworth Publishing, 2005, page 32 ...nd know what I am talking about, and as valuable as New Orleans will be to us, Vicksburg will be more so." <ref>De Togni, Elisa, “The Key in Lincoln’

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Portal:Interviews
...t famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investi ...a. The Century and In Search of America were mini-series that aired on the History Channel and ABC.

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Portal:Booklists
...tability. The First World War was one of the most important wars in human history. There has long been a debate about the exact cause of the First World War. ====[[Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist]]====

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
The answer is that studying such “failed” sciences of the past can give us incredible insight into the origins of scientific theories we now hold to b As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie

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Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
....html The University of Chicago Press] explores the bizarre and ridiculous history of state-funded attempts to control the weather. ...ddition to Make it Rain, Professor Harper also wrote the definitive history of meteorology [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262517353/ref=as_li_t

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How has ancient Rome influenced European law
...Roman rules were implemented directly and even today they apply to all of us. For example the fact that we can return faulty purchases to the shop durin [[Category:Legal History]] [[Category:Roman History]] [[Category:European History]]

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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 Trojan War really happen
...te of the earliest known written copy of The Iliad. Thus, The Iliad tells us more about society, war, and culture in the 9th century BCE than it does ab ...hat the Trojan War was a historical event in the “Golden Age” of their history. <ref>Bryce, Trevor R. “The Trojan War: Is There Truth Behind the Legend?

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How Did Early Judicial Systems Evolve
...zens. The concept of justice, in fact, has evolved from very early written history, showing some similarities early on with modern ideas of law and justice fo ...laws of Urukagina, see: Kramer, Samuel Noah. 1995. ''The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character''. 12. [pr.]. Chicago: The Univ. of Chicago Press.<

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How Did Gold Become Desired by Ancient Civilizations
...e finds at Nahal Qanah and Varna Necropolis show is that early from gold's history it had already become an object that differentiated wealth and status in so ...y Life in Ancient Mesopotamia''. The Greenwood Press “Daily Life through History” Series. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, pg. 123.</ref> Gold, for privat

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Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers
...esidents between 1730 and 1754.<ref>Jay P. Dolan, ''The Irish Americans: A History'' (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2008), 6-8.</ref> With vast expanses of fert

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What is the history of socialism in the United States
...tatorships or Marxist states. Nevertheless, socialism has a long political history in the United States and has been, at times, influential in American politi ...roved unprofitable, and the farm itself was sold (Figure 1).<ref>For early history of American socialism and Utopian socialism, see: Taylor, K. (2016). Pol

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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, The world's first museum known to us appears to be from Babylon, now in southern Iraq, found within the palace o

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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 ...or parts of them, are recovered in this book. Together their stories give us a “snapshot” of early American lives not commonly found in histories of

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How did Joseph Stalin react to the German invasion during WWII
...he news was true. The Soviet leader had also ignored all warnings from the US, British governments, and even his own intelligence officers. Economic and ...reach the Kremlin gates. <ref>Joseph Stalin and World War II - http://www.history.com/topics/joseph-stalin</ref> The German assault on the Soviet Union was w

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What was the Bracero Program
...bnail|left|300px|Mexican workers in Mexicali waiting for legal work in the US]] ...can farm laborers, "Braceros" in Spanish, to come to the US to augment the US farm labor force. Debates about immigration policy, including recent discus

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What is the history of government shutdowns in the United States
...nt shutdowns has not only emerged but has increasingly been as a weapon in US politics. Why has this happened? ...o furlough its workers. Initially, it was interpreted that agencies of the US government could continue working without sufficient funds, and fund employ

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Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War
====The Collapse of US/USSR relations after World War 2==== ...not to run for re-election. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis, ''The Cold War: a New History.''' New York: Penguin Books, 2006. pgs. 79-80.</ref>

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When Did Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball and Why Is It Important
...athlete was short-lived. After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US entry into World War Two, Robinson was drafted into the army in 1942. Like The color line was receding to history, but racial intolerance and discrimination were not. During that 1947 seaso

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How Joseph Stalin became the leader of the Soviet Union
Stalin was one of the bloodiest tyrants in world history. He was the absolute ruler of the Soviet Union and later of the Communist b * [[What is the History of US Presidential Scandals?]]

