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What is the history of wildfires in California?
...where the weather is often dry in many parts of the state. Looking at the history of wildfires, reasons as to why they have become more destructive become cl ==Early Record of California Wildfires==

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19th Century American Intellectual History Top Ten Booklist
...eply concerned with the history of ideas. Intellectual history is not the history of old, white philosophers stroking their beards behind mahogany desks. ...contained important intellectual ideas that changed the course of American history. Each of these books, in their own way, accomplish this delicate balancing

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Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist
...t is an essential reference. Pretty much anyone who has written about the history of American medicine has cited it. Should you read it? Yes. Check it out ...s: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America]'' (University of California Press 2012)

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How did the Boxer Rebellion unite Imperial Powers and create Chinese Nationalism
The Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) was a key event in the history of China, as it reflected the colonial powers increasing influence in Chine ...W. 1987. The Origins of the Boxer Uprising. Berkeley: University of California Press, Pg. 5-7, 39.</ref> While it is often believed the Boxers were not s

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When were Electric Cars Invented
...hat has some ways to go before they become common. However, electric cars' history goes back to the 19th century, as people experimented with electricity and ==The Early History of Electric Cars==

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How did ancient Professional Armies develop
...orld History: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age''. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> This also paved the way for early states and empires to compet ...early professional armies in Mesopotamia, see Bauer, S. Wise. 2007. ''The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome''. 1st

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Did Theodore Roosevelt really save Football
.... <ref>Klein, Christopher, ”How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football,” history.com, September 6, 2012</ref> ...<ref>Klein, Christopher, ”How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football,” ''History.com'', September 6, 2012</ref> That belief apparently extended to his own s

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What are the "Six Flags" that have Flown over Texas
...origin of the fun centers. But the Six Flags name is grounded in very real history, which when dissected, encapsulates about 400 years of early American settl ...ifted into real estate development. On a trip to see the new Disneyland in California in 1957 Wynne became convinced that his Lone Star State needed a "Disneylan

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How did the concept of paradise develop
...g=dailyh0c-20&linkId=6f56d7a26bd2ff61646352141eaed877 The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character]''. 12. [pr.]. Chicago: The Univ. of Chicago Press. ...97b0beeb1c7b0c02" Tree of Life: An Archaeological Study]''. Studies in the History of Religion. Brill.</ref>

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How did Manufactured Glass Develop in the Bronze Age
...duction, see: Macfarlane, Alan, and Gerry Martin. 2002. Glass: A World History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</ref> Perhaps the earliest glas ...on, Dominique. 1995. ''Ancient Near Eastern Art''. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg. 110.</ref> Faience forms as a vitrification along the surface of

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What Caused the Rise of Agriculture?
The history of agriculture in the Fertile Crescent region of the Near Eastt, spanning m ...New Genetic and Archaeological Paradigms''. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press.</ref>

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What has been the Role of Horses in Human Societies
...eological Paradigms'', Melinda Zeder (Ed.). Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, pg. 245-269.</ref> Most likely, the horse was domesticated by 4000-3 [[Category:History of Science and Technology]] [[Category:Ancient History]]

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How did eugenics develop and why did it persist into the late 20th Century
As modern students of history, we must divorce scientific theories of the past from the unavoidable socie ...ern and Platt, “Sterilization Abuse in State Prisons: Time to Break With California’s Long Eugenic Patterns | HuffPost.”</ref> These examples are only in

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Top 10 Books on the origins of the Italian Renaissance
The Renaissance was one of the greatest flowerings of artistic works in history. Artists such as Michelangelo and Raphael, to mention just two. The reasons ...nkId=38294e59d2ab480741ccd5dfbcfca3bc Renaissance Italy]''. (University of California Press, 1983).

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Did multi-cultural societies become widely accepted in ancient history
===Early History=== ...y in World History: Multidisciplinary Approaches. Studies in Global Social History, v. 3. Leiden ; Boston: Brill.</ref> In many cases, these migrations or c

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What Was the Significance of the Southwest in the Outcome of the Civil War
...ew Mexico and Arizona territories as they were the gateway to the ports of California. ...different. The natural resources found in the region, the Pacific ports of California, and openness to slavery were factors that had the ability to drastically c

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Why did museums develop
...e think of museums as areas that display the past, our culture, or natural history of our world. This certainly has developed to be the modern norm; however, ...past that connected Babylonian civilization to the past, showing its long history, and bringing objects of the gods back to the world. The uncovered objects

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Why did the United States and Soviet Union Reach Detente During the Cold War
...not to run for re-election. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis, ''The Cold War: a New History.''' New York: Penguin Books, 2006. pgs. 79-80.</ref> ...White House against Kennedy in 1960. Nixon also launched a failed bid for California governor in 1964 and declared that his political life was over. Nixon had d

