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… civilization is a myth. It does political and cultural work for those who cling to it, but it does not faithfully convey … story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest book, Athens After Empire: A History from Alexander …

… flee the crowds. In the past, Roman aristocrats would leave for their rural villas and summer homes; wealthy citizens … city for Mount Vernon on September 10, 1793. He later visited the city before the official all clear on November … other business carried out virtually over Zoom. The theater company, Gemini CollisionWorks, gathers most of its 22 …

… During the last four weeks, the Election Assistance Commission, the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security have considered asking Congress for authority to delay this year’s election if a terrorist … Dissenting Tradition" (1998) and a writer for the History News Service. …

… capable of reaching the United States, and that therefore Kim’s threat against the U.S. is an obvious bluff. … the Korean peninsula. Nixon learned this first hand when he visited South Korea in 1953 as vice president. An … that I may start some action is a constant check on the Communists,” Rhee told Nixon. Nixon thought so highly of …

… warned at the November ceremony in Lithuania marking the latest round of NATO expansion. The president should have … appease dictators.” As the Bush administration prepares for a U.S. invasion of Iraq, it should also heed the lesson … invasion, the Iraqi military could engage in house-to-house combat or terrorist attacks against U.S. troops in Baghdad …

… the aristocracy-based patronage system, which had sustained composers for generations.  Now, middle-class audiences flocked to public concert halls to applaud the latest music. It was in this environment that Beethoven …

… in the mid-19th century that the parade as we know it took form. This coincided with both the massive influx of Irish … this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade … College in Worcester, Mass., and a writer for the History News Service. …

… so doing he has tilted against the Constitution.  During a visit to Syracuse, N.Y., late in October, Bush claimed that “state law reigns supreme when it comes to Indians, whether it be gambling or any other … unambiguously violates the Constitution. As a candidate for the highest office in the land, Gov. Bush ought to know …

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little … fact, Puerto Ricans are Americans—making our relations not foreign, but familiar or even familial. There are 3.4 … Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Puerto Rico since President Kennedy’s trip in 1961. …

… Headquartered at Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, OH, Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air … the World to Flying Saucers https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/ … Project Blue Book Termination https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary Project …

… This presentation commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Disaster … disaster, the immediate and ongoing health repercussions for the people of Bhopal, and their global legal and activist fight for justice and corporate accountability. Dr. Madhumita …

… HIV/AIDS in the late 1980s—how officials initially blamed foreign nations for the virus and denied the possibility of extensive community spread among the Soviet population—offers a … and homosexual and bisexual men. Letter writers to Soviet newspapers floated the idea of setting up a colony for the …

… who is better known by her given name of Edith Stein — was formally declared a saint and martyr by Pope John Paul II. … “Christianize” the Holocaust in order to play down Catholic complicity in Nazi atrocities. This controversy comes at a … Jews a priority of his papacy. He is the first pope to have visited one of the chief synagogues of Rome. Under his …

… Moon, el presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, y el comandante supremo de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de … El gobierno y las guerrillas ahora estarían listos para formalmente firmar el acuerdo completo el 26 de septiembre … ( Izquierda ). El Secretario del Estado, Colin Powell, visitando a Colombia en el año 2003 ( Derecho ). Mientras …

… Join world-renowned historian Geoffrey Parker for a definitive history of the Spanish Armada. In July 1588 … The genius of Sir Francis Drake is exalted, while Spain’s efforts are belittled. But what really happened during that … finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain …

… astonishing and repressive law that would make it illegal for women of the Shi'i minority (approximately 10 percent of … and I were fortunate enough to be granted permission to visit northern Afghanistan. We were an unlikely group to be … had very recently joined forces with the celebrated Tajik commander Ahmad Shah Massoud to establish the "Northern …

… were symbolic munYou would the announcement over the intercom: .. Youhear would hear the announcement sentiment was … intervention in Vietnam, the Unitedand States Draft board. For religious reasons, sought obtained official … or coordination. The relationship between theater; his latest project was no less ambitious Edwards' …

… about a block north of New Orleans’s famed French Quarter. Completely walled in, the cemetery is unwelcoming. The Roman … as the ostentatious pyramid purchased by actor Nicolas Cage for his future burial. St. Louis No. 1 Cemetery, New … the victims of the slave trade. Whitney tour guides escort visitors through the grounds of this once-profitable sugar …

… hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes! Can't even go for a damn jog man! Like … about racism and imperialism during the Chicago Bulls' visit to the White House. The Denver Nuggets' Mahmoud …

… a century ago. Today, the EU faces an unprecedented combination of challenges, including a lingering economic … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a …   I'm Don Hempson, Director of the International Operations for the College of Engineering here at Ohio State …

… Who is responsible for the plight of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez? Fidel Castro? … fair to most Americans. After all, Fidel Castro was a Communist dictator. The United States had to open its doors … still received automatic asylum, young Elian would be the latest permanent addition to Miami's Little Havana, rather …

… rate of 9.6%. The world, all things considered, was fortunate. While those deaths were tragic, they were a … SARS it could not in 2009. Pandemic influenza, a frequent visitor in the past, was back again. As the threat of the … prevent, the next pandemic. The viruses that affect humans come in many types, and their impact on human communities …

… roughly equaled the size of the entire American economy for the first time since World War II. This dubious … in order to separate it from the scandalous collapse of a commercial bank that had strong financial links to the king. … remittance of funds without having to use banknotes or coins. Emergency wartime arrangements were also extended to …

… culture. The 1957 Moscow Youth Festival was a revelation for citizens of a country with sealed borders. Soviet … from viewers and readers and more than 6,000 entries in comment books from exhibitions—Gilburd gives voice to Soviet … "Foreign Literature" which published foreign authors. Visitors to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts “queued for five …