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How did Aristotle fundamentally change philosophy and science
...n how the concept of the university developed and Aristotle's lifetime and history, see: Höffe, O. (2003). [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/079145634X/r Few thinkers directly known to us have so influenced the modern world as Aristotle. While in many ways, he wa

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What were Joseph Stalin's goals as World War Two ended
...in the Tehran Conference. The main discussion of the meeting, held by the US President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and ...accordance with the decisions made at the Tehran Conference, Britain and US troops launched an invasion of France, opening the so-called “second fron

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The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
Terri Halperin is a member of the University of Richmond History Department and an adjunct professor of the James Madison Memorial Foundatio ...e think about how Congress worked at its beginnings. My dissertation was a history of the United States Senate from 1789 to 1821.

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Why did the United States Gain the Upper Hand Against the Soviet Union at the End of the Cold War
..._U.S._embassy_in_Tehran.jpg|left|thumbnail|250px|Iranian Students invading US Embassy]] ...with the West. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis. ''We now know: rethinking Cold War history.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pages 45-49.</ref>

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What was Atomic Diplomacy
* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State] * Article: [https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/atomic| Atomic Diplomacy]

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What caused Bacon's Rebellion
...probably one of the most confusing and intriguing chapters in Jamestown's history. For many years, historians considered the Virginia Rebellion of 1676 to be Thus ended one of the most unusual and complicated chapters in Jamestown's history. Could it have been prevented or was it time for inevitable changes to take

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Why was Nikita Khrushchev deposed as the leader of the USSR
...t to the Stalinist emphasis on heavy industry. Khrushchev began seeing the US and the West much more as a rival instead of an evil entity. He aimed at sh

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The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline
...orandum and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, Its History and Annexation'' (New York: 1859), 12-13.</ref> The reasons for Bowie’s a ...rter, Interview.</ref> Given Bowie’s alcoholic tendencies and documented history as a binge drinker, this diagnosis is highly plausible if not probable.

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Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
...ess]) examines how a conflict with Protestantism, in the decades following US independence transformed American national identity. It made sense to get h .... It’s a bequest that includes American slavery and American racism, the US Constitution, and the country’s first and last dynasty of Presidents. Se

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What was Plato's academy and why did it influence Western thought
...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 ...y.<ref>For more on Arcesilaus, see: Algra, Keimpe, ed. 2005. The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge U

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How did hunting become a symbol of the royalty
...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, ...ancient royal parks, see: Allsen, T. T. (2006). The royal hunt in Eurasian history. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.</ref>

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How did hunting become a symbol of the aristocracy/royalty
...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, ...ancient royal parks, see: Allsen, T. T. (2006). The royal hunt in Eurasian history. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.</ref>

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The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson
...book most responsible for shaping his career, and even the most overrated history book ever. It's a biggie. ...-20&linkId=64535fc33a5e01427eaba9f0b184e82a Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad]

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Why Were the Philistines and Israelites Enemies
...mson, asking him: “Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us?” <ref> Judges 15:10</ref> [[Category:Religious History]] [[Category:Ancient History]] [[Category:History of the Middle East]][[Category: Wikis]]

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Fate of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri Glover
Lorri Glover is the John Francis Bannon Professor of History at Saint Louis University. She has written extensively about the early Amer ...Richmond, in June 1788, were one of the greatest dramas in all of American history. In no other gathering during the entire revolutionary era was there so fie

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How Did the Bed Develop as Household Furniture
...n today what represents a bed differs greatly from culture to culture. The history of the bed, like most furniture, has been shaped by its complex development ==Early History==

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Who Was Responsible for the Extreme Violence During the Reconstruction Era
...“unable to compromise.”<ref>Eric Foner, ''Give Me Liberty: An American History'' (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009), 534.</ref> ...of black citizens; there were zero convictions.<ref>Eric Foner, ''A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877'' (New York: Harper&Row, 1990), 85.</ref>

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How Did the Great Depression and the Vietnam War Help Shape the Hollywood Western?
...eds., ''Hollywood’s West: The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History'' (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press), 6. Historian Frederic Jackson ...s address by stating, “We cannot afford to neglect the plain duty before us.”<ref>Gordon, 310-11.</ref>

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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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Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
During the War 1812, US and Canadian privateers fought most of the naval battles between the United Faye M. Kert has finally written a comprehensive history on the privateers of the War of 1812. [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product

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How did modern boxing emerge
Boxing is one of the oldest sports known to us. From very early historical records, to its professional development in the ...odriguez, Robert G., and George Kimball. 2009. The Regulation of Boxing: A History and Comparative Analysis of Policies among American States. Jefferson, N.C:

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How did baseball develop
...nt, see: Williams, J. (1999) Cricket and England: A Cultural and Social History of the Inter-war Years. Sport in the global society. London ; Portlan ...are out. These and other rules advanced in this convention are still with us today and many recognize these rules as the true origin of modern baseball.