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When Did Jackie Robinson Integrate Baseball and Why Is It Important
...After his two years there, he accepted a scholarship to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Robinson was a star in many sports, including track, f The color line was receding to history, but racial intolerance and discrimination were not. During that 1947 seaso

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How did the 'Malaise' Period of Struggle in the 1970s Occur in the United States
...nistration became embroiled with the largest scandal in American political history. Questions swirled about how much President Nixon knew about the break in a ...tion season. Carter was faced in the general election by Republican former California Governor Ronald Reagan and independent John Anderson. Carter hoped that Rea

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Why was Alexander the Great So Successful In His Conquests
In the public's mind, few well-known conquerors in history match the exploits of Alexander the Great. In just a few years, from 334-33 ...65867&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=f94cfc51938674926b5abff31bc432d5 History of the Art of War]. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press/ Bison B

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How did Athens become the leading Greek city-state
...power, see: Fine, John Van Antwerp. 1983. ''The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History''. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Univ. Pr, pg. 122.</ref> Both the nobility and ...and Peter Green. 1996. ''The Greco-Persian Wars''. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref>

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Why was Epicurus and his philosophy so important
..., Tim. 2010. Epicureanism. Ancient Philosophies 7. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> Nevertheless, because later thought began to confound Epicurea ...e on atomistic materialism, see: O’Connor, Daniel John. 1964. A Critical History of Western Philosophy. New York etc., London: The Free press etc. , Colli

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Why did the United States Gain the Upper Hand Against the Soviet Union at the End of the Cold War
...rter lost the confidence of the American people and was replaced by former California Governor Ronald Reagan by a 51-41% margin. Only sharp changes could get the ...with the West. <ref>Gaddis, John Lewis. ''We now know: rethinking Cold War history.'' Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pages 45-49.</ref>

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How Did Ancient Alexandria Rise to Prominence
...ew him as such. <ref> Chauveau, Michael. Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies. Translated by David Lorton. (Ithaca, N ...nes in Nubia. <ref> Bryce, Trevor. Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 159</ref> But not all of t

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Alexander the Great Top Ten Booklist
...yh0c-20&linkId=74003d0e002d0d0876a5f8f1f993ac86 Alexander the Great: A New History]. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, Mass: Wiley-Blackwell. ...be the easy reading and more captivating historical presentation on one of history's great figures. Freeman uses his strong presentation skills to grip the au

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How did hunting become a symbol of the royalty
...of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, pg. 159.</ref> ...on ancient royal hunting in India, see: Sen, S. N. (1999). Ancient Indian history and civilization. New Delhi: New Age International, pg. 134.</ref> In fact,

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How did hunting become a symbol of the aristocracy/royalty
...of kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran. Berkeley, Calif: University of California Press, pg. 159.</ref> ...on ancient royal hunting in India, see: Sen, S. N. (1999). Ancient Indian history and civilization. New Delhi: New Age International, pg. 134.</ref> In fact,

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The Greek Philosophers Top Ten Booklist
...recent and have helped scholars and others to understand this key time in history and its transformative effects. ...01581&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=12862945d4b559d42fe6f6c19f4f6e84 History of Western Philosophy]. Reprinted. Routledge Classics. London: Routledg

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British Criminal and Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ions to the contrary, legal history can extraordinarily fascinating. Legal history explores the conflicts that arise from civilization. A deft legal historian If you're even remotely familiar with the field of British criminal and legal history, no doubt you've seen John Beattie’s [https://www.amazon.com/gp/produc

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How did modern boxing emerge
...odriguez, Robert G., and George Kimball. 2009. The Regulation of Boxing: A History and Comparative Analysis of Policies among American States. Jefferson, N.C: ...the rise of boxing in Europe, see: Boddy, Kasia. 2009. Boxing: A Cultural History. First paperback pr. London: Reaktion.</ref> In particular, swords became l

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How did baseball develop
...nt, see: Williams, J. (1999) Cricket and England: A Cultural and Social History of the Inter-war Years. Sport in the global society. London ; Portlan ...The Forgotten History of African American Baseball. Santa Barbara, California, Praeger, ABC-CLIO, LLC.</ref>

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Who integrated the NBA
...ous choice. Robinson had been an outstanding collegiate athlete at UCLA in California where he starred in the Bruin backfield and was a record-setter in track an ...d the drafting of African-American players, there was no mention of racial history in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle write-up of the 78-70 Capitols win.<r

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Ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate and Late Periods Top Ten Booklist
...rstand ancient Egypt’s Late Period – or any period in ancient Egyptian history for that matter – will fall short if the textual/historiographical eviden ...as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=1e608e192bb2c217541ca0684680dcb0 The Writing of History in Ancient Egypt during the First Millennium BC (ca. 1070-180 BC): Trends a

