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… 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 …

… 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 …

… History can be instructive and often inspiring. Take, for example, the case of the … outrage over slavery and his related conviction that the South’s “peculiar institution” threatened national progress, … indignation against slavery and the political power of southern slaveholders. Adams persisted bravely in the face …

… Opium has played a significant role in its history and, as we discuss, shaped how Afghan policymakers have … the world from Europe to East Asia and into Central and South America. Even as they're saying, we don't really like … on the Afghan drug trade and U.S. foreign policy in South Asia. I have a sort of keen interest in the global …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… experts from past administrations, Republicans and Democrats alike, who think they deserve deference. … to inform the naive, idealistic newcomers from the South about national interests and international relations. … civil and political rights in countries such as Indonesia, South Korea and Turkey. As a result, Carter lost his …

… “A Republic, Not an Empire,” Buchanan suggests that Britain and France should not have declared war against Germany in … “Western interests.” Support of the apartheid regime in South Africa was justified in terms of Cold War logic: the …

… Agency for International Development (USAID) to 15 people and move it fully under the control of the State … the hemisphere and to advance relations with  Central and South American countries .  But why stop there?  When … the new nations struggling for freedom across  Asia  and  Africa . They all wanted development, and Moscow promised …

… Donald Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American … to prevent having a failed, and thus unstable, state on its southern border. (Indeed, the Clinton Administration … the staunchest opponents of free trade, while most Latinos, African Americans, women, and younger people were the most …

… The Black Death was the second pandemic of bubonic plague and the most devastating pandemic … along trade routes throughout Eurasia and into sub-Saharan Africa. At the time, people thought that the plague came … a search for new ways to the East, making their way south along the African coast, launching an economic …

… As a result, after seven years, Canada’s military is tired and damaged, and the Canadian public is divided over whether … governments in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, he claimed, Ottawa could maximize its international …

… Saving the Union by defeating the Confederate army and being elected twice to the presidency is no longer good … represents a symbolic piece of the Republican Party’s “southern strategy,” using race as a wedge issue to attract … Nixon was the first Republican to capitalize on the southern strategy, but not the last. Reagan sneered at the …

… national convention. Five were nominated as third-party candidates, and two were eventually chosen as major-party … ratified 14 th and 15 th Amendments, which enfranchised African American men but not women (of any race or … of child care centers. In 1968, Chisholm became the first African American woman elected to Congress (and she hired an …

… nationally celebrated as heroes to listen to his authority and go home, the message is clear. Those with power will … those at home who had been barred from steady employment. African Americans, other racial minorities, and women … States became increasingly involved in an undeclared war in Southeast Asia, escalating military spending undermined …

… elections has been that conservatives are angry, motivated and poised for a major electoral triumph. Fuming, they … to vote. See how that one goes over!   Fifty years ago African Americans were routinely denied the right to vote … and were refused service in hotels and restaurants) by Southern states ruled by conservatives. That changed only …

… in the wake of several social upheavals – both at home and abroad – President Nixon reflected to a group of … encouraging. The author argues, in short, that the American South has successfully repositioned itself at the cultural … in the wake of the 1960s. Drawing its strength from Southern Baptist preachers like Billy Graham, this emotional …