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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, <i>The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Volume I: To 1877</i>, 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 <i>Make it Rain</i>, Professor Harper also wrote the definitive history of meteorology <i>[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). <i>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). <i>[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. <i>[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) <i>Cricket and England: A Cultural and Social History of the Inter-war Years.</i> 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><i>The 1956 Hungarian Revolution: A History in Documents</i> - 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). <i>Tennis: a cultural history</i>. 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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