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How Did Black Pepper Spread in Popularity
...oute. The California World History Library 18. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref> ...i> The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery. 1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed. New York: Palgrave Macmil

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How Did Wine Develop
...with religion, cooking, feasting, and our forms of social gatherings. The history of wine also shows it has long been associated with human societies since t ...<ref>For more on rice and palm wine, see: Cyrus Redding, Redding. 2008. History and Description of Modern Wines. Place of publication not identified: A

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What Is the History of Ice Cream
...ag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=5e4fd0680acd209879f3f29c98e8005f Ice Cream: A Global History]. London: Reaktion Books, pg. 19.</ref> ...dc432 Of Sugar and Snow: A History of Ice Cream Making]. University of California Press.</ref>

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What was the impact of the defeat of the Sicilian Expedition on Athens
...greatest Greek achievement of any in this war, or, in my opinion, in Greek history; at once most glorious to the victors, and most calamitous to the conquered ...s: The Sicilian Expedition and its Aftermath] (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001), p 198</ref>

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What was the impact of the First Persian Invasion of Greece on Athens
...<ref>Green, Peter. The Greco-Persian Wars. (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996), p. 156</ref> ...as trying to subvert it.<ref>Fine, JVA. The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History. (Harvard, Harvard University Press, 1983), p. 178</ref>

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Why did Medical Licensing Boards prosecute Christian Scientists for practicing medicine during the 19th Century
...and-eighteen books were written by Regulars.<ref> “Another Phase,” California State Journal of Medicine, Vol. V, No.2, (1907): 20, http://books.googl *[[Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist]]</div>

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How did kitchens develop
==Early History== ...ng in Ancient Civilizations. The Greenwood Press “Daily Life through History” series. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.</ref>

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What Are the Origins of Ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom
...ring that Egypt would be among the longest enduring civilizations in human history. ...Also, the ancient Egyptians were usually averse to writing about their own history in a negative manner, so there are few reliable primary texts from the peri

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What is the Deep Impact of Gold
...ns, and culture, see: Bernstein, Peter L. 2004. The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession. Illustrated ed. New York: Wiley.</ref> ...iu C. 2011. Money and Market in the Economy of All Times: Another World History of Money and Pre-Money Based Economies. London and New York.</ref>

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Why Was Ramesses II “Great” and How Did He Influence the History of the Ancient Near East
...y long rule, Ramesses II earned his nickname and profoundly influenced the history of Egypt and that of the adjoining kingdoms of the Near East. Empowered by ...ildren! All of these factors influenced the course of ancient Near Eastern history and helped to make Ramesses II the greatest of all his namesakes and arguab

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When were doctors first licensed in California
...to prevent homeopaths and eclectics from practicing, but in states such as California, they quickly realized that they would need to work together if they wanted ...ent Secretary”, First Biennial Report of the State Board of Health of California for the Years 1870-1871 (Sacramento, D.W. Gelwicks, State Printer, 1871

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Southwest to Whom - An Analysis of the Historiography of the American West
The American Southwest – the title hints at the meaning, history and mental imagry attached to the region by inhabitants and observers. The ...d the field. Once seen as a cultural artifact or a Hollywood backdrop, the history of the Southwest has become a dynamic exploration of continuity and variety

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Was Joel Poinsett an Agent of Empire and a Patron of Science
...his Unpublished Report on the Present Political State of Mexico. A Social History of Anthropology in the United States, by Thomas C. Patterson provides the b ...“absorb all Texas, New Mexico, and Upper California, and parts of Lower California, Sonora, Coahuila, and New Leon.”</ref>

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What was the impact of Augustus' victory over Mark Anthony and Cleopatra on Rome
...642; From Alexander to the Arab Conquest. 2nd ed. (Berkeley: University of California Press), p. 245</ref> *[[What was the contribution of Pompey the Great to Roman History?]]

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2015 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
[[File:A_chosen_exile.jpg|thumbnail|250px|left|A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs]] ...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016.

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2016 American Historical Association Book Awards
...rehensive history society in the United States. Basically, every flavor of history is represented in the AHA. Unsurprisingly, the AHA awards a massive number While the list is long, it is a great place to find great new history books on a lot of different topics. The breadth of subject of the books on

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2014 Organization of American Historians Book Awards
...alified historians and who identify some of the best new books in American history for 2016. ...ward is given to an author for their first scholarly book on United States history.

