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… The end of the Roman empire is punctuated by important and well-known events: Alaric's sack of Rome in 410, which … end to the institution of the imperial office in the west; and the attacks of Attila the Hun, which terrorized the … the book begins its return to the east through Spain, Africa and Egypt. His final stop within the Roman world is …

… Russian police foiled an assassination attempt on Tsar Alexander III.  Three young members of the self-proclaimed … mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Tsar Alexander II by tossing bombs into the carriage of his … and Kamenev, taught a Party School for Bolsheviks in the south of Paris.  Then, in the summer of 1912, when an …

… fires of a democratic revolution to overturn monarchy and imperial control. Yet many American leaders and citizens ever since have denied or rejected a foreign policy guided by ideology. Why? If ideas and ideologies help us to order and explain the world, often …

… Caroline B. Shelton of Oregon for a weekend in 1909, and later New Mexico Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de … elected two women governors—Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming and Miriam Amanda Ferguson in Texas. Each state claims …    Jefferson Walker, “Public Servant and Southern Lady: Public and Private Tensions in Lurleen …

… During this presidential campaign, Barack Obama and John McCain have each spent a great deal of time talking about their dreams for the 21st century. And they have worked to persuade voters that the policies … at play in 1968 but the central one was foreign policy in Southeast Asia, and Richard Nixon was the narrow winner over …

… usual. He thanked his coaches, he talked about hard work, and he praised baseball.  Then, he went where no white Hall … pleaded, “I hope that someday, the names of Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson in some way can be added as a symbol of the … Tygiel, Shades of Glory: The Negro Leagues and the Story of African American Baseball. National Geographic. Satchel …

… United States, the turmoil of ’68 probably compares to 1861 and 1919. There was an A-list of nearly monthly events, from the Tet Offensive for January and February to the triumph of Richard Nixon in November’s … of the establishment order. With the great exception of African American activism, the forces of change in the …

… Equal Rights Amendment. Today, we turn to Phyllis Schlafly and her fellow conservative women who saw what feminists' … sexist discrimination as privileges that they had earned and refused to relinquish.  … Mom and Apple Pie (Prologued, Season 1, Episode 6) … Tom,” a reference to an Uncle Tom, a derogatory term for an African American seen as subservient to whites. But …

… away from the machine when I heard some Greek expletives and saw a commotion in front of me. The ATM ran out of … several hours scouring the city, but every bank was closed and every ATM was empty. A line at the National Bank of … when Britain and France employed a blockade of grain into southern Greece. When Greece did enter the war on the side …

… When our group of sixteen historians and geographers arrived on the banks of Russia’s Kama River … region, we followed a venerable tradition of Urals travel and exploration. Naturalist Johann Gmelin (1709-55) was so … in the ground as is this copper-rich former hill on its southern slope. Copper crater, seen from atop the High …

… excessive pesticide use ravaged birds, annihilated bees, and sickened the town’s inhabitants. Carson revealed to … suspected carcinogens, indiscriminately killed insects and plants, while also accumulating in water , soil, and the … Toxic Drift: Pesticides and Health in the Post-World War II South. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005.  …

… was developed, which produced the world's first poetry and prose and led, eventually, to the development of the Greek … cannot be quantified as objects can. Now, especially in the south, looting is well-organized. Gangs of hundreds of men … of Civilizations of Ancient Iraq , by Benjamin R. Foster and Karen Polinger Foster (Princeton: Princeton University …

… On the Season 1 Finale of Prologued, we look back and what we have learned over the last seven weeks and forward to what this means for the future of women in … of women's history who recently joined the University of Southern California's history department. And she found that …

… For millennia, dams have played a central role in human life and natural systems.  They have served myriad uses for … from collecting water for irrigation, drinking, bathing, and leisure, to mitigating flooding, milling grain, stocking … and Xilodu dams, and the Itaipu and Belo Monte dams in South America). 8. Under Construction: Belo Monte Dam in …

… “We are living in times that are both difficult to navigate and to recount,” he  confessed to reporters. These times … Augustine, he encouraged his audience: “Let us live well and the times will be good. We are the times.” While the … history?  Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa, wrestled with these questions 1600 years ago. …

… In my November 2011,  Origins  article,  Energy Policy and the Long Transition in America , I concluded that … the economics of alternative sources, sustainable fuels, and clean energy will hinge on the price of coal and … a large wind farm in Baja is supplying electricity to Southern California) or Australia (a nation not known for …

… Kentucky school, 1946 Common Core is a set of voluntary standards in the United States for the public education system … that detail what children should learn in mathematics and language arts. The curriculum guidelines were released … for national survival against both a rising Asia (think South Korea) and an established Northern Europe (think …

… the Second World War often include indelible scenes, moods, and sounds. As we move further and further away from the actual events of the war, movies … a French-Algerian filmmaker, tells the story of North African colonial troops, the discrimination they faced, and …

… to sit on a bench in front of the Swedish Parliament, handing out flyers that read, "I am doing this because you … by prominent scientists, environmental policy makers, and a growing cadre of climate activists, Thunberg has … along the scenic beaches of an upscale resort town in Southern California. On January 28, 1969, a Union Oil well …