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How did Aristotle fundamentally change philosophy and science
...important? Aristotle died in 322 BCE, but he made lasting contributions to science, philosophy, and thought. He was remarkable for his time. Even though his s ...linkId=fe18e8482be00532319dae1fd5177826 The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science]. New York, New York: Viking.</ref> He created a classification system

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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
...and support for scientific research. This intersection of the interests of science and state during expeditions was to become more prominent during the Ninete ...ineteenth century. Humboldt’s work also embodied the interaction between science and politics “at a cultural moment defined by revolutionary transformatio

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Evolutionary Science before Charles Darwin
...ific elite and everyone else. The elite saw themselves as the producers of science; in their minds, they conceived the theories while everyone else (and espec ...in’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the accepted biological science of today, the idea that each species on Earth did not come to exist through

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The Beginning of Science-Based Religious Disbelief: Atheism and Disbelief in Victorian Britain
For the men and women who lived through the Industrial Revolution, science was everywhere. The extent to which one embraced it was generally a matter ...of Reason. Many similar periodicals followed, ranging from those who used science to rebuff religion, to those who manipulated working-class politics in ways

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How Was Science Practiced in Ancient Babylon
...as used for practical applications – there was no such thing as abstract science in ancient Babylonia. ...rinceton University Press, 1992), p. 390</ref> The mixture of religion and science would continue and become more pronounced in the later Babylonian dynasties

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How did the Fall of Constantinople change the Renaissance in Italy
...knowledge of Ancient Greek language and lore in philosophy and Renaissance science. The Fall of Constantinople also changed the geopolitics of the Mediterrane ...emphasis on observation and experiment, which helped foster the growth of science in Italy.<ref>Deno, p. 187</ref>

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Media History Top Ten Booklist
[[Category:Booklists]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Media History]] [[Category:Cultural History]][[ {{MediaWiki:Science and Technology}}

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History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
...inkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=SNJLYUUGVEYAL7RI An American Obsession: Science, Medicine, and Homosexuality in Modern Society]'' (University of Chicago, 1

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Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
...nd Wang, 1966) Wiebe's innovative book shows how the spread of technology, science and industrialization forced America to create a unified nation in an incre

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Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist
...9c0f7dba5f7ec American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: From Sects to Science] (Johns Hopkins University Press, reprint edition 1992) and Judith Walz

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When were Electric Cars Invented
...logy symposiums on low pollution power systems that began to emerge in the science communities. The United States began to take the lead in research on electr [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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How did ancient Professional Armies develop
...gory:Ancient History]] [[Category:Military History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well
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Which Guns Won the American West
...d States History]] [[Category:19th Century History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]][[Category:History of the American West]]

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What are the Origins of Astronomy
...in agriculture and religion, see: Olson, Richard. 2010. ''Technology and Science in Ancient Civilizations. Prayer Series on the Ancient World''. Santa Barba ...10. ''The Astrological Revolution: Unveiling the Science of the Stars as a Science of Reincarnation and Karma''. Great Barrington, MA: Lindisfarne Books.</ref

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How did Manufactured Glass Develop in the Bronze Age
...s, see: Carter, C. Barry, and M. Grant Norton. 2013. Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering. Second edition. New York: Springer.</ref> This techniq

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What Caused the Rise of Agriculture?
...tion, see: Heather, Pringle. 1998. “The Slow Birth of Agriculture.” ''Science'' 282(5393):1446.</ref> Not every village or settlement necessarily exploit

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What Role did the Motorcycle and Harley-Davidson play in Wartime
...ed States History]][[Category:20th Century History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Military History]][[Category:World War Two Hist

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How did Navigation Develop in the Ancient World
...stantin. 2014. ''Antikythera Mechanism; the Book: Unwinding the History of Science and Technology''.</ref> ...ry:Ancient History]] [[Category:Copper Age History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Economic History]]

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What has been the Role of Horses in Human Societies
[[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Ancient History]]

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How did climate change influence the rise and collapse of the ancient Maya
...cation of drought during the collapse of the classic Maya civilization. Science, 361(6401), 498–501.</ref> *[[How Was Science Practiced in Ancient Babylon?]]