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What was the impact of Attila the Hun on the Roman Empire
Attila the Hun is one of the most infamous conquerors and warriors in history. He ruled a large nomadic confederation known as the Huns. Attila either as ...he Huns: Studies in Their History and Culture (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1973), p. 113 </ref> The Huns were largely a nomadic people and had

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When did we start sterilizing people in the United States
Mass sterilization did not begin in earnest until the 1920s. California, for example had already sterilized some 2500 people before 1921, and had n ...rilized. Approximately one third of those sterilizations were performed in California alone.

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Why did the Empire of Alexander the Great fragment after his death
...eatest generals of all time, and his conquests and brief reign changed the history of the world. Once the great Macedonian had dreamt of a universal Empire t ...n army which often regarded by scholars as one best fighting forces in the history of warfare. After putting down a rebellion in Greece and securing Macedonia

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Why was James Willard Hurst important for legal history
...al sciences. Hurst worked hard throughout his career to reform both legal history and education. ...o believe that any history of American laws would also have to be a social history of the United States.<ref>Ernst, p. 9.</ref>

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When did abortion become legal in the United States
...t legalized abortion nationally with the ''Roe v. Wade'' decision, but the history of abortion’s decriminalization occurred on a state-by-state basis before ...sit their stance on abortion. Beginning in 1962, legislators in San Diego, California, for example, seemed to recognize there was a need to standardize abortion

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The Abraham Lincoln Brigade: the Historiography of the American soldiers in the Spanish American War
...erican in the Spanish Civil War], Stanford University Press, Stanford, California 1994, p. vii-x.</ref> ...hard, “The Men of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade” Journal of American History, Vol. 54, No. 2. (1967) p. 335.</ref> In fact, the Soviets in Moscow m

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When did interracial marriage become legal in the United States
...between whites and anyone who was either “Filipino, Hindu, or black,” California’s specifically prohibited intermarriage between whites and blacks or Asia ...tion laws through the first half of the 20th century. It was not until the California case Perez v. Sharp (1948) did individual states recognize their anti-misce

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When did Americans begin to get obsessed with weight loss
...1909. Peters became the chairperson of the Public Health Committee of the California Federation of Women’s Clubs, Los Angeles District before writing Diet and [[Category:Medical History]]

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How Did Howard Carter Discover Tutankhamun’s Tomb
The history of Egyptology is filled with the names of many influential scholars, who no ...t, with one being to hire Carter. <ref> Montserrat, Dominic. Akhenaten: History, Fantasy, and Ancient Egypt. (London: Routledge, 2003), p. 67</ref> Pet

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How have immigration and citizenship changed in the U.S.
...he treaty, Mexico ceded the territories of present-day New Mexico, Nevada, California, and part of Utah to the United States. In return, the United States would ...a of quantitative restriction.<ref name="Office of the Historian">[https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act], Office of the Historian.</

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How did the Enlightenment Philosophers View Race
[[File:Hegel.jpg|left|thumbnail|200px|Hegel's Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1837)]]__NOTOC__ ...In some ways, it reifies and extends George W.F. Hegel’s ''Philosophy of History'' (1837). In others, it privileges American exceptionalism. But what such r

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What Are the Origins of Egyptology
...de but are not limited to some of the following: archaeology, art history, history/chronology, and philology. Essentially, Egyptology is a modern study that c ...nd decipherment of the Rosetta Stone represented a watershed moment in the history of Egyptology, the march toward understanding the pharaohs began hundreds o

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How did zoos develop
...t clearly were intended to simply display animals to a curious public. The history of zoos has changed, from one of limited display to upper society, to one t ...d the Identification of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Resolved. Garden History, 21, pp. 1 – 13. </ref>

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Why Was Imhotep the Ancient World's Greatest Scientist
The ancient world is full of many personalities who changed the course of history. The names of these people live on today, thousands of years after they hav ...Malek, Jaromir. “The Old Kingdom (c. 2686-2125 BC).” In The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press,

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What Was the Importance of Alcohol Consumption in Ancient Egypt
...Kingdom, and Second Intermediate Period.” In Ancient Egypt: A Social History. Edited by Bruce G. Trigger, Barry J. Kemp, David O’Connor, and Alan Religious festivals were important during all periods of pharaonic history, but they had become public spectacles by the New Kingdom. During these fes

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How Did Cremation Emerge as a Death Ritual
...rified by fire: a history of cremation in America. Berkeley, University of California Press.</ref>

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Gender in Early America Top Ten Booklist
...lens through which we can view some of the formative events in our shared history. These books are listed in no particular order and explore topics from the ...ica with clarity. Expressing that the history of witchcraft ''is'' women's history, and our analysis of can shift when we explore for an explicitly gendered l

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How did Spain's defeat in the Spanish-American War (1898) change the country
...t became an Imperial power and expanded overseas for the first time in its history. The Spanish who were defeated in the war experienced even greater changes. ...98: Interpretations of the Spanish–American–Cuban–Filipino War," The History Teacher, Vol. 29, No. 3 (May 1996), pp. 341–361</ref>.

