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• How did bath houses become popular
  ...an history, private bath facilities were a rare commodity. Thus, it is the history of bath houses that is associated with social concepts of cleanliness and t ...liest public showers may have developed in baths used for athletes between 500-300 BC.<ref> For more on the development of bathing and bath houses in anci
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• What Is the History of Ice Cream
  ...ag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5e4fd0680acd209879f3f29c98e8005f Ice Cream: A Global History].</i> London: Reaktion Books, pg. 19.</ref> ...g=dailyh0c-20&linkId=84e7dc5199895ae45b5f8f264f1dc432 Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making].</i> University of California Press.</ref>
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• What was the contribution of Pompey the Great to Roman History
  ...had many achievements but perhaps his most significant contribution to the history of Rome was his role in the Civil War with Caesar. Pompey, despite his pre ...ermined the Eastern Mediterranean's history and the Black Sea for at least 500 years. As a politician, his impact on Rome was mixed. His most lasting cont
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• How Did Universal Religions Change the World
  ...daism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Islam, and others mostly rose between 500 BCE and 600 CE. Over this 1000 year period, Europe, North Africa, the Middl ...e monotheistic faiths--Judaism, Christianity, Islam: an analysis and brief history.</i> Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.</ref>
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• Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017
  ...r spouse. Hopefully, we can help. This is our 2017 list of great gifts for history lovers. ...st history lovers should enjoy. Here are some releases that are worth your history lovers attention. In addition to the standard paper format, some of these b
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• How were human genetics shaped by early migrations from Africa
  ...S.A. (2008) African Genetic Diversity: Implications for Human Demographic History, Modern Human Origins, and Complex Disease Mapping. <i>Annual Review of Gen ...st colonizers of the Americas. It is not clear when, but between 40,000-16,500 years ago, modern humans migrated over the Beringia land bridge, connecting
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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), ====The History of British Abolitionism====
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• Why Was Imhotep the Ancient World's Greatest Scientist
  The ancient world is full of many personalities who changed the course of history. The names of these people live on today, thousands of years after they hav ...Malek, Jaromir. “The Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2125 BC).” In <i>The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt.</i> Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
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• What Role Did Inflation Play in the Collapse of the Roman Empire
  ...n beat Rome as the Roman Republic began in 509 BC and continued for nearly 500 years before transitioning into the Roman Empire, which saw its last wester ...rfect storm” of civilizational destruction. Some past scholars of “big history,” such as Oswald Spengler and to a lesser extent, Arnold Toynbee, have ev
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• What was the Achaemenid Persian Empire
  ...enduring until the Romans conquered the Mediterranean and Near East about 500 years later. ...ake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2002), pgs. 17-18</ref> For most of their early history, the Persians played little role in the machinations of geo-politics in the
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• Who exactly was Sacagawea
  ...mission without Sacagawea's assistance. She is a common figure in Western history and the subject of countless articles and books. ...is likely the only thing that stopped her from being lost to the annals of history.
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• How did Weather Monitoring Develop
  ...logical tradition already by around 3000 BCE. Varahamihira wrote at around 500 CE about the importance of early rains and it is clear, similar to Chinese [[Category:Wikis]][[Category:History of Science]]
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• How Did the Hittites Influence the Late Bronze Age Near East
  ...the Hittites, there is no doubt that they greatly influenced the course of history in the Late Bronze Age Near East. Through many wars and hard-fought battles ...ty, making it the Hittite capital and center of Hittite culture for nearly 500 years. <ref> Macqueen, p. 36</ref> Hattusili I is credited with establishin
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• Why was it difficult to punish the police for brutality during the Gilded Age
  ...rmined to prevent the running of any Dry Dock streetcars. Murray stationed 500 policemen along the street and personally commanded another 250 to accompan ...liar today to August 1900 and one of the worst race riots in New York City history. On an Eighth Avenue corner in midtown, an African-American man challenged
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• How did Rome benefit from the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC
  The final defeat of Carthage in the Third Punic War transformed the history of Ancient Europe. For over a century, the Romans and the Carthaginians had ...power in the Mediterranean and aided its economic expansion over the next 500 years.
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• What Was the Significance of the Near East Middle Bronze Age System
  ...scholars made great advances in the fields of philology, archaeology, and history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it became clear that ...“Before Israel: Syria-Palestine in the Bronze Age.” In <i> The Oxford History of the Biblical World.</i> Edited by Michael Coogan. (Oxford: Oxford Univer
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• How Did the Creation of Paper Money during the Song Dynasty Impact China
  ...for granted, and few know how its use originated and developed throughout history. In Western countries such as the United States, paper money has a relative ...to other Asian peoples. Despite having a profound impact on Asian economic history, the paper currency would be one of many inventions/discoveries that never
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• How did the Byzantine Empire influence Russia
  Russia has a unique history, and the influence of Byzantium on Russia's culture, society, and politics ...tate-centered around Kyiv, a vital trading center. <ref>David Christian. A History of Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia (London, Blackwell, 1999), p 189</ref>
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• Why Was the Parthian Empire So Powerful
  ...y AD, making it one of the longest enduring empires and dynasties in world history. In terms of geographic scope, the Parthian Empire stretched from Bactria ( ...could include up to 1,000 Bactrian camels with each camel carrying 400 to 500 pounds of goods. <ref> Brosius, p. 123</ref> Once the Parthian kings receiv
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• What was the role of the Praetorian Guard in Roman History
  ...s their masters. This article will examine the role of the Guards in Roman history. It will demonstrate that they had the power to remove weak Emperors and be For most of their history, they were the loyal protectors of the leader of the Roman World. The Guard
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