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… Kotheimer, College of Arts & Sciences Academic Technology Services. Video production by Laura Seeger and Dr. Nicholas … Indigenous Communities …

… alone in the midst of the Pacific Ocean, Easter Island comprises only 117 square km. With its relative isolation … why they carved the immense stone moai. and how they accomplished the complex engineering feat of moving them all around the … Indigenous Communities …

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… 78 whales restranded the following day, and at least 100 died. Although the exact cause of the stranding remains … and tied to ropes and anchors off the bay, left to decompose within the ecosystem. Europeans who lived in the … an entire year, the brothers had a huge increase in their comfort, and many monasteries and paupers had food aid.     …

… Sankara led a coalition of radical military officers, communist activists, labor leaders, and militant students to … government’s rise and fall, demonstrating how it embodied the critical transition period in modern African … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle   Hello, and Welcome to Politics, Cinema, and Liberation in Burkina Faso, …

… An estimate compiled by the nation’s intelligence services reaches the president’s desk, disclosing that a … Taiwan in 1958 ( left ). A 1958 poster showing Chinese soldiers invading Taiwan ( right ). The Taiwan Strait crises …

… damaging sanctions against the Russian state, its companies, and its citizens. The sanctions were intended to … armored vehicles. In another instance, the engines of Bombardier light off-road vehicles were found in the Iranian … destinations, and sanctions that limit airlines’ ability to service and fly their fleets of Airbus and Boeing passenger …

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little many Americans understand about the value and complexity of the relationship between the 50 states and … confusion begins with Puerto Rico’s political status as a commonwealth, with questions about sovereignty, and with a …

… other hand, speak piously of keeping politics out of sports competition. I am frequently asked, "Must politics be a part … when 300 student protestors were killed by police and soldiers only ten days before the start of the Games. Also … of the 1959 uprising." This 49th anniversary, of course, coincided with the lighting of the Olympic Torch in Greece. …

… and Voltaire. Diderot is remembered today mostly as a compiler of others people's work in his role as editor of the Encyclopédie, although he wrote a number of his own philosophical … that of the Bastille, so was the Enlightenment pressed into service of the new, authoritarian regime.  Robespierre saw …

… a life in the wake of the Holocaust, many Jewish survivors, community and religious leaders, and Allied soldiers viewed marriage between Jewish women and military … survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who …

… great paradox. With its fast-growing economy, China has become the leading producer of CO2 (though not on a per-capita basis). Simultaneously, it has become the world's leading producer of green and renewable … environment, and what global role China might play in the coming years in confronting climate change. ( Image Source ) …

… discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on a person’s sexual orientation or … about harassment at school and work. A woman told the audience that even though she had married her wife in 2015, … to move back to Medina to “live and contribute to the community” without fear of persecution “simply because they …

… questions facing American society and the international community in these uncertain times. ( Image Source ) … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … is John Mueller, Woody Hayes, chair of national security studies at the Mershon Center for International Security …

… least some of the blame can go to the now-disgraced energy company, Enron, and its misuse of long-held American … images of the financial slight of hand that ruined the company in 2001. But before that point, both Ken Lay and … promise of electricity deregulation. As Enron put it, the company was working to “bring competition to the U.S. retail …

… in a stalemate with Axis troops north of Rome. With a commanding view of the narrow approach to the Po River … forgotten: The fact that during its Italian odyssey, its soldiers fought as joint-combatants with an unlikely set of … feet tall, good-looking, and heavily decorated for their service in Italy. It was, after all, important to make the …

… million Americans who served during the conflict. Of those servicemen, nearly 117,000 perished during the war — 53, 402 in combat — and another 204,000 were wounded. Many believe that the last man to die in the war was an American soldier, 23-year-old Henry …

… administration has added more than 1,000 individuals and companies to sanctions lists. The president has gloried in … from trade networks and the global financial system has become Washington’s foreign policy tool of choice. Indeed, the … Japanese occupation currency used in the Dutch East Indies in 1942. In July 1941, after Japan invaded Indonesia, …