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
..., and most importantly, white, were considered “fit”. Eugenics is a “science” predicated upon racism, classicism, and sexism – so why in the world w ...st and misogynistic undertones, but despite this, it is still the accepted science of the day. Scientific theories aren’t an “all or nothing” deal. Some

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How Did Early Mathematics Evolve
...ics today profoundly affects our societies and has had a lasting impact on science and technology. However, before Greek mathematicians developed many wonderf ...prime numbers, and means, see: Clagett, Marshall. 1989. Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, v. 184, 214,

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Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
...se that weather control funding and supervision was handed to the National Science Foundation in 1957. The US Forest Service’s Project Skyfire attempted to ...nature), and the state (how the American state has influenced advances in science and technology over time).

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What was the Impact of the Tanzimat Reforms on the Ottoman Empire in the Nineteenth Century
...arization Process in the History of Turkish Education." ''Journal Social Science'', vol 19(2): 2009, p. 101</ref>

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What was the evolution of water technologies like
...m in the Lower Yangtze River Delta, China.” Journal of Archaeological Science 40 (1): 72–78. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.021.</ref> [[Category:Archeology]] [[Category:Ancient History]][[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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How did the Ionian Revolt (499-493 BC) change the Ancient World
...htenment or Awakening, which saw the birth of Ancient Greek philosophy and science, was effectively ended by the crushing of the uprising by Emperor Darius' a ...ter, 1999), p 12</ref> Traditionally, the Ionian cities, was where Greek science and philosophy began. Ionia's wealth made this possible. Additionally, Ioni

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What was the dominant medical sect in the United States during the 19th Century
...oach to medicine was essentially scientific, but their alleged reliance on science produced few results until the late nineteenth century because they lacked ...ional Regular medicine and the ambiguous benefits of early Regular medical science spurred the expansion of these new sects.<ref>Numbers, ''Sickness'', 226.</

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Ancient Near and Middle East Study Guide
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How did Athens become the leading Greek city-state
...Ancient Greek History]] [[Category:Ancient History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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How did Aristotle fundamentally change philosophy and science
...important? Aristotle died in 322 BCE, but he made lasting contributions to science, philosophy, and thought. He was remarkable for his time. Even though his s ...linkId=fe18e8482be00532319dae1fd5177826 The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science]. New York, New York: Viking.</ref> He created a classification system

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Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so important
...see: Bales, Eugene F. 2008. Philosophy in the West: Men, Women, Religion, Science. Philadelphia, Pa.: Xlibris, pg. 68.</ref> While his falling out with other ...ven without some form of proof, an idea that is now foundational to modern science.

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Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.
'''How would you describe yourself as a historian? Are you a historian of science and technology or a Civil War historian?''' ...had on the outcome of the war, I would not consider myself a historian of science and technology, but rather a Civil War historian. My book focuses less on n

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The Mysterious Illness of Jim Bowie: How Did He Contribute to His Own Decline
...on of pulmonary consumption…'' (Bristol, 1799), 62.</ref>Advancements in science, however, have given us the educational tools to further Dr. Beddoes' resea

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Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
...and the doctrine of the trinity and rambling, vituperative manifestos for science and rationalism.

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What was Plato's academy and why did it influence Western thought
...audience of scholars. The subjects focused upon were mathematics, natural science, astronomy, dialectics, philosophy, and politics. Plato was joined by other ...hought. The academy's concepts began to influence the developing notion of science and philosophy in the West in the late Medieval period. This led to the eve

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Why was Margaret Thatcher called the Iron Lady
...e in June 1970, Thatcher was appointed secretary of state of education and science. After the Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath lost two successive ele

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How Did God Influence the Wounded in the American Civil War
...? Was the reason for McCarter’s survival supernatural or was it strictly science? Perhaps it was both. A conditioned belief in the power of supernatural int ...unds. One was expected to live while the other was told he would die. Some science is needed to understand the surprising turn of events.

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Who Was Responsible for the Extreme Violence During the Reconstruction Era
...o, “Afro-American Responses to Race Violence During Reconstruction”, ''Science and Society'' 36, no.2 (summer, 1972): 158, http://www.jstor.org/pss/404016

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Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff
...l diagnosis, minor surgery, naturopathic physical medicine and nutritional science. There are also dual degree programs in which students study for an additio

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What Was the Fate of Women During the Bangladesh Liberation War
...enocide: Bangladesh, the Former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda,”'' New Political Science'' 22, no. 1 (2000): 95.</ref>Following this cultural norm, a woman was tort

