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… children have circulated among families throughout human history. Children have been adopted, legally and … of Strangers , John Boswell uncovered a previously hidden history, tracking the lives of children abandoned in Europe … matter requiring state supervision. If 1851 was late in the history of adoption, it was actually early in the history of …

… ideas differed greatly in Romania and Moldova, and this history reverberates today. The people who today speak … Of particular note is Nicolae Bălcescu’s seminal work, The History of the Romanians under the Voivode Mihai the Brave. … unification.  Today, Romanian unionists tap into this history to justify their vision of a united Greater Romania. …

… emergence as the preeminent American city, the 200 year history of artistic visions of its demise, and his own …

… Pox is an unapologetic literary analysis and not a medical history. The four chapters, especially when read as …

… outsider influence; and the nation’s troubled racial history has meant that the vast majority of schools have … now.” As David Tyack and Larry Cuban pointed out , American history is filled with repeated efforts to reform the … left authority with the local level. 7. Math this time, but history most times Americans react most strongly to …

… Süleyman’s reign lasted 46 years, the longest in Ottoman history. Over that span, he rose to be one of the most powerful and influential monarchs of European history, feared on the battlefield and the conqueror of new … Sultanic law. He collected and edited the various law books of his forbearers and added a number of statutes to …

… symposia and conferences, exhibits and television specials, books and lectures. 781 events of one sort or another in 45 … small, temporary exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History, and that opened only in September, 2009. To be … , they used a dark and embarrassing episode in American history to critique the era of McCarthyism. The play ran on …

… when countries such as France had racist statutes on their books as well. A broader, more expansive search into more …

… the war between the two armies began.  In fact, the deep history of Sudan’s multiple, ever-changing militias has … instability that has reigned in the region for decades. The History of Militias in the Sudan: The British The roots of … are not related ethnically or linguistically and have a history of conflict with one another. Tensions between …

… or not there were such plans in 2012, there is a long history of threats and conflicts in the Nile River Basin. … The Nile’s seasonal flooding is a central theme in Egyptian history. The river flow follows regular patterns, increasing … Nile and dreaded floods or droughts. Five millennia of Nile history show how years with high water have produced ample …

… in 2003 had been ominous for those familiar with medical history. SARS produced pneumonia in otherwise healthy … of 1918-1919, the most widespread and fatal in recorded history. That pandemic of the influenza A virus killed … dotted the landscape of the twentieth century. A Very Brief History of Pandemic Influenza Influenza is a perpetual …

… Learn more about the Great Fire of Rome: Roman History Introduction: Potter, David S., Ancient Rome: A New History . Third Edition. New York, New York: Thames & … Life and Death in the Ancient City . Witness to Ancient History. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. …

… ruins left over from the “American Period” of Philippine history. After touting the close relationship between our … with China is only the latest episode in a turbulent history defined largely by geography. Situated at the … stabilize a region in which it had a natural interest. History, as we know, layers itself in ironies. The American …

… and his two-hundred-page tour of twentieth-century European history that question is how did it come to pass that … into a judicious and unpolemical account of modern European history. Sheehan describes the evolution of European … Sheehan offers his overview of modern European political history with a twist. Instead of focusing on World War I, …

… one man and one woman. In a majority of cultures throughout history, the most favored form of marriage was polygyny—one … the family structure most often mentioned in the first five books of the Old Testament.  It was common throughout … had different duties, rights, and power. Female husbands in history were almost always women who for one reason or …

… brought to you by the College of Arts and Sciences, the history department, Ohio State Newark Earthworks Center and … University. My name is Lucy Murphy. I'm a professor of history at Ohio State Newark, and will be your host and … erasure narrative of indigenous peoples, especially in textbooks or in the classroom. I was very much interested in …

… proudly dubbed the “Atomic City,” began its modern history in 1943 with the construction of Hanford’s … in the present purgatory.” A chart illustrating the history of energy consumption, in quads (quadrillion Btu), … is nuclear generated. Through much of its nuclear history, France has reprocessed used nuclear fuel in a …

… sport in the United States today, it has a much longer history and was once the most popular sport in the country. … and transformation?  Cricket’s long and multifaceted history provides insights into these questions. This article … Indians crowding to Tests bring with them the whole past history and future hopes of the islands.”  James recognized …

… Few places wrestle more with their own history than Berlin—a modern capital city steeped in debates … Museums dedicated to celebrating art, science, history, and the natural world dot the landscape and stand … it on a critical level. The complicated and controversial history of the 20 th century permeates the landscape of the …

… More importantly, the current crisis results from the history of the mortgage in the United States. In particular, … and ethnic minorities. Only by considering the market's history and attempts to rationalize and regulate it will a … sub-prime mortgage crisis emerge. That story and its history is a complex one that incorporates the mortgage …