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Cover of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire by Giusto Traina.

The End of the World as They Knew It

Review of 428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire, by Giusto Traina (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. pp. xix, 203. Trans. by Allan Cameron)

… begins its return to the east through Spain, Africa and Egypt. His final stop within the Roman world is Palestine. …

Famine: A Short History

Review of Famine: A Short History, by Cormac O Grada (Princeton University Press, 2009)

… ranging from the third millennium BC to the present in Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Korea, Russia, Ireland, Western …

Cholera and the Roots of Public Health

… anatomist Filippo Pacini in 1854) from cholera patients in Egypt and India in 1883-1884, German physician Robert Koch …

A group of men and women. The women hold signs that say "My Body, My Choice"

Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Justice

… were aborting fashions that were circulating in ancient Egypt. Thomas Jefferson talks about it pretty frankly, about …

… ; the Alawites and Syria ; ISIS ; Islamic Politics in Egypt ; The Religious Divide in Iraq ; The Sunni-Shi'i Divide ; Feminism in Egypt ; Yemen Civil War ; U.S.-Iraq Relations ; and The U.S. …

Top Ten Origins: Spies, Lies, and Moles: Oh My!

… as an exotic dancer. She performed throughout Europe and in Egypt acquiring a procession of wealthy and influential …

From Harlem to Ferguson: LBJ's War on Crime and America's Prison Crisis

… him with boos and chanted instead for Malcolm X, who was in Egypt. “I’m prepared to be a Tom if it’s the only way I can …

Pinterest Hien Luong Bridge - Ben Hai River, Quang Tri, Vietnam

Vietnam Revisited: Forty Years after the Paris Peace Accord

… of countries who helped end the war. Special guests from Egypt, the former Soviet Union, China, Venezuela, Italy, and …

Singapore at Fifty

… saw the United States opposed to the British invasion of Egypt , effectively terminated Britain's imperial desires …

The so-called "Elgin Marbles," on display in the British Museum

Classics and the Alt-Right Conundrum

… fascinated by this idea, by the connections that ancient Egypt in particular might have had to the ancient world and …

A pro-union demonstration in Romania, 2009. The flag translates to "Moldova Our Sister"

Moldova and Romania: A Long and Complicated Relationship

… and Eastern European, Prime Minister Ciucă travelled to Egypt in early February to increase gas transportation …

Learning to Love the Nuclear Pariah: From China to North Korea

… followed by Pakistan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Israel, and Egypt. In time, even European states like West Germany and …

"Y'En A Marre!" (We're Fed Up!): Senegal in the Season of Discontent

… increasingly violent after the departure of Tunisia's and Egypt's presidents. Libya descended into civil war that …

Russia and the World

… the Arab world that that would come to terms with Russia. Egypt kicked out the Soviet Union in 1956. All that was left …

Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

The International History of the U.S. Suffrage Movement

… Marriage ; Women’s Struggles in Zimbabwe ; Feminism in Egypt ; and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan . Listen more: The …

A New Congo Crisis?

South Africa: Twenty-Five Years Since Apartheid

… Crisis ; Understanding Boko Haram ; Islamist Groups in Egypt ; Africa and China ; Ethiopia and Nile River Tensions …

Are Women People? The Equal Rights Amendment Then and Now

… Marriage ; Women’s Struggles in Zimbabwe ; Feminism in Egypt ; and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan . Check out a …

Humanitarian Intervention: The American Experience from William McKinley to Barack Obama

… realized, "We didn't get off to such a great start with Egypt—let's reverse that with Libya." Others in the …

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