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History of Evolutionary Theory: Top Ten Books to Read
...y Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation]'' by James A. Secord (University of Chicago Press, 2003.) ...eals with the publication of a work entitled ''The Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation'', published anonymously in 1844 by a geologist named Robert Ch

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What Were the Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths
...tian “Mennefer”) served as Egypt’s political capital for much of its history, and it was also the primary cult center of the god Ptah. Like Amun, Ptah w ...ure. Volume 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2006), p. 73</ref>

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How did Weather Monitoring Develop
...ge: an encyclopedia of science, society, and solutions. Santa Barbara, California, ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC.</ref> [[Category:Wikis]][[Category:History of Science]]

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How Did Spy Services Develop in Russia
Espionage in Russia, with its long history of political turmoil, developed to become one of the most effective espiona ...tocracy: Ivan the Terrible in Russian History. Berkeley: University of California Press, pg. 304.</ref>

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How Did Saint Valentine's Day Develop
====Early History==== ...on how modern Valentine's day traditions started, see: Lee, R. W. (1984). History of valentines. Wellesley Hills, Mass.: Lee Publications.</ref>

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How Did Cleopatra Die
...uler, but she was also connected romantically to two of the most Romans in history, Julius Caesar and Marc Antony. After reigniting the Roman Civil Wars, she ...642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquest]. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996), p. 22</ref>

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Why Were the Phoenicians Such Successful Merchants
...ws. <ref> Markoe, Glenn E. Phoenicians. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000), p. 10</ref> ...ory:History of the Levant]] [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:Ancient Egyptian History]]

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United States History Study Guide
====American Colonial History==== {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=30}}

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What is the history of vaccinations
...formal acceptance of a vaccine by authorized medical authorities in recent history. However, vaccinations have now been with us for more than 200 years, and e ...on and its history, see: Oldstone, M.B.A., 2020. Viruses, plagues, and history: past, present, and future, Third edition. ed. Oxford University Press,

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How Did the God Baal Become Popular
...I. <ref> Markoe, Glenn E. Phoenicians. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2000), p. 39</ref> ...cient History]] [[Category: History of the Levant]] [[Category: Religious History]][[Category:Wikis]]

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How did Mussolini Rise to Power as the Dictator of Italy
...Young Mussolini and the Intellectual Origins of Fascism]''. University of California Press, p. 111</ref> Mussolini’s new party was attractive to many, especia ...Young Mussolini and the Intellectual Origins of Fascism]''. University of California Press, 1979.

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What did Commodore Robert W. Shufeldt accomplish during his worldwide trip between 1878-1880
...new ones in the places he was scheduled to visit. Senator Aaron Sargent of California also hoped that Shufeldt would improve relations with Korea, where U.S. Mar * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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What was the Second Wave Feminist Movement
...2862cd2 Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Unionization, and the California Food Processing Industry, 1930-1950]. Albuquerque: University of New Me ...598cf2d3940b8f On Gender, Labor, and Inequality, Working Class in American History]. Urbana, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2016. Pg. 83.</ref>

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How historically accurate is the movie The Post
...role in the story, see: Graham, K. (2017). The Pentagon papers: making history at the Washington Post. Vintage.</ref> ...topped: a history of the Pentagon papers case. Berkeley: University of California Press.</ref>

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Why Did Ashoka Convert to Buddhism
...) to Buddhism is rightfully viewed as a significant turning point in world history. Ashoka promoted the fairly new philosophy of Buddhism throughout his realm ...>Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002), pgs. 175-6</ref> Once the Mauryan Empire was established, it

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How did the hamburger develop into a popular food
...e history of the 'sandwich' see: Wilson, B. (2010). Sandwich: a global history. London: Reaktion.</ref> ...rg, in the United States, see: mith, A. F. (2008). Hamburger: a global history. London: Reaktion Books, pg. 8.</ref>

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When did political parties emerge
...largely true for most democracies today, this was not the case earlier in history when elections and democratic systems developed. Political parties likely d ...t simplicity: the limits of political realism. Berkeley: University of California Press. </ref>

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Was Regicide Common in Ancient Egypt
...n history. There are several notable examples of regicide throughout human history, which have made for good historical fiction and drama in modern times. The ...and regicide, in particular, was quite rare for much of ancient Egypt’s history, but during the time known as the Late Period (ca. 728 - 332 BC) regicide b

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How Was Totila Able to Sack Rome in AD 546
...t world, but one of the greatest cities of all time. For most of its early history, Rome was as safe as it was prosperous and cultured. It was threatened on n ...enable situation. <ref> Sinnigen, William G, and Arthur E. R. Boak. The History of Rome to A.D. 565. 6th ed. (New York: Macmillan, 1977), p. 460</ref>

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Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight - Book Review
...s Stadium, and freeway construction, Avila locates an attempt by Southern California elites and others to construct Los Angeles as suburban “white spot” imm ...s whites employed several methods of "whitewashing" the city's culture and history. These methods included the use of cultural productions such as plays and

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How Did the Ancient City of Memphis Rise to Prominence
...Memphis served as Egypt’s political capital throughout most of pharaonic history, with the exception of Thebes being the capital in the Eleventh, Seventeent ...for nobles and other important Egyptians to be buried throughout pharaonic history.

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Why was the Turner Thesis abandoned by historians
...nt westward explain American development.” (The Frontier in American History, Turner, p. 1.) Jackson believed that westward expansion allowed Ameri ...nored. During the mid-twentieth century, most people lost interest in the history of the American West.

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Why did Los Angeles adopt Cars instead of Mass Transit
...The Making of the Modern City (Berkley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1987), 184.</ref> People were attracted to jobs in the oil business, ...nsit permitted Angelinos to move to even more distant suburbs early in its history. Consequentially, the central business district was not as densely populat

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How did smallpox and tuberculous force the Medial Corps Office of Indian Affairs to reform
...ians, doctors were still fairly infrequent on Indian agencies in its early history. Agencies, especially early in the OIA’s existence, depended on missiona ...entury America,” in The Therapeutic Revolution: Essays in the Social History of American Medicine, ed. Moris J. Vogel and Charles E. Rosenburg, (Un

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Where Did the Tradition Of Greeting Cards Develop
...roduced greeting cards and use in Christmas, see: Buday, G. (1992). The history of the Christmas card. Detroit: Omnigraphics. </ref> ...ustoms around the world: from baby showers to funerals. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO.</ref>

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How Historically Accurate is the movie Gangs of New York
...prostitution in the city. <ref>Czitrom, Daniel. "Gangs of New York." Labor History 44, no. 3 (2003): 301-304 </ref> Gambling and bare-knuckle boxing were com ...t al., p 316</ref> Chinese migrants in the United States primarily went to California, not New York.

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What was the impact of Eumenes on the Hellenistic World
* Bosworth, A. "History and artifice in Plutarch’s Eumenes." In Plutarch and the historical tr ...der’s Image in the Age of the Successors." Alexander the Great: A New History (2009): 235-250.

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Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb - Book Review
...shed much on multiculturalism and ethnicity, especially regarding American history; his earlier works include Strangers from a Different Shore and A Different {{#dpl:category=World War Two History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=9}}

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Is the Film Exodus: Gods and Kings Historically Accurate
...ok of Readings. Volume 2, The New Kingdom. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976), pgs. 57-65</ref> ...ed each plague separately, assigning logical explanations to each based on history, anthropology, geography, and biology. More recently, Egyptologist Kenneth

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How Has the Mexico-US Border Changed in History
...r itself has changed as the two countries evolved. The border reflects the history between the two countries, that has sometimes been hostile while other time ...Western United States and modern Mexico. The first few decades of Mexico's history were turbulent, as a struggle for power between conservatives, who wanted a

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51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers
We are currently building this page to help history and social studies teachers, instructors and professors find useful online * [[United States History Study Guide|United States History]]

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Was the story of the Man in the Iron Mask based on a real person
...e most plausible.<ref>Sonnio, Paul, In search of the Man in the Iron Mask (California, Faculty Books, 2017)</ref> [[Category:Wikis]] [[Category:French History]] [[Category:Historically Accurate]]

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How Did Ptolemy II Revitalize Ancient Egypt
...ancient Egypt. <ref> Chauveau, Michael. Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolemies. Translated by David Lorton. (Ithaca, N ...D 642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquest. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1996), p. 22</ref> Ptolemy I wasted little time rebuilding Egypt in

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What is the early history of the United States Supreme Court
...against abortion access and upheld affirmative action in University of California v. Bakke. It still remains one of the most polarizing decisions by the ...has at times maintained a level of independence as envisioned early in its history. <ref>For more on the partial leanings of the Court, see: Baum, L. (2017).