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What is the Magician's Oath and why is it important
...as Vegas. Penn & Teller even have a television show, ''Penn & Teller: Fool Us,'' where magicians try to perform tricks that Penn & Teller cannot figure o [[Category:Wikis]][[Category:History of Magic]]

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How did basketball develop
==Early History== ...haste, six of the original thirteen rules Naismith created are still with us. This includes not using your fist, shoulder, and not being allowed to run

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Reserve Police Battalion 101: How Did Ordinary Citizens Become Killers Under the Third Reich
...is position that most men of the 101st were in fact ordinary and common to us all. For example, American veterans of the Vietnam “conflict” still exh ...[Category:German History]] [[Category:Polish History]] [[Category:Military History]]

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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 Perpetrators of the Rwandan Genocide Show No Remorse
...killings, there was time for friendship, and meeting with friends brought us light hearts…we shared drinks, we ate.’”<ref>Hatzfeld, 82.</ref>Remin [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:Genocide]][[Category:African History]]

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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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American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
...://uwpress.wisc.edu/index.html University of Wisconsin Press] examines the history of surveillance in the United States and grapples with these problems. He e ...onse to foreign threats that did not respect borders. A rocky path brought us to the global war on terror. I think some civil libertarians tend to exagge

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How did the marathon emerge
...cited as the origin of this sport. While there is truth in this story, the history of the marathon is complex and its presence in many major world cities show The earliest history of the marathon is likely legend based on some facts. The story of the lege

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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
...rstand ancient Egypt’s Late Period – or any period in ancient Egyptian history for that matter – will fall short if the textual/historiographical eviden ...as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1e608e192bb2c217541ca0684680dcb0 The Writing of History in Ancient Egypt during the First Millennium BC (ca. 1070-180 BC): Trends a

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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 Hospitals Emerge
...nce of hospitals is not only ancient but it also evolved through a complex history. Hospitals were seen as a way to address healthcare in increasingly urban s ...on Achaemenid hospitals, see: Shoja, M. M., & Tubbs, R. S. (2007). The History of Anatomy in Persia. Journal of Anatomy, 210(4), 359–378.</ref> In t

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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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History of God Top Ten Booklist
...y task, here are the ten best books that try to make sense of this complex history. ...563&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=c5f79436e48ccd70fe128e130224ab49 A History of God]. London: Vintage.: The book is somewhat more narrow that later

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How did Public Sanitation Develop
==Early History of Sanitation== ...uuti, P., Katko, T. S., & Vuorinen, H. S. (Eds.). (2007). Environmental history of water: global views on community water supply and sanitation. London

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Primed for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski
...Brykczynski received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in European History and [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/029930700X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&c ...tics. I wanted to understand why this was the case, and what this can tell us about the relationship between politics, ideology, and violence more genera

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What was the Significance of the 1874 Second Battle of Adobe Walls in Texas
[[File:US-MAPS(1891)_p504_-_MAP_OF_TEXAS,_OKLAHOMA_AND_INDIAN_TERRITORY_(l).jpg|thumb ...uld keep track of [other outfits]…by the sound of the guns. If either of us got into trouble, the sound of the buffalo guns would be interrupted with t

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What Was the Importance of Bill Mauldin to WWII Infantrymen
...n said of Mauldin, “‘…to appreciate what moments of relief Bill gave us…you had to be reading a soaking wet ''Stars and Stripes'' in a water-fill ...isted man and veteran of Omaha Beach, said of Mauldin: “‘He was one of us. He supported the enlisted man. I was an enlisted man. Period. He was our c

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Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara
...t famous and infamous security guard and detective agency in United States history. Pinkerton originally created the agency to help railroad companies investi ...real picture of the most famous private detective agency in United States history. JHU Press states O'Hara explains who "American capitalists used the Pinker