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What is the Magician's Oath and why is it important
...istoper, "The Magician’s Oath: A Conversation with Pat Hammond on Magic, Science, and the Wind" The Drachen Foundation, May 2012</ref> ...-and-wind The Magician’s Oath: A Conversation with Pat Hammond on Magic, Science, and the Wind]" The Drachen Foundation, May 2012</ref> This level of secrec

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American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
...Gregory] has written pieces published by The Atlantic, Christian Science Monitor, Salon, Reason, and many others, and authored 

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How Did Hospitals Emerge
...e that concepts of anatomy were developed and scholarships akin to medical science developed in conjunction with dedicated medical facilities. By the 6th and ...his development recognized is the importance of pharmacology as a separate science requiring specialised knowledge that worked along with doctors.<ref>For mor

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How did universities develop
...matics, and astronomy. Even politics, or something comparable to political science, or political theory, was taught at these academies. Earlier Hindu higher l ...olicy, and Future Possibilities. 2015. 1st edition. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media.</ref>

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History of God Top Ten Booklist
...modern ideas of God are shaped by the modern world. The book looks at how science has affect modern understanding of God.

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How Did Firefighting Develop
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What was the impact of Charles VIIIs invasion of Italy (1494) on the Renaissance
...s that men could develop and achieve excellence in the arts, politics, and science.

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What was the influence of Emperor Frederick II on the Italian Renaissance
...to the growth in education and did much to lay the foundations for modern science. However, not all Frederick’s experiments are commendable. He also ordere

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How Did Chocolate Become Popular
...it is ritual connections, see: Frydenborg, K. (2015). Chocolate: sweet science and dark secrets of the world’s favorite treat. Boston: Houghton Miff ...f chocolate in the early 19th century, see: Beckett, S. T. (2008). The Science of Chocolate (2nd ed). Cambridge, UK: RSC Publishing, pg. 46.</ref>

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What Is the Historical Development of Bread
...w quick-rising bread is created, see: Edelstein, S. (Ed.). (2014). Food science: an ecological approach. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning, pg.

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How did Father's Day develop
...elation to Father's Day, see: Raman, V. (2005). Variety in Religion and Science: Daily Reflections. iUniverse. New Yor., pg. 234. </ref>

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How Did Wine Develop
...more on how early wine was preserved, see: Jackson, Ron S. 2014. Wine Science: Principles, Practice, Perception. Fourth edition. Amsterdam: Academic

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What were the causes of the Peloponnesian War
...Ancient Greek History]] [[Category:Ancient History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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What Is the History of Ice Cream
...6&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=fdf3c92b3e20404d677eaceab18d6a02 The Science of Ice Cream] (2nd ed). Cambridge: RSC Publ.</ref>

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Why did Medical Licensing Boards prosecute Christian Scientists for practicing medicine during the 19th Century
...e_and_Health_(Christian_Science)_and_the_Bible.jpg|thumbnail|320px|left|Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy, and the Holy Bible.]] ==The Theory and Beliefs of Christian Science==

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What is the Deep Impact of Plant Domestication
...an Long Ago. Science, 340(6130), 261–262. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.340.6130.261 </ref>

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What is the Deep Impact of Ferrous Metallurgy
...see: Rapp, George Robert. 2009. Archaeomineralogy. 2nd ed. Natural Science in Archaeology. Berlin ; London: Springer, pg. 164.</ref> ...e effects of iron on societies, see: Moreno Garcia, Juan Carlos, European Science Foundation, and Université Charles de Gaulle-Lille III, eds. 2016. Dyna

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What is the Deep Impact of Gold
...see: Rapp, George Robert. 2009. Archaeomineralogy. 2nd ed. Natural Science in Archaeology. Berlin ; London: Springer.</ref>

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How Did Astronomy Fundamentally Change Human History
...e on calendars and observations of eclipses, see: Lawson, R. M. (2004). Science in the ancient world: an encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, ...or more on navigation and star positioning, see: Denny, M. (2012). The science of navigation: from dead reckoning to GPS. Baltimore: John Hopkins Univ

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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
...and support for scientific research. This intersection of the interests of science and state during expeditions was to become more prominent during the Ninete ...ineteenth century. Humboldt’s work also embodied the interaction between science and politics “at a cultural moment defined by revolutionary transformatio

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What if the Battle of Qadisiyyah Had a Different Result
...dge, see: Al-Khalili, Jim. 2010. Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science. London: Allen Lane.</ref>

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When did we start sterilizing people in the United States
...were less intelligent than native-born whites. Together these men applied science to the most vexing issue they saw: the inevitable degeneration of the white

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When were Spy Services created in the United States
...to Cuba in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. In the 1960s, the Directorate of Science and Technology (DST) was created to coordinate technology efforts to aid in

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What Were the Financial Benefits of the Crusades
...usaders also brought back new knowledge of the world, in the form of math, science, and maps of the previously unknown when they returned to western Europe. I ...Perspective.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 53 (2003) p. 117</ref>

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When did Western Medicine expand into Japan
...his experiences with students during the hofreis demonstrated that Western science was becoming more widely known.<ref>Bowers, Western Medical Pioneers in

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Why was James Willard Hurst important for legal history
...his extensive knowledge of scholarship in history, sociology and political science) would play an important role in developing his work as a legal historian. ...ehistory of America’s New Deal liberalism.<ref>Landauer, Carl, “Social Science on a Lawyer’s Bookshelf: Willard Hurst’s Law and the Conditions of Fre

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Why Did the Ancient Egyptians Mummify Animals
...tomb for eternity. <ref>Shaw and Nicholson, pgs. 190-92.</ref> The art and science of mummification clearly played a central role in Egyptian religion, but al ...ion of the mummification process, the Egyptians made animal worship into a science. Although it may seem a bit confusing to most modern people, the ancient Eg

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What Was the Importance of Ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia
...even formulating the concept of fractions, although all of their math and science was practical and not theoretical as it is today. <ref> Soden, Wolfram von.

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When did Americans begin to get obsessed with weight loss
...ef name="Sylvester Graham, M.D."> [Sylvester Graham, M.D., Lectures on the Science of Human Life, (Battle Creek: The Office of the Health Reformer, 1872), p.

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How Did Public Aquariums Develop
...ies and pumps, see: Delbeek, J.C. & Sprung, J. (2005) The reef aquarium science, art et technology. Coconut Grove (Florida), Ricordea Publishing.

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How were human genetics shaped by early migrations from Africa
...>Science [Online] 290 (5494), 1155–1159. Available from: doi:10.1126/science.290.5494.1155.</ref>

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How did the Enlightenment Philosophers View Race
...ns then birthed disciplines such as anthropology, economics, and political science that sought to understand the culture, “rational man,” and human behavi ...ilosophical musings of thinkers for whom Enlightenment was their aim. Race science emerged at a moment in time where colonialism, dispossession, and enslaveme

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How did Vatican II change the Catholic Church
...declared that because man was made for communion God and that the goods of science, philosophy, technology and culture would be empty--insufficient when sough

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How did cats become pets?
...i>Science. [Online] 317 (5837), 519–523. Available from: doi:10.1126/science.1139518.</ref> ...Greece and Rome, see: Bradshaw, J. (2013) Cat sense: how the new feline science can make you a better friend to your pet. New York, Basic Books.</ref>

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Evolutionary Science before Charles Darwin
...ific elite and everyone else. The elite saw themselves as the producers of science; in their minds, they conceived the theories while everyone else (and espec ...in’s theory of evolution by natural selection is the accepted biological science of today, the idea that each species on Earth did not come to exist through

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How did zoos develop
...ern zoo should look like. It was the first zoo dedicated to the public and science, which made it different than the earlier zoos that often separated these i

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Why Was Imhotep the Ancient World's Greatest Scientist
...he limits of human knowledge, an Egyptian scholar named Imhotep introduced science to the ancient world. Imhotep’s greatness as a scholar was due to a combi ...tegory:Wikis]] [[Category:Ancient Egyptian History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category: Ancient History]] [[Category: Old Kingdom Egyp

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Did Victorian era popular scientists try to deny biblical teachings
...ng from popular science to Great Britain’s reckless imperialism, the new science of anthropology, and its followers’ very perception of themselves and oth ....e., the frontal lobe controls speech, smell, and movement), phrenological science divided the brain into segments that were visible to the naked eye via prot

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Why Were the Maya Such Excellent Warriors
...portant being the following: Itzamnaaj, the creator and god of writing and science; Kukulkan, who was the god of the nobles; and Hun Ixim, the maize/corn god. ...hout world history have all been fit, both mentally and physically. Modern science has seemingly given the edge to contemporary armies in terms of physical fi

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What Was the Importance of Alcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt
[[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category: Food History]][[Category:Ancient Egyptian Hist

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When were water fountains created
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How did prisons develop
...ities for the criminal and mentally unstable to be established, as medical science was increasingly understanding people did not always have easy control of t

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How Did Cremation Emerge as a Death Ritual
By the 17th century, doctors and some others influenced by emerging science began to call for the use of cremation as a means to dispose of the dead in

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History of Empires Top Ten Book List
...h global superpowers, power and wealth have a strong relationship with how science develops and what becomes a key focus in knowledge development.

