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Cover of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present by Christopher I. Beckwith.

Between the East and the West

Review of Empires of the Silk Road: A History of Central Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the Present, by Christopher I. Beckwith (Princeton University Press 2009)
… Though Eurasia is the world's largest unified landmass, Eurasian history has traditionally been marked by … had long coexisted, but after de Gama's circumnavigation of southern Africa, the littoral system developed into an independent … Between the East and the West …

WikiLeaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations

… On April 5, 2008, a small coterie of Republican senators and diplomats— John Barrasso, Saxby Chambliss, Mitch … underpinnings of the global Cold War, particularly in Southeast Asia. Controversies from the nineteenth and early … situations elsewhere in the Middle East and throughout Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Small states, or at least …

Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient Greeks Met in Charlottesville

… aware that American Neo-Nazis, white supremacists , and others affiliated with the so-called “alt-right” are … virtuous of Americans, dressed in a Roman toga. In 1867, African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis used neoclassical … a classical education was not limited to white Americans. African Americans made their own use of the classical past. …
male nurse holding syringe over small baby

Feast and Famine: Exploring Differences in Global Food Cultures

… North to famine that is prevalent in parts of the Global South. It begins with an images activity meant to juxtapose … the grim reality of famine that can exist in the Global South. This is done through contrasting cartoons satirizing … bulk of the learning in this lesson plan is inquiry based and comes from students analyzing sources and answering …

The Ukrainian Crisis: In Russia's Long Shadow

… as demonstrators took over Kyiv’s Independence Square and forced Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych from office … territories of “New Russia,” a tsarist-era name for southern and southeastern Ukraine dating from the 18 th century. At the …
Sister Rosetta Tharpe

The Mother of Rock and Roll

… The familiar, yet superficial history of rock and roll begins in the early 1950s with Cleveland disc … age of six she was touring with her mother throughout the South, singing and playing guitar, not just as an … She was raised in the Church of God In Christ, an African-American Pentecostal denomination that saw gospel …
The port of İzmir, pictured here in 1883, was an Ottoman quarantine station.

Pandemics in Ottoman History: Plague, Cholera, and Influenza

… territory that included much of the Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe were those brought on by pandemics . … Pandemics & COVID-19 … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … Pandemics in Ottoman History: Plague, Cholera, and Influenza …
Women at the Women's March in DC with signs: "Can't Believe We STILL Have to Protest", "Keep your Hands and Laws Off my Body", "RAPE CULTURE" with a line through it

The Long History of #MeToo

… the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, sexual harassment and sexual violence seem to have suddenly burst into the … But, while many are heralding the rise of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements as an opportunity for change, many of … have protested them in the past. So what’s different now? And how does contemporary activism fit into the longer …

Tradition vs Charisma: The Sunni-Shi'i Divide in the Muslim World

… level but nonetheless murderous civil war between Sunnis and Shi'is has highlighted the principal sectarian divide in … 1979 Shi'is founded dynasties. The Fatimids of Yemen, North Africa, Egypt and Syria (r. 909-1171 CE) were the most … to try to counteract growing Shi'i prosperity and power in southern Iraq, but these attempts of a disintegrating empire …
Mosaics from the apse in the Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna. Justinian is the figure in the center. The mosaics were completed in 547 CE.

The Justinianic Plague

… The “Justinianic Plague” is the popular name for a pandemic of bubonic plague in the Late Roman or Byzantine … originated. Our literary sources place its origins in Africa, but other evidence suggests that it likely came from … BCE). We know that the plague first hit cities in the southeastern Mediterranean, and moved swiftly through the …
King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan, Drugs, and the Cold War (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 4)

… Opium has played a significant role in its history and, as we discuss, shaped how Afghan policymakers have … Afghanistan, Drugs, and the Cold War (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 4) … the world from Europe to East Asia and into Central and South America. Even as they're saying, we don't really like …
Cover of Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome by Brian Campbell

Rome's Wondrous Rivers

Review of Rivers and the Power of Ancient Rome, by Brian Campbell (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2012)
… at the very core of Roman life: their religious worldviews and understandings of divinity, economic practices, legal … most remarkable rivers in the European, Middle Eastern, and African worlds: from the Nile , Tigris, and Euphrates, to … the Pont du Gard aqueduct crosses the Gardon River in Southern France. Who, Roman jurists and surveyors asked …
An engraving of Earl Cornwallis's surrender to George Washington during the American Revolution.

Hollywood’s American Revolution

… regulars being routed by American Continental soldiers and a band of South Carolina militiamen led by Gibson’s fictional … professional British soldiers in and around the swamps of South Carolina where the film is set. We see as well the …
Image of a junior high school classroom from Harris & Ewing Photographs.

An Historic Opportunity in Education

… the Title I program will have to test their students and show the federal government that they are improving. If … to education. In the 1870s and 1880s, Democrats, especially Southerners, fought proposals that would have given federal … the next 60 years they and their conservative allies in the South vigorously fought nearly every effort to expand
illustration of woman getting cow pox variolation

Top Ten Origins: Vaccination

… more than 22,000 cases of measles have appeared in Europe and the World Health Organization recently called for … parts of the world from the early modern period: China, Africa, the Near East and South Asia. It was introduced into Europe by Lady Montagu, … Pandemics & COVID-19 …
soldiers at the battle of Lincoln

King Stephen and The Anarchy: A Reign Reconsidered

… Until recently, historians viewed King Stephen of England (1135-1154) as a failure, sandwiched between two quite … to Geoffrey of Anjou in 1128 created tensions, tying her to southern Norman and Angevin alliances and alienating many … or strategic calculation. Matilda joined her allies in the southwest.  The period known as “The Anarchy” had now …
Marshall "Major" Taylor was a professional African American cyclist

(Bicycle) Wheels of Change

Review of The Cycling City: Bicycles and Urban America in the 1890s, by Evan Friss (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015)
… falling off my bicycle when I was trying to do tricks and breaking my hand. But our experiences are far from those … Marshall "Major" Taylor was a professional African American cyclist near the end of the "cycling city." … white, young men. There were other cyclists too, such as African Americans, Chinese, Polish, elite classes, and
Jackie Robinson

Living Up to Jackie Robinson

… of Fame, naming the "Rookie of the Year" award after him, and retiring his uniform, No. 42. Now it can do more to … their boorish behavior. On April 15, 1947, the 28-year-old African-American rookie scored the winning run as he helped … the game. Their racism was reinforced by the many white southerners who played in the majors. Robinson understood …
A woman voting in the early 20th century.

Could We Postpone the Election — Even If We Wanted To?

… the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have considered … will be difficult to end. In the late 19th century, Southern states blocked federal efforts to prevent them from … measures such as the poll tax or literacy tests to deny African-Americans the right to vote. Similarly, in the early …
The supreme court of Massachusetts sits at the John Adams Courthouse in Boston.

Gay-Marriage Decision: Just the Beginning of the Debate

… It therefore paved the way for legal recognition of gay and lesbian marriages there. The decision has already … had committed at least to eventual emancipation, slavery’s Southern supporters clung tenaciously to their “peculiar … forced many states to eliminate laws that essentially made African Americans second-class citizens. While the debate …
American soldier conducting patrol with an Iraqi soldier.

What the Vietnam War Tells Us About Iraq

… Memories of the Vietnam War of the 1960s and 1970s hover over our occupation of Iraq like sullen … administration statements, shows no signs of abating. As in Southeast Asia decades ago, the casualty lists lengthen, and … as liberators and reformers any more than they were in Southeast Asia all those years ago. Instead, they have …