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Did the Carthaginians Really Practice Human Child Sacrifice
...BC. <ref> Markoe, Glenn E. Phoenicians. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1968), p. 40</ref> Although the Carthage was founded as a Phoenician ...of gaping pit filled with fire. <ref> Diodorus Siculus. The Library of History. Translated by C.H. Oldfather. (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Unive

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Who Was King Tut’s Father?
...er, which proved to be one of the best-preserved tombs in ancient Egyptian history. Other than the beautiful items recovered from his tomb and the fact that h ...Period and the Later New Kingdom, (ca. 1352-1069 BC).” In The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press,

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Why did the United States buy the Gadsden Purchase in 1854
...ect, giving Gadsden negotiating options ranging from $50 million for lower California and a large portion of northern Mexico to $15 million for a smaller land de {{#dpl:category=History of the Early Republic|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=6}}

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How did the United States open Japan to trade in 1853
...ion of the opening of Chinese ports to regular trade and the annexation of California, creating an American port on the Pacific, ensured that there would be a st ...th Century History]] [[Category:Political History]] [[Category:Diplomatic History]]

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How did the United States react to France's takeover of Mexico during the Civil War
...that the debts were not repaid, Mexico would agree to the cession of Baja California and other Mexican states. The terms of the loan were onerous to the Mexican {{#dpl:category=United States History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}}

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Landmark Legal Cases: Roe v. Wade (1973)
...ersity Women et al.; by Nancy Stearns for New Women Lawyers et al.; by the California Committee to Legalize Abortion et al.; and by Robert E. Dunne for Robert L. ...place some emphasis upon, medical and medical-legal history and what that history reveals about man's attitudes toward the abortion procedure over the centur

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Why was Los Alamos created by the Manhattan Project
...ruits began arriving from universities across the United States, including California, Minnesota, Chicago, Princeton, Stanford, Purdue, Columbia, Iowa State, and * Republished from [https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/index.htm| The Manhattan Project: An Interactive Project]

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What were the events that led to the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo of 1848
...rought within the control of the United States the future states of Texas, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Washington, and Oregon, as well as port ...der, and the territory comprising the present-day states of New Mexico and California.

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Why did the American public favor isolationism during the Great Depression of the 1930s
...rests in Latin America. The leaders of the isolationist movement drew upon history to bolster their position. ====Isolationism has a long history in the United States====

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How Did Pergamon Become a Great City
...bility to reproduce. But as was the case with countless eunuchs throughout history, the loss of sexual potency only made Philetarios more ambitious and duplic ...nished Library. Translated by Martin Ryle. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1989), p. 45</ref> The combination of Pergamon’s art and the libra

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What is the history of vacations in the United States
====Early History of the Vacation==== ..., see: Falk, J.D., Kinnell, S.K., Brown, J.S., 1987. Searching America: History and life . ABC-Clio, Santa Barbara, Calif, pg. 737. </ref>

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How did American Filibusterers try to acquire territory for the United States in Latin America
...ican William Walker, who had led a failed filibustering expedition to Baja California in 1853, launched an expedition to Nicaragua in 1855. Allying himself at fi * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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Why did the United States pass the Chinese Exclusion Acts
====California State government passed racist and discriminatory laws against Chinese immi ...ddress these rising social tensions, from the 1850s through the 1870s, the California state government passed a series of measures aimed at Chinese residents, ra

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Why did diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan worsen at the beginning of the 20th Century
..., addressing the growing conflict in Europe, and managing racial issues in California. * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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What is the history of the playground
====Early History==== ...how the concept of playgrounds firs evolved, see: Frost, Joe L. 2010. A History of Children’s Play and Play Environments: Toward a Contemporary Child-Sav

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Who were the richest men in the Ancient World
...ve businesses in the Ancient World. Like many other wealthy men throughout history, he made most of his money through real estate speculation. He would buy ru Morris, Ian. The Ancient Economy. Berkeley (University of California Press, 1999)

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Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
...ms of historical scholarship, Los Angeles sits at an interesting spot. Its history can be explored from Indigenous, Spanish, and American points of view, it c For those who are interested in studying the history of Los Angeles, these ten books below are a start. These ten books cover a

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Was Zorro based on a real figure
...e. This character has become something of a cultural figure, especially in California. ...a superstar at the time. <ref>Curtis, Sandra. Zorro Unmasked: The Official History (LA, Hyperion, 1998), p. 12</ref>

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What Were the LA Water Wars
The Los Angeles Water Wars represent a significant moment in Los Angeles history. As Los Angeles swelled in the first few decades of the 20th century, it qu ====California's unusual water laws====

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How did the United States resolve its dispute with Great Britain over the Oregon Territory
...upporter of Manifest Destiny with an eye also on the Mexican Southwest and California, was eager to settle the boundary of the Oregon Territory and proposed a se * Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]

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What was the Red Line Agreement that carved up the Ottoman Empire's oil resources after World War I
...er Mobil, which eventually merged with Exxon), the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal, later renamed Chevron), the Texas Oil Company (later renamed Texaco ...f al-Hasa. In 1936, the Texas Oil Company purchased a 50% share within the California Arabian Standard Oil Company (the Saudi subsidiary of Socal, which was rena

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How Did Black Friday Develop
...avorite Holidays: Candid Histories. Oakland, California: University of California Press.</ref> ...iness History]] [[Category:20th Century History]] [[Category:United States History]]

