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… history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of competing powers, and it still looms large in the … colonized the site. Menaced by pirates and European competitors, the Spaniards continually improved upon their … Manila physically, but they altered place names, imposed a command economy, and gutted the American educational system. …

… The 5,280-pound monument of the Ten Commandments installed by the Alabama Supreme Court Chief … all intents and purposes, Hebrew (in translation of course) comes a close second.   Moore’s claim that the Ten Commandments form the basis of American law will not stand …

… four years of Nazi occupation. Following a week of guerilla combat between Resistance fighters and the occupying German … Dietrich von Choltitz, the German military governor and commander of the city’s German garrison, formally … destroying it, remains undeniably compelling to all who visit Paris today. American soldiers from the U.S. 4th …

… shown the agreement, he felt presented with a fait accompli and refused to consent.   Believing that he had been …

… heavily on Soviet support for arms and many Arab nations welcomed Soviet aid. Nixon and National Security Adviser Henry … five percent. Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Omar Saqqaf, visited America and warned the Nixon administration that an embargo of sales to the United States was forthcoming. Nixon attempted to assuage Saudi fears, promising to …

… a secular allegory for that moral lesson. The other two committee members proposed images that drew on Old Testament … and Form of Government We have assumed.” Of all of his accomplishments, Jefferson selected just three for his … Du Simitière, who rejected all of the ideas of the three committee members. His own first attempt was also rejected …

… but at the time it seemed like a relatively minor threat in comparison with established groups like Hamas and Hizballah. … And the attack was executed in a manner that would soon come to characterize al Qaeda operations. The trucks were … Nairobi, the blast sheared off the face of the embassy and completely destroyed a neighboring seven-story office …

… Vladimir Putin has gone to extraordinary lengths to commemorate the Second World War. Even though the war ended … Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle  Hello, and welcome to World War II Memory in Putin's Russia, brought to … Day parades on Red Square. He's met with veterans and made visits to memorials. He's emphasized his own personal …

… delegation to Sochi. Inadvertently, the Sochi games have become the gay games. Homosexuality in Russia Today The … the diverging paths of Russia and Western countries when it comes to homosexuality. Russian public attitudes are … of the new legislation, and Putin’s own remarks about visitors to Olympic Games, have focused on pedophilia as a …

… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for … in the world. The bloody 1900 Boer War and increased competition with the Germans over railroad and maritime control have also worn down this locomotive. Still, this “weary titan” (p.15) is in tip-top …

… corruption scandals, doping controversies and rampant commercialism have done so little to dent the popularity of … Olympic teams. Even before the First World War, sport had become, as one French official put it, "a matter of state." … to showcase the achievements of Nazism, and many foreign visitors were impressed by the gleaming new stadiums and the …

… Hebdo a suscité une recherche profonde pour découvrir comment les hommes armés sont venus à être si irrités par … avec des conséquences mortelles leur colère envers des comiques dont le travail a été jugé blasphématoire ou opposé … regrettés était le chroniqueur Saïd Mekbel. Son esprit de comédie n’épargnait personne comme il s’en servait …

… call the Anthony Amendment, and what would eventually become the 19th Amendment. But not for a long time. California … support needed to pass a constitutional amendment. It was becoming less likely that a federal amendment was going to … be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common purpose today in the midst of the coronavirus … Riders on San Juan Hill. There was an even greater need for common purpose as the Great War , what we Americans came to …

… democracies, and political experiments such as Bolshevik communism. Much of Europe lay in tatters and virtually an … I battlefields to reconnect with their loved ones. Others visited the tombs of the unknown warriors, under the Arc de … Forgetting in Russia by Aaron B. Retish Until recently, a visitor to Russia would have had a hard time finding any …

… the Supreme Court and amidst growing public criticism. To compound the confusion, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, sitting … in Israeli society—for example, divisions over territorial compromise with the Palestinians; divisions between Jews and … leadership. Netanyahu, a hardliner who opposes territorial compromises and promotes neoconservative socioeconomic …

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American … James Watson-Krips  Hello, everyone. Welcome to this discussion with Melvin Barnes, PhD candidates … a source of inspiration. So you had, you had Chinese people visiting places like the Hampton Institute, and the Tuskegee …

… a chronic condition that can have serious, life-threatening complications if left untreated. Diabetes is caused when the … date to the ancient Egyptians, over a millennium before the common era . Later, in the second century CE, the Greek … healthier, more than twice her original weight, and had become a shining example of the power of insulin therapy for …

… before all slaves in Massachusetts would be set free, the Commonwealth v. Jennison case of 1783 ensured that slaves … by the early 19th century all the Northern states had committed at least to eventual emancipation, slavery’s … and social research and making claims about human nature. Commonwealth v. Jennison and its long aftermath also …

… and artist Jack Kirby in the eponymous Captain America Comics #1 , the patriotic hero became a breakout star for Timely Comics (the company that would evolve into Marvel Comics ). … “good war.” Four-color McCarthyism could not pull enough coins from adolescent pockets to prevent the superhero …

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's … planet. After more than four decades, the Soviet controlled communist bloc of Eastern European countries suddenly …

… administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … War (1962-1970) at the same time that Egypt’s overextended commitment of troops to North-Yemen’s republicans had … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …