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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.
Women’s presence behind the scenes of the U.S. television industry in the 1970s fundamentally changed the way the medium worked, pushing it toward a more feminist agenda. This is what Jennifer S. Clark argues effectively in Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women’s Liberation. Clark takes readers beyond the glitz of Hollywood and
Here's another addition to our Inside the Guide playlist: Ireland Sites and Databases. Each Inside the Guide video will highlight websites and databases featured in country pages of The Family History Guide. The videos do not have live links to the sites and databases, but they are easy to find in the Goals and Choices of The Family History Guide. The video is also included below for your convenience - enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIPX7TGT71I Stay tuned for more Inside the Guide videos highlighting the great sites and databases for research in your favorite countries!
Book Blurb:Deep in the impenetrable Andes mountains, the largest treasure in human history has remained hidden since the fall of the last Inca.Five hundred years later, Will McLaren is thrust into a deadly race to unearth the treasure before it falls into the hands of a corrupt politician plotting the resurrection of brutal dictatorship.Is the wave of deadly terrorist attacks connected? What does a nuclear bomb, sunken for decades and now hijacked, have to do with the treasure? And who is the my
The Management Team of The Family History Guide would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family and friends a safe and happy holiday season. We are grateful for your ongoing support for and interest in family history, and the work you do connect generations together. There is much today that may be worrisome to many of us, including political divides, ongoing wars, and human suffering. Remembering our families and ancestors and the sacrifices they made for us can help us find greater meaning in our lives and more willingness to work together as a human family. This year I visited Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Utah. I saw beautiful bronze statues of a woman seated on a bench in grief from her trials, and an angel - perhaps an ancestor - offering her comfort. As I watched, a three-year-old boy sat down on the bench next to the statue-woman and talked with her for several minutes in an effort to cheer her up. His mother shared with me that he often takes opportunites to help others feel better. The fact that she was a statue did not deter him in the least. May your homes and hearts be filled with joy and peace this holiday, and may we find occasions to lift others and share our good will and love! Sincerely, The Family History Guide Association
While all anti-Vietnam War activities eventually put a spotlight on reactions by law enforcement, in reading Michelle Nickerson's Spiritual Criminals I was surprised at the extent the Camden 28 action involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation and its Counter-Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO). Historians who work on the 1960s already know about COINTELPRO and how it targeted
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of 'bread and circuses' in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and interpreted in a range of…
This week For the Record celebrates the 200th birthday of Calvert Vaux, one of New York City’s most influential architects. If you are familiar with Vaux (pronounced Vox) at all, it is most likely as the co-designer of Central Park. Along with Fredrick Law Olmsted, Vaux created the past
I want to begin with a few comments about Kunal Parker’s The Turn to Process, and especially its relation to my own book, and then turn to some of the thoughtful comments and criticisms from Paul Murphy, Casey Eilbert, and Angus Burgin. My goal is to identify what I think the strengths of my book
The Normans were one of the most dynamic forces of the Middle Ages. Famous for the conquest of England and throughout the Mediterranean, these Viking descendants of Northern France proved a dynamic force to be reckoned with from the borders of Scotland to the Holy Land. But while the Normans maintai