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… history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … colonized the site. Menaced by pirates and European competitors, the Spaniards continually improved upon their … the walls”), retained a distinct identity ever after, housing religious orders and cultural institutions. The city …

… Ottoman rule for centuries. The Balkan Wars saw atrocities committed against civilians on a massive scale. The … However, the overall impact of these conflicts paled in comparison to the  First World War .  The magnitude of death … of its former subjects and most of its Arab provinces—comprising contemporary  Syria ,  Iraq , Jordan,  Israel , and  …

… fireworks light the sky and effigies burn. The celebration commemorates an event from 1605, when authorities discovered … of Parliament, killing King James I, the Lords, and the Commons in one stroke. The conspirators hoped the chaos would allow them to incite a Catholic uprising and install a monarch sympathetic to their faith. Over …

… Dr. Dr. Daniel Rivers: Thank you so much and welcome to our webinar for Indigenous Peoples' Day. It's … for Native and Indigenous students. So thank you all for coming out today. Daniel and I are very excited to have a … of Red Power in the 1970s. And what was happening, increasingly by 1977 is that Red Power activists, like …

… of Government Efficiency (DOGE), originally run by business executive Elon Musk, has been reshaping and reducing … a year into Trump’s second term, his own supporters have become suspicious that even his Justice Department has joined … another similar phrase in 1961, the “military-industrial complex,” showing less concern about secrecy than about …

… four years of Nazi occupation. Following a week of guerilla combat between Resistance fighters and the occupying German … Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor and commander of the city’s German garrison, formally … to Paris, 14-25 August 1944. For de Gaulle, however, bypassing Paris was unthinkable. While the city’s value as a …

… perceive that reality. In so doing the words we use also become a part of the world we are trying to understand. One … the threat posed by Islamic fundamentalism. "We have yet to come to terms fully with the threat that Islamic … possible—to discover any examples of commentators using the concept to analyze Muslims in those years. Thus, as …

… partnership.” Those conciliatory words, however, were accompanied on both sides with qualifications, skepticism, and … After several decades of invasion and imposed stagnation, combined with the profligacy and incompetence of Persia’s … empowered a small, Westernized elite, which became increasingly alienated from the rest of Iranian society. By 1978, …

… Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone, … because there is no school which you might go in order to become one. There are no certificates of validation that … white male intellectuals who were serving like Arthur Schlesinger as a, you know, a kind of a court historian to the …

… In 1985, it seemed the Soviet Union would last forever. Its Communist Party rulers held a monopoly on political power. … by pervasive surveillance and forced labor camps. And they commanded the largest military in the world. The Exhibition … and sought a more humane form of socialism. Many rising Party officials of Gorbachev’s generation had been …

… peace. At his inaugural ceremony in 2018, he counseled a complete break with the past forms of governance that were … and invited banned opposition groups to return. The Nobel committee was most impressed that he made peace with … to a UN report. Additionally, charges of ethnic cleansing have been leveled against the prime minister and the …

… dietary choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our … and power—and how dietary choices connect to the pressing issues of climate change and food supply. Panelists: … Nicholas Breyfogle: Welcome to Diet for a Large Planet by The Ohio State …

… related to Persian. In the largely mountainous region that comprises their homeland, over the centuries Kurds practiced … pastures and forging symbiotic relationships with settled communities. Others lived in cities and contributed to local … European powers. This “Armenian question” became a pressing concern after the Treaty of Berlin (1878) that followed …

… helps make sense of the 2016 presidential election by discussing the connections between the collapse of the New Deal … to stop bad trade deals and global special interests, we welcome you with open arms, perhaps sensing an opportunity with many anxious Americans. Trump has …

… lives or the devastation it has brought on families and communities across the nation. The historical origins of … or what some have called “The New Jim Crow” are complex. But an important episode in the gradual development … glasses that accentuated his angry image, he denounced rising crime and “violence in our streets” as he addressed the …