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… publishing the first Folios. Cervantes, in turn, died penniless. He had given away the rights of his novel to a printer. He was buried in a common grave. Most profoundly, our modern sensibility is … about Shakespeare. Would he have liked The Bard? I’m not sure. We know that Shakespeare was indeed familiar with Don …

… this process, confidence- building and verification measures would be strengthened among the states to guarantee … for new nuclear weaponry. The U.S. refusal to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to eliminate nuclear test … is an essential first step. Failure to do so leaves future generations exposed to the threat of nuclear …

… domination of civilian governments, and insufficient pressures by the U.S. and Soviet superpowers to deter regional … administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … the military and the resulting decisive Egyptian defeat discredited Nasser, the erstwhile hero of the 1956 Suez Crisis …

… Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone … another firm at first and was serving as their sort of onsite historian in a bidding process, participated in their … in that whole process where others were brought in, and I'm sure also that there had to have been, although I can't …

… otherwise, is a dynamic process that revolves around three complex elements — the leader, the followers and the … parties, for example, are already feeling public pressure to find grounds for unity and compromise. Citizens will … history. Their forecasts, based on limited knowledge of future events, are hardly reliable. Leadership is a dynamic …

… The prominent reformer, Martin Luther boasts the most complex legacy of his contemporaries because of how he … I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy grapples with Luther’s complicated legacy through a series of brilliantly …

… When Al Gore allegedly claimed he invented the Internet, comedians, political  pundits and Republicans had a field … optic network, along with the servers, software and other components of what became the Internet, didn't differ from … anyway. While true, it would probably have occurred with less public and educational access, and definitely later. …

… Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and African Communities League in Kingston in 1914. Though Garvey was … Federation, a political union of islands in the Greater and Lesser Antilles in a single independent state. From 1958 to … on the location of its capital, political leadership, and competing views on individual nationalism. The Federation …

… relations in the region. By 2001, Christmas had become a casualty of Israeli-Palestinian violence. Israel … have flourished. In 2003, over 300,000 Israeli tourists visited the Turkish resort of Antalya. In 2005, despite a … Muhammad Abbas. The Palestinian president will almost surely make an appearance in the Nativity Church this …

… history is the Battle of Gettysburg. While many will commemorate the battle itself, the decision not to press … attack, and if he succeeded, the general could take all the credit himself. Hamlin arrived, but his efforts only annoyed … suspected Meade and the army’s Democrats of scheming to ensure Lee’s escape across the river to safety. The suspicion …

… play, adults' efforts to provide protective spaces indoor (community centers, YMCA) and outdoor (playgrounds, sports … and proliferation of mass media have offered children countless fantasy characters to stimulate their imagination, but … and stronger peer associations formed as a consequence of compulsory schooling in the mid-nineteenth century, a gap …

… concern about the war’s impact on global agricultural commodity markets: the disruption to Ukrainian agricultural … and the expected knock-on effects to the world price of staples such as wheat and to the food security of developing … transported by rail to Ukraine’s western border.   Not surprisingly a market shock of this magnitude has affected …

… Brutal violence is not typically the first thing that comes to mind when observing the artwork of the … Renaissance’s greatest masters. For many, this art has become synonymous with the beginning of a new era and the … patronage of art and literature. French troops under Charles VIII entering Florence, 1494. This era came to an end in …

… clubs and launched multiyear protests. While sharing a common goal, these efforts were not without internal … they abandoned, next time on  Prologued . Sarah Paxton ( Credits) This season of Prologued was brought to you by  … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… but the game itself made no money. Men’s college basketball commenced with a similarly obscure contest.  In 1895 at … alumni, trustees, and curb-stone coaches” to exert pressure to reform the college game. Speaking to a gathering of … “but the need to win football games, and integration, as future generations would learn, could mean recruiting …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … Michelle Paranzino So during the Cold War, U.S. counterinsurgency efforts were typically directed against leftist or … is within this emerging post revolutionary state.   (credits) Brionna Mendoza This season of Prologued was …

… with a willful misleading of the public, and a war that committed a democratic nation’s armed forces to a … emotionally satisfying, but it oversimplifies a much more complicated picture. All three branches of the U.S. … provide security to the Afghan people after the Taliban resurgence, which took place precisely during the “Surge” …

… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … (Wheeler-Howard) Act. Blood was an immaterial measure of Indian status for those enrolled in a federally … problem.  If fewer Native Americans were “on the books,” less money and administrative time could be spent on the …

… pardoned or remitted the sentences of prisoners whom had committed minor offenses. As they worked to dismantle … narrow” for the United States and the Soviet Union to come out on the other side with a better relationship, … Rubenstein candidly admits when sources are troublesome – memoirs that may have been colored by the personal …

… Places, backyards, and basements filled with televisions, computers, and Playstations. Riney-Kehrberg describes how … push, seizing their own outdoor play places despite pressure to do otherwise. Riney-Kehrberg does not blame … of newspapers, periodicals, television programs, films, websites, and published works to tell her story, but she also …

… it remains a part of the United Kingdom or separates to become an independent state.  As the prospect of an … united under a single political state: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Until recently, the UK … and political protection against significant English pressure, the colony was located on the Isthmus of Panama, near …