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a rocket being launched in the Middle East

War and Geopolitics in the Middle East: Today & Yesterday

… in Historical Perspective —brings to life the vibrant history of war and geopolitics in the Middle East to help … in Perspective (New Brunswick and Oxford: Transaction Books, 1986), pp. 61-84. For a firsthand account, see Henry … on Twitter) And in a new twist last year, after annexing Crimea from Ukraine, Russia offered Crimean Tatars generous …
Ottoman Empire (1256), Europe (67), Colonialism/Imperialism (1289), Middle East (142), Islam (154)

Süleyman the Magnificent

Süleyman, who would be known to the west as “the Magnificent,” began his reign as sultan of the Ottoman Empire in September 1520.
… 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 …

The Roots of Venezuela's Failing State

… terms) from 1974 to 1979 than in its entire independent history . Indeed, during this time, this Gran Venezuela had … 2016 the country became the seventh in Latin American history to experience hyperinflation . Despite the …
Emperor Haile Selassie I

Haile Selassie I and an Independent Ethiopia

Haile Selassie’s triumphant return to Ethiopia on May 5, 1941, signaled the re‐establishment of the Solomonic Dynasty and a sovereign Ethiopia.
… Perspective at the Goldberg Center in the Department of History at The Ohio State University and the Department of History at Miami University. Be sure to subscribe to our …
Emperor Nero

The Ancient Roman Origins of Government Disaster Response

After a devasting fire in Rome in 64 CE, Emperor Nero successfully rebuilt the city.
… When we reflect on the history of government response to natural disasters such as … century: Titus, Nero and Tiberius. This video traces their history of response to disasters and how it relates to …

Big-time Bureaucratic Brouhaha

… connects examples of government regulations throughout history from the building of the railroads to the Affordable Care Act. This history calls into question the idea of Government …
Black Women's Rights Leaders

Prologued: Women and the Vote

Analyzing the myth of the women's voting bloc
… the perfect time to re-evaluate the political and electoral history of women in the United States beginning all the way …
Aurangzeb in a pavilion with courtiers below.

Aurangzeb: Mughal Emperor

… against Hindus and should therefore be wiped from the history books (as was the recent fate of the entire Mughal Empire in …

Outdoing Panama: Turkey’s ‘Crazy’ Plan to Build an Istanbul Canal

… optimistic. "Target 2023," simultaneously looked to history—Turkey's founding as a nation-state in 1923—and its … construction projects that cram the volumes of human history. Canals throughout history have long been connected … The humiliating Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca (1774) gave the Crimean Peninsula to Russia, along with passage rights …
portion of a movie poster for the movie Mary Queen of Scots, directed by Josie Rourke

At the Movies: Mary Queen of Scots

… and strength in the past and exemplifies it in the present. History is expertly woven throughout this film but never … murder of David Rizzio , Mary’s secretary. Their actions in history and in the film reinforce the myth that women were … shows us what men are capable of doing to retain power. History is central to this film because it gives a timeless …

Ideology or Ethnicity? The Israeli Political Crisis

… to become the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history. He began to acquire the aura of an invincible … during elections. Those tensions have their origin in the history of Jewish migrations to pre-state Palestine and … 1970s. The “Upheaval” The year 1977 is known in Israeli history as the year of the “upheaval.” In the elections of …
Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat aboard his Jeantaud electric car, 1899.

The Historical Dominance of the Electric Car

On December 18, 1898, the Jeantaud electric vehicle set the world’s first automotive land speed record of 63.13 km/hr (39.2 mph) over the course of a single kilometer.
… automobile land speed record is set;” https://automotivehistory.org/first-automobile-land-speed-record/ Ernest H. Wakefield, History of the Electric Automobile (SAE International, … 2004). Paul Ingrassia, Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars (New York: …
 protests by the Yellow Vest movement

France at the Barricades, 1934

… is no stranger to political protest. The country has a long history of its people taking to the streets to show their … down to avoid increased violence. For the first time in the history of France’s Third Republic, street protests and …

Rash Decisions: Anti-vaccination Movements in Historical Perspective

… in the 1990s. The confluence of these factors over a long history has created a new medical crisis: the resurgence of … it has plagued humans since the beginnings of recorded history. Smallpox is central to the origins of vaccination. … Our Vaccines” march in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, as the history of science particularly shows, vaccines are among …
An abandoned building in Chernobyl

A Postcard from Chernobyl

… the fizzy water vending machines, and the school text books all created a bizarre sense of nostalgia for those of … >>, and was part of a larger project on environmental history. … ww.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/features/russian-environmental-history/ Resources ‘The Battle of Chernobyl’, documentary …

The Shifting Terrain of Latin American Drug Trafficking

… failed states, and security. But it is the long history of drug production and distribution in Latin … Panama), and drug-trade violence continues to escalate. The history of Latin American narcotics production and … reaching the United States from abroad. Colombia had a long history at the heart of regional contraband trade and …
Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann Discovers LSD

… effects was one of the more famous accidents in the history of science. A 1951 vial of LSD manufactured by …

Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River

… relations, international law, politics, geography, history, hydrology, ecology, and social studies. It has been … present themselves as religious places focused on biblical history and archaeological remains, and gloss over the many … that play out along the river. Yet the region’s recent history flows just beneath the surface, cluttering the …