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The study of history is essential to understanding the human experience. By investigating the past, we can learn about the present and prepare for the future. The Roman Empire was one of the most influential empires in world history. It dominated Europe and the Mediterranean for over a thousand years. The Ottoman Empire was another great empire that controlled swathes of territory in the Middle East and North Africa. England has also played a major role in world history, particularly during the two World Wars. These are just some of the examples of how different empires have shaped our world.
The U.S. Presidential Election of 1864 — History is Now Magazine, Podcasts, Blog and Books | Modern International and American history
President Lincoln understood that his chances of reelection in November hinged on military success in a war now in its fourth year. By the summer of 1864, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had settled in for a prolonged siege against the Confederates near Petersburg, Va., and Gen. William T. Sherman
Through the Lens of Experience: Witnessing Gender and Sexual Harassment in Real Time – AASLH
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth post in a series of posts written by members of the AASLH Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Task Force. You can read the previous posts in the series: Small Museums and Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment by Joan Baldwin,
In Memory of Dorothy, by Howard Brick | Society for US Intellectual History
In Memory of Dorothy Howard Brick Two years ago, for the S-USIH meeting (scheduled for this hotel, the first fully “live” post-pandemic conference for this organization), a group of us had planned a session in Dorothy’s honor—featuring Jim Kloppenberg, Kim Phillips-Fein, Jefferson Cowie, and Dan Geary (what a line-up!!) and intended to comment on and
History Of Africa: Better Understanding Politics, Culture & Peoples | HistoryExtra
Slavery, exploitation and racism. These tragedies have long dominated histories of Africa. But there’s another way to tell this story, argues Luke Pepera. And it’s one that puts Africans right at the centre of their continent’s extraordinarily rich and vibrant past
The rise of the Nazis and the importance of heeding warnings | HistoryExtra
“The idea that there’s a widespread movement to learn from history or to understand it meaningfully is false.” Laurence Rees explains to Danny Bird how studying the history of the Nazi regime yields warnings – but that frighteningly few people are interested in learning from the past
Fingers, frogs and fairies: the fashion for fortune telling in the 15th and 16th centuries | HistoryExtra
Fortune telling was all the rage in the 16th and 17th centuries, and practitioners would stop at nothing to tap in to the supernatural. Martha McGill tells a story of Highland seers, tarot cards and encounters with the spirit world
John, Duke Of Bedford: The Life & Legacy Of Henry V's Brother | HistoryExtra
When the Hundred Years’ War was reaching a climax, one man was fighting tenaciously to secure the English claim to the French crown. So why, asks Joanna Arman, is Henry V’s formidable brother, John, Duke of Bedford, not better known?
What the National Anthem Asks of Every American – AASLH
Your Content Goes Here By Jason L. Hanson, History Colorado O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? And the
I’m delighted to welcome Barney Campbell and his new book, The Fires of Gallipoli, to the blog #TheFiresOfGallipoli #HistoricalFiction #WWI #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub – MJ Porter
I'm delighted to welcome Barney Campbell and his new book, The Fires of Gallipoli, to the blog with an excerpt. Excerpt Edward’s thick jumper proved its mettle and he slept soundly, stirring only around midnight as a snuffling deer broke nearby branches around the edge of the tree. He was awake for a few minutes…
I’m excited to spotlight Escape to the French Riviera by Helga Jensen #newrelease #romance – MJ Porter
Here's the blurb Can Lucy find her second-chance romance in the glamour of the French Riviera? When aspiring author Lucy attends a rich friend’s 50th birthday party in glamorous Monaco, she has no idea that her life is about to change forever. Heartsore after a broken marriage, she is not looking for love so when…
Meet Sarah Mendez from The Tudor Queens’ Midwife by Brigitte Barnard – Novel PASTimes
Affiliate link helps support this blog. Interviewer: Mistress Sarah, you have served Queen Katherine for many years in the birthingchamber. What have you observed about her strength as a mother? Sarah: Her Majesty is a woman of unwavering fortitude. Though sorrow has visited her moretimes than I dare count, she meets each trial with the…
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