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… by encouraging cleanliness in urban spaces, as Ottoman officials began embracing new understandings about the … ecology and disease. Indeed, this earlier experience with combating plague served the Ottomans well as they entered … Eighteenth-Century Cairo: In Search of Burial and Memorial Sites,” in Plague and Contagion in the Islamic Mediterranean …

… After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … and an inability to enforce decisions without an official armed force, the OAU remains an important component of African independence stories. It eventually …

… role in the mobilization of the population. Indeed,  some commentators noted  that it had more in common with “democratic movements in Latin America [in the … the Biblical Mount Ararat, Armenia was the first country to officially adopt Christianity in the year 301 CE (or 314 CE, …

… mistaken on both counts. Although “In God We Trust” is the official motto, “E Pluribus Unum” has long been acknowledged … a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … and Form of Government We have assumed.” Of all of his accomplishments, Jefferson selected just three for his …

… over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What … Brenna Miller  Welcome to History Talk, the podcast that brings together a … decade or so, because of the Confederate flag in the state official things, if you will, within South Carolina. So the …

… the countries formerly designated as the “ East European communist bloc ” displayed a remarkable solidarity in support of Ukraine. Officials from Estonia echoed those from Romania, Slovakia … East European countries see the analogy in exactly the opposite way. For them, Putin’s actions recall the German …

… of the problem and efforts to address it by government officials and fishers alike, fish stocks around the globe … of effort. Profits became less assured for many fishing companies beginning in the 1970s and accelerating in later … fishing internationally. However, little was really accomplished until the 1970s, when many nations declared …

… 2009, with events sponsored by national and state "Lincoln Commissions," and because of the remarkable presidential … That principle, that the biases and bigotries of elected officials can define what science is or isn't in school … officially the heliocentric solar system. It only took 360 years. Eventually, most Americans too will come to terms …

… for nothing less than a total redefinition of the social compact. Peronism permeated and penetrated all aspects of … schools, from the football pitch to the radio waves, becoming the hegemonic discourse through which supporters … The government abided, even agreeing to broadcast it on the official radio network. The following day Perón delivered …

… 3 presidential election in oil-rich Venezuela, the time has come for an overhaul of the Bush administration’s … during the 2002 coup. He has been criticized by Chavez officials for not condemning Rumbio Propio and its calls for … from the state’s significant oil resources. Government officials have also claimed that U.S. Ambassador William …

… past” in favor of the “just laws of nature,” progressive officials enacted far-reaching reforms. By 1889, Japan … Assistance.  “As the first non-Western nation to become a developed country, Japan built itself into a country … industrialization and recently recognized by UNESCO as sites of World Heritage.  This is not to say that history …

… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a monopoly on political power. … by pervasive surveillance and forced labor camps. And they commanded the largest military in the world. The Exhibition … foremost Leonid Brezhnev, had come of age as young Party officials during World War II . Accordingly, they took a …

… Reports that Pentagon officials are actively discussing plans for using nuclear … Bush administration has wisely allowed the international community to take the lead in responding to the threat from … they may realize that a nuclear strike on Iran’s processing sites, killing an estimated 10,000, would have similarly …

… average citizens with no connection to crime have become victims of this policy —especially poor and young … of these arrests pervade social media, particularly from official accounts of the National Police Force and the … gangs in El Salvador.  On Twitter, these images are accompanied by #guerracontrapandilla (#waragainstgangs) and …

… point it had not attacked America or its citizens directly. Officials in both the FBI and the CIA were tracking the … but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were …

… in the beginning of 2025, still working in the name of the commitment that President John F. Kennedy had made in 1961 … scrambled for paths out of the Great Depression.  Colonial officials had already begun adopting the language of … warned that the United States needed to demonstrate the opposite, and the existing machinery of aid was not up the …

… met to plan Operation “Ikrit and Biram” under mission commander “Issa,” Arabic for Jesus. Ikrit and Biram were two … death. Nine hostages remained. As the Olympic Village woke, officials locked the gates and isolated the dorms. At 7:40 … nine hostages arrived at the airport. Issa and second-in-command “Tony” hurried to inspect the Boeing but encountered …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … a fairly straightforward case like the King assassination become complicated with such stale, predictable theories that … One reason may be that while King was alive, federal officials who were aligned against him got away with …

… time that the United States hosted an international cricket competition. In fact, the first international cricket game … records, and in 1744, members of the London Cricket Club composed the first known written rules of the game.  … matches are the oldest form of the game, with the first official match taking place in 1877. The name reflects the …

… their salaries didn’t depend upon the pleasure of public officials. Meanwhile, their established colleagues refrained … from religious life, because government money always comes with strings attached. Understanding that, in the late … Still, many religious leaders in poor neighborhoods welcome any help for their impoverished parishioners and …

… of the lobbyist Jack Abramoff to charges of bribing public officials, tax evasion and fraud succeed in getting Congress to rein in lobbyists? Can any good really come out of congressional efforts to thwart corruption? The cynics say no. Yet democratic reforms have come out of past scandals. Many pessimists claim that reform …

… A commemorative 1965 Iraqi stamp marking the 45th anniversary … uprising brought together Sunnis and Shi'is , elites and commoners, city dwellers and tribespeople. It caught the … assortment of patriotic and religious grievances. British officials had declared that they came as liberators from …

… of the 1913 march had their organizational act together. Communicating via a federated national organization called … months’ time, they raised nearly $15,000 (approximately $360,000 today); transported and housed thousands of women … While in D.C., suffragists made themselves heard to elected officials using methods that seem quaint and exhausting …

… but with no permanent resolution of its status. It is officially part of Georgia, unrecognized until recently by anyone in the international community. It has its own government, though largely staffed … in 1993, but had remained unrecognized by the international community—pushed Georgian villagers and soldiers out of the …