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… from a flu microbe was as quaint as wind-up phonographs and rumble seats. In the 1960s the surgeon general's office … acute respiratory syndrome, SARS, has advanced out of southern China to menace Hong Kong, Toronto and, probably, the rest of the world.  Again a disease …

… invalidating school desegregation programs in Louisville and Seattle. In their five-to-four decision, the justices … public school where 80 percent of the student body is white and black students going to ones that are 70 percent black, … organizations, led by the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, argued that current textbooks, clean …

… earlier: as a teenager, he served as a provincial governor and was key participant in his father Selim’s (r.1512-1520) rebellion that secured him — and Süleyman, by extension — the throne. Süleyman’s reign … Under his reign, it expanded to include much of North Africa, Hungary, and Mesopotamia. In the first six years, …

… long essay entitled, “ On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians .” It laid out historical claims to the … reading of history beginning with the medieval period and moving through the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991. … from the Baltic in the north to near the Black Sea in the south. It was centered on the Dnipro River and had its …

… Pilot whales stranded on Farewell Spit, 2015. On 13 February 2015,  198 pilot whales stranded  in Golden Bay on the northern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. Hundreds of volunteers were mobilized by New …

… States began its war against Iraq with a campaign of "shock and awe." An overwhelming demonstration of American airpower … designed to persuade the Iraqis to throw down their arms and surrender even while rising in revolt against Saddam … victory. His confidence cost Ferguson his life in the South Carolina forests at King's Mountain, where American …

… the historic election of 2008, a small group of historians and journalists was invited to the White House to chat and lunch with First Lady Laura Bush. Organized by the … the United Nations Literacy Decade, fighting AIDS in Africa, and bringing breast care awareness to the Middle …

… the historic election of 2008, a small group of historians and journalists was invited to the White House to chat and lunch with First Lady Laura Bush. Organized by the … the United Nations Literacy Decade, fighting AIDS in Africa, and bringing breast care awareness to the Middle …

… by weather, criticism, or the economy. Fifty-eight thousand Americans received termination notices last December (56 … In the months since, AT&T, Chase Manhattan, Raytheon and Boeing alone announced cuts totaling more than 30,000 … Take, for example, the case of William Myers, who joined Southern California Edison in 1971, after his father, also …

… Pyle sat above a newly constructed port in Sicily—the island near Italy's toe that Anglo-American forces had invaded … with Allied troops across the Mediterranean from North Africa. Before D-day in Normandy eleven months later, the Sicily campaign—Operation …

… Talk History , host Patrick Potyondy interviews historian and Origins editor Nicholas Breyfogle about the … race for the arctic . He tells us about the complex and perhaps explosive historical dimensions of climate … of "Heretics and Colonizers: Forging Russia's Empire in the South Caucasus" and is co editor of "Peopling the Russian …

… Seventh Coalition, led by the British Duke of Wellington and Prussia's Marshall von Blücher. This fateful encounter … doomed Napoleon's brief restoration as Emperor of France and preserved the balance of power that Europe's traditional … bicentennial of the battle, which took place some ten miles south of Brussels. However, these plans were stymied by the …

… 1 of Prologued is hosted by Origins historian Sarah Paxton and analyzes the myth of the women's voting bloc. Now, as we wade through the 2020 election cycle and celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment granting … past. Guests: Dr. Joan Flores-Villalobos, the University of Southern California (formerly of The Ohio State University) …

… WWI , the Treaty of Lausanne was the only one negotiated and, perhaps more importantly, it is the only treaty of WWI still in force today. Lausanne marked the end of a long and devastating period in the  Middle East . Between 1911 … (1912-13), costing the empire its remaining  territories in Africa and most of Europe.  These provinces, home to nearly …

… of Joseph I. Lieberman as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate. Almost every American president or vice-president … But the real story here is not Lieberman's candidacy. The real story is that his nomination has not … ministers, especially in the religiously conservative South, had denounced Smith from the pulpit, and much the …

… Winter Olympics are now officially in full swing. Historian and  Origins  contributor, David R. Stone, recently … on  All Sides with Ann Fisher to discuss Russia's political and social history in light of the recent games. The podcast … " Clash in the Caucuses: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia ," by Stephen Jones 2) The Olympics " Playing …

… Pine Ridge Reservation, one of six Sioux Reservations in South Dakota, fell to Republican agent Daniel Royer. Fearful … the whites— that was spreading with fervor among the Sioux bands would incite an uprising, Royer called for military … As winter approached troops flooded across the Dakotas and on December 15 Sitting Bull, the famed leader of the …

… a justifiable military response — harbored ambitious goals and expanded a local conflict into something larger. It didn’t work … from spiraling out of control. In 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon in order to raze Palestinian Liberation …

… Join hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins and their guests, historians David Brakke , Tina Sessa , and … first Jesuit to fill the job and the first pope from the southern hemisphere and the first from Latin America and the …

… is today lauded as an early food safety regulation. And, as beer-making elsewhere has taken off in all sorts of … shape new tastes and different interpretations of beer. In Africa, major beer brands like SABMiller and their … Zambia, and Zimbabwe . In countries such as Mozambique and Southern Sudan , adopting cassava in the brewing process …

… arrived to Greece as refugees , fleeing war, destruction, and persecution in their homelands. As the already beleaguered Greek state, bolstered by … that more than a million refugees had traversed through southern and Eastern Europe towards wealthier and presumably …

… On Memorial Day, Americans pause during picnics, parades, and softball games to remember those who died fighting our … jeopardized our security, diminished our international standing, thrown Iraq into chaos, and, not incidentally, … at the Italian seaside town of Nettuno, which lies just south of the Anzio beachhead. Anzio was a poorly planned and …

… Its route crosses the Missouri River directly adjacent to and upstream of the Standing Rock Reservation, one of … late 1820s, the Potawatomis and Ho-Chunks (Winnebagos) of southern Michigan and Wisconsin awarded dozens of land … obliged them in their peace treaties to emancipate their African-American slaves and grant the freedpeople …