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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 Did Honey Evolve in our Diet
...eeteners used by humans. Additionally, it was perhaps consumed not only by us humans but Neanderthals. In fact, honey likely played a role in the evoluti ...ore on the earliest history of honey, see: Crane, E. (1999). The world history of beekeeping and honey hunting. New York: Routledge.</ref>

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What Is the Historical Development of Bread
...societies, bread has come to symbolize the primary food that God has given us. Bread and life are intertwined as being seen as being part of each other. ==Early History of Bread==

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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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How Did Popcorn Become Popular
...type of beer.<ref>For more on the variety of uses for popcorn in its early history, see: Podojil, J. (2013). Popcorn Favorites: Everything you want to kno ...Americans, see: Smith, A. F. (Ed.). (2013). Food and Drink in American History: A “full course” encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.</ref>

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What Is the History of Ice Cream
...ce cream has been present for millennia. Ice treats, which eventually gave us ice cream, were refreshing snacks usually reserved for elites or those who ...ag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5e4fd0680acd209879f3f29c98e8005f Ice Cream: A Global History]. London: Reaktion Books, pg. 19.</ref>

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How did the Throne Develop as a Royal Symbol
...iterally made from the swords of the defeated) to show the reader that the history of Westeros was extraordinarily violent. While modern government in the Wes ...al period, see: Collins, R. (2010) Early medieval Europe, 300-1000. History of Europe. 3rd ed. Houndmills, Basingstoke [England] ; New York, NY, Palg

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Why did Medical Licensing Boards prosecute Christian Scientists for practicing medicine during the 19th Century
...prayer. Buswll stated that when a person “request[ed] aid and c[a]me to us for and assistance we treat them as a mother treats her child that is frigh *[[Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist]]</div>

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How Did Tables Evolve as Furniture
==Early History== ...ef>For more on the trestle, see: Sparkes, I. G. (1980). An illustrated history of English domestic furniture, 1100-1837: the age of the craftsman. Bou

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What is the Deep Impact of Plant Domestication
...ndustry: a Strategy for Food Quality Improvement. Boston, MA: Springer US.</ref> ...ve many of our problems and enhance our lives. However, this has also made us vulnerable to environmental damage, all the while global population continu

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Top Ten Books on Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar has cast a shadow over western history for two millennia. He was a remarkable general, a people's champion, the de ...t perennially fascinating question." -- Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History, University of Cambridge

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Benedict Anderson’s Imagined Communities
...derson’s Imagined Communities is a conceptual toll-kit that helps us understand the origin, function, and power of nationalism. The smoothness w [[Category:Book Review]] [[Category:Political History]] [[Category:Historiography]]

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Klaus Theweleit’s Male Fantasies vol 1: Men and Women
...jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|Male Fantasies, Vol. 1: Women, Floods, Bodies, History by Klaus Theweleit]] ...498fd1ef28285ba0901cf369b5a Male Fantasies, Vol. 1: Women, Floods, Bodies, History], is an examination of origins and manifestations of fascism. Thewelei

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The Power of Women and Peru's Shining Path
...eft.<ref>Orin Starn, Carlos DeGregori, and Robin Kirk. The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics, ed. Orin Starn, carlos Ivan Degregori, and Robin Ki ...a 1923 El Tiempo newspaper article that described Andean women’s “rich history” of involvement in rebellions in the Ancco and Chusqui districts, saying,

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Lester Langley’s The Americas in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850
...ment of commonality, for as he moves through time and space to narrate the history of Royalist Peru, Imperial Mexico and the Independent Republic of Colombia, ...e-formation. However his thoughtful analysis of the political and social history of the region and time period is helpful, as is his exploration of the cont

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Southwest to Whom - An Analysis of the Historiography of the American West
The American Southwest – the title hints at the meaning, history and mental imagry attached to the region by inhabitants and observers. The ...d the field. Once seen as a cultural artifact or a Hollywood backdrop, the history of the Southwest has become a dynamic exploration of continuity and variety

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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
...f the new nation. During the 1830s and 1840s, Poinsett worked as both the US Secretary of War, and a patron of the human sciences, and was involved in t ...his Unpublished Report on the Present Political State of Mexico. A Social History of Anthropology in the United States, by Thomas C. Patterson provides the b

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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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