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The Beginning of Science-Based Religious Disbelief: Atheism and Disbelief in Victorian Britain
For the men and women who lived through the Industrial Revolution, science was everywhere. The extent to which one embraced it was generally a matter ...of Reason. Many similar periodicals followed, ranging from those who used science to rebuff religion, to those who manipulated working-class politics in ways

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Are there Ancient Roots to Socialism
...& Feinman, G.M. (2013) Foundations of social inequality . Springer Science.</ref> ...ands. Science. [Online] 348 (6236), 796–798. Available from: doi:10.1126/science.aaa5139.</ref>

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History of Evolutionary Theory: Top Ten Books to Read
Evolutionary science has become a contentious topic in recent years – it's been vilified as a Most historians of science view Browne’s two-part biography of Charles Darwin as the most thorough a

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The History of Atheism, Secularism, and Free-Thought in Europe: Top Ten Books to Read
...ks. Retrieved October 28, 2017, from https://royalsociety.org/news/2017/07/science-book-prize-poll-results/</ref>

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Victorian Britain and the Empire: Top Ten Books to Read
...of the Victorian era, in 1859. To those living in the nineteenth century, science was somewhat akin to magic, and was an endless source of fascination. ...role of gender during this era in a more general sense. With the advent of science, Victorians became obsessed with explaining the unexplainable, and Owen doe

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Ten Booklist on Presidential Leadership
...he UN, 1945 to present. White House Studies. Hauppauge, New York, Nova Science Publisher’s, Inc.

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Presidential Leadership Top Ten Booklist
...he UN, 1945 to Present. White House Studies. Hauppauge, New York, Nova Science Publisher’s, Inc.

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Who was Prometheus and what did he do in Greek mythology
...ets used the figure of Prometheus to express the dangers of technology and science, and human striving. However, the stories also expressed the Greek view tha

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Ancient Greek Study Guide
*[[How did Aristotle fundamentally change philosophy and science]]

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Top 10 Books to Read on Western/British Medical History
...and cultural awe during the Georgian and Victorian periods, so was medical science advancing alongside it. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the adv ...s. Dr. John Snow's findings changed the nature of epidemiology and medical science, in general, forever -- one cannot overemphasize the importance of this wor

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How did Weather Monitoring Develop
...alleriani, M. (2010) Galileo engineer. Boston studies in the philosophy of science 269. Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; London ; New York, Springer, pg. 160.</r ...see: Bruce E. Johansen (ed.) (2017) Climate change: an encyclopedia of science, society, and solutions. Santa Barbara, California, ABC-CLIO, an imprin

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How Was the Lighthouse of Alexandria Destroyed
...ever gave an opinion on what caused the destruction. Thanks to advances in science, modern scholars have been able to determine that much of the damage the Li [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:Ancient History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Roman History]][[Category:Ancient Egyptian Hist

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What were the causes of the Witch Craze in Europe, 1550-1700
...Europe is often characterized as a reason when great strides were made in science and culture. However, it was also a period of religious intolerance and mas

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What Was the Importance of the Appian Way during the Roman Republic
...tegory:Roman Republic]] [[Category:Ancient History]] [[Category:History of Science and Technology]]

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How did Oregon pass Medical Licensing Laws in the 19th Century
...orney speaking before the Massachusetts legislature testified that medical science failed in treating patients and argued that the doctrine of supply and dema

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How Did Cleopatra Die
...led to establish themselves in their respective fields, including history, science, philosophy, and art. Although built on Egyptian soil, Alexandria was essen

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Ancient History Study Guide
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United States History Study Guide
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How Did the Ottoman Empire Become the Third Great Islamic Caliphate
...eferred to by modern scholars as the “Golden Age of Islam,” where art, science, and literature, often written in Persian, were promoted by the caliphs.

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How did cycling become popular
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The History of Things Guide
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Why was the First Heart Transplant a Failure
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What is the history of vaccinations
...the 20th century and later, see: Davidson, T., 2017. Vaccines: history, science, and issues, The story of a drug. Greenwood, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LL

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How Was Science Practiced in Ancient Babylon
...as used for practical applications – there was no such thing as abstract science in ancient Babylonia. ...rinceton University Press, 1992), p. 390</ref> The mixture of religion and science would continue and become more pronounced in the later Babylonian dynasties

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How did climate change influence the rise of ancient Egypt
...s Evolution. Science, 313(5788), 803–807. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1130989 </ref> ...Category:Ancient Egyptian History]][[Category:Wikis]][[Category:History of Science]]

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Call for Book Reviews
...reviews and historiographies from graduate students in History, Political Science and the Humanities. We are building a comprehensive source for book reviews

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How Did Sargon of Akkad Influence Ancient Mesopotamian History
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Were Osteopaths viewed as doctors in the 19th Century
...peting theories explaining the causes of disease and illness. The emerging science surrounding germ theory threatened to upend the medical doctrine of all thr ...nclusion about Osteopathy.<ref> In Nebraska, both Osteopathy and Christian Science were found to be medical practices. See Little v. Nebraska, 60 Neb. 749 (1

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How did climate change influence ancient Chinese societies?
[[Category:History of Science]][[Category:Chinese History]][[Category:Wikis]][[Category:Environmental His

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Why were Eclectic Physicians in the United States divided on Medical Licensing
...and Wisconsin successfully defeated bills proposed by the American Social Science Association designed to consolidate control under the old-school medical so ...a course of study necessary for the acquirement of a full knowledge of the science of medicine in all its branches.” NEMA believed that an examination was

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How accurate is the movie The Aviator
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How did Petrarch influence the Renaissance
...ional examination, which had dramatic consequences in fields as diverse as science, politics, and philosophy. Moreover, the poet in his writings was very inte

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What Were the Impacts of the Maccabean Rebellion on the Ancient Near East
...ure to their new kingdoms – except for democracy – such as philosophy, science, the Greek language, and gymnasiums. Entirely new cities were built and nam

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51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers
...ons (look for resources that touch on multiple subjects such as economics, science, etc.)

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How did higher education develop in the United States
...2. Land grant universities helped to develop agriculture and agricultural science in the United States. ]] ...ogic, and ancient history. Some universities taught courses such as 'moral science' as part of their ministerial education focus. In addition, the beginnings

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How did timekeeping devices develop
...ore on how mechanical clocks developed, see: Wigelsworth, J. R. (2006). Science and technology in medieval European life. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pre [[Category: History of Science and Technology]]

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Was Dracula based on a real person
...art that he did not study. However, like Faust, he grew dissatisfied with science and reason and began to study the dark arts and, in particular, alchemy and

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Top Ten Books on the Bubonic Plague
The veteran Wall Street Journal science reporter Marilyn Chase’s fascinating account of an outbreak of bubonic pl

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The Federalist Papers - Number 8
...ed by the increase of gold and silver and of the arts of industry, and the science of finance, which is the offspring of modern times, concurring with the hab

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The Federalist Papers - Number 9
...ed to abandon the cause of that species of government as indefensible. The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvem

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The Federalist Papers - Number 18
...e ascertained, it is probable that more light would be thrown by it on the science of federal government, than by any of the like experiments with which we ar

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The Federalist Papers - Number 25
...e, however great and valuable they were. War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and b

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The Federalist Papers - Number 29
It requires no skill in the science of war to discern that uniformity in the organization and discipline of the

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The Federalist Papers - Number 31
...ankind, without difficulty, adopt not only the more simple theorems of the science, but even those abstruse paradoxes which, however they may appear susceptib

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The Federalist Papers - Number 37
...reins in these subjects, and which puzzle the greatest adepts in political science.

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The Federalist Papers - Number 43
1. A power "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors,

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The Federalist Papers - Number 47
...ted Montesquieu. If he be not the author of this invaluable precept in the science of politics, he has the merit at least of displaying and recommending it mo

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The Federalist Papers - Number 66
...ts of the legislative body, is admitted, by the ablest adepts in political science, to be an indispensable barrier against the encroachments of the latter upo

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Why was Los Alamos created by the Manhattan Project
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Was Sherlock Holmes a real person
...and also occasionally took cocaine. Holmes was also an expert on forensic science and a master of disguise. He was also a polymath and was very knowledgeabl ...chool in Edinburgh. He was one of the earliest experts in the new forensic science, and like Holmes, he was regularly consulted by the police, especially in S

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What is the history of cooling a home in summer
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Was El Dorado a real place
...ckenberger, et al, "Amazonia 1492: Pristine Forest or Cultural Parkland?", Science (2003), pp. 1710–14</ref>

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What is the history behind Frankenstein
...his creation is concerned with some profound themes, such as the ethics of science and the nature of humanity. ...ed before he moves to Ingolstadt to study. Here he becomes fascinated with science and befriends another student Henry Clerval. Victor becomes the protegee of

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How Did Artificial Intelligence Develop
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How did Leonardo Da Vinci influence the Renaissance
...lived, but he made remarkable contributions to engineering, architecture, science, urban planning, cartography, philosophy, and anatomy during the Renaissanc ...rtistic trends in his own time and the later Renaissance. His interest in science and experiment inspired many humanists to study the world and nature. While

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Why did the Carter Administration establish official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China in 1979
...nd cooperation in the fields of space technology, high-energy physics, and science and technology policy.

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Constitution of the United States: Article I
8. To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the

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Was the story of Jekyll and Hyde based on real-life characters
...pecially in France. There was a great deal of public interest in this new science, and it was widely reported in British newspapers. One case of mental illne ...ooted in historical fact. Stevenson was clearly influenced by the emerging science of psychiatry and especially the case of Vivat. Then he had a life-long obs

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Who was Pericles?
...Athenian democracy: Modern mythmakers and ancient theorists. PS: Political Science & Politics, 26(3), 486-490 </ref> ....<ref>Wolin, Sheldon S. "Democracy: Electoral and Athenian." PS: Political Science & Politics 26, no. 3 (1993): 475-477</ref>

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How did Brunelleschi influence the Italian Renaissance
...had a rudimentary grasp of rudimentary. The Arabs had greatly advanced the science of optics, and their work became available in Latin translations in Italy i

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What has been the influence of the historian Thucydides
The Greeks helped to develop democracy, philosophy, science, and drama, to name just a few of their achievements. They are also credite ...remains so to this day.<ref>Forde, Steven. "International realism and the science of politics: Thucydides, Machiavelli, and neorealism." International Studie

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Why were women put into Twilight Sleep during childbirth
...l, their shift from women-centered knowledge and common sense practices to science began in the 19th century. Before the 19th century, much of the knowledge o ...Id=914784c1ec1e56c11ee8c2eda39d9ec5 Birth Day: A Pediatrician Explores the Science, the History, and the Wonder of Childbirth].''

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How Did Writing Evolve in Ancient Egypt
...e of the world’s first two literate societies, having discovered the art/science of writing around the year 3,100 BC, not long after the first scripts were ...yptian History]] [[Category: Ancient History]] [[Category: History of Science and Technology]] [[Category: Intellectual History]][[Category:Wikis]]

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What is the history of viruses
...he 20th century, see: Emmer, Rick. 2006. Virus Hunter. Weird Careers in Science. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers., pg. 12</ref>

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Why was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) created in 1968
...0s, nuclear weapons technology had the potential to become widespread. The science of exploding and fusing atoms had entered into public literature via academ

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Cities of Knowledge - Book Review
...torical and qualitative approach, looking first at the origins of American science policy (and funding) in World War II and going on to weigh the successes an ...rvatives to see the government spend money on and meddle in the affairs of science. Scientists too were ambivalent about putting research “in the hands of b

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Environmental Values in American Culture - Book Review
...They also discuss the types of institutions that enact policies, including science, industry, and government. The reason they choose to discuss the specialist

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How Did the 1889 1890 Flu Pandemic Affect History
...ies reported the pandemic, see: Dehner G (2012) Influenza: A Century of Science and Public Health Response. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Pr

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When was Planned Parenthood created
Laura Briggs, ''Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico'', (Berkeley: University of California

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What is the story of Atlas in Classical Mythology
...lped the Greeks to understand their universe at a time when philosophy and science were only slowly emerging. For many ancients, the idea that a fallen god wa ...ns association with the skies led him to be the founder and the god of the science of astronomy. He was widely credited with inventing astronomical instrument

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What is the History of Contact Tracing
...s such as cholera or tuberculosis outbreaks. However, increasingly medical science in the early 20th century realized contact tracing has a positive effect on

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Who was Hecate - the Greek goddess of magic, witches and the occult
The distinction between magic and science was very blurred in the ancient world, which was the case until the Early M

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How Was Science Practiced in Ancient Babylon?
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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science?
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Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
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