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Who was Pericles?
...f the great statesmen who ever lived not only in Ancient Greece but in the history of Western Civilization. Many claims that the 5th century BC Athenian led h ...avy to harass the enemy and keep the town supplied by sea.<ref>Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War, 2. 37. 1</ref>

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How Did Historiography Evolve in the Hellenic World
...ry Greek historian, Herodotus, is generally thought of as “the father of history,” while Thucydides (c. 460-400 BC) is often seen as the leader of the sec ...llenic Civilization, followed the Greek methods of writing and researching history but also added a few of their own ideas. The Romans were particularly fond

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Why were women put into Twilight Sleep during childbirth
...cine became an organized profession in the 19th century, much of its early history revolved around consolidating that knowledge into medical men’s hands.<re ...birth in hospitals.<ref>Richard Wertz and Dorothy C. Wertz, ''Lying-In: A History of Childbirth in America'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989)</ref>

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How Did Writing Evolve in Ancient Egypt
...The Emergence of the Egyptian State (c. 3200-2686 BC).” In The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ...The Emergence of the Egyptian State (c. 3200-2686 BC).” In The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Edited by Ian Shaw. (Oxford: Oxford University Press,

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Why are American states referred to as Red and Blue states
The history of terming states red or blue relates to United States elections since the ...opedia of news media titans, trends, and controversies. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, pg. 540. </ref>

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What is the history of apocalyptic mythologies
...world religions. ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara, California, pg. 253.</ref> ...ommon themes. The concept of the apocalypse was relatively recent in human history, where we do not see any evidence for this in early Bronze Age cultures. Ho

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City of Quartz - Book Review
...ion flows from the Midwest …. “the very structure of the long Southern California boom – fueled by middle-class savings and channeled into real estate and ...s awash in racial and class supervision … Angelenos came to define their history through the imagery of noir “Los Angeles understands its past … through

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Magical Urbanism - Book Reivew
Mike Davis adds to his prolific output concerning Southern California history, especially his attention to Latino immigration and urban life. While this For example, per capita, student investment in California has declined in recent years. The emergence of a public sphere that denigra

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Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics - Book Review
...Foreign Friends: Asian Americans, Housing, and the Transformation of Urban California, 2009) and Glen Mimura’s Ghostlife of Third Cinema: Asian American Film a ...' that aestheticizes ethnic differences as if they could be separated from history.” (9)

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My Blue Heaven - Book Review
...this phenomena as much if not more than any other century in United States history. Becky M. Nicolaides locates the birth and growth of the white taxpaying wo ...liest inceptions in 1920 to the Watts Riots of 1965. Nicolaides uncovers a history that illustrates fluctuations in residents ideas of themselves and the subu

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When was Planned Parenthood created
Margaret Sanger, "THE HISTORY OF THE BIRTH CONTROL MOVEMENT IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD," Speech. Fourt ..., Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico'', (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003).

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Why Did Seth Worship Become Popular in Ancient Egypt
...me a particularly popular god during two far separated periods in Egyptian history, though probably for different reasons. Seth’s popularity in the Second D Examining the appearance of Seth in ancient Egyptian religion and history, physically and metaphorically, can help elucidate important aspects of the

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How Did the Mauryan Dynasty Come to Power
...ern and middle regions. <ref> Avaru, Burjor. India: The Ancient Past: A History of the Indian Sub-continent from c. 7000 BC to AD 1200. (London: Routle ...>Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2002), pgs. 175-6</ref>

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How did Alaska become a State
...luence in North America. Russian settlers even reached modern-day areas of California by 1812. They settled near today's Fort Ross, which is about 90 miles north ...n across North America increased in earnest with the American-Mexican war. California and Oregon were also soon purchased, and the future (after the Civil War) S

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How Did the Know Nothings Impact the Second American Political Party System
...tical battle, though, the Know Nothings left a profound impact on American history. They were the primary reason for the destruction of the Whig Party and the ...ican Majority in the North before the Civil War.” Journal of American History 72 (1985) p. 531</ref> It would be the issue of immigration that ultima

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Where Was the Kingdom of Alashiya
...ptian Literature. Vol. 2, the New Kingdom. (Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1976), p. 229</ref> [[Category: Ancient History]] [[Category: Bronze Age History]] [[Category: Late Bronze Age]]

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What is the history of wildfires in California?
...where the weather is often dry in many parts of the state. Looking at the history of wildfires, reasons as to why they have become more destructive become cl ==Early Record of California Wildfires==

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Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
...America and Mexico had been mounting since settlers began moving into Alta California after gold was discovered there in 1848. The American consul reported numer ...f Texas and felt that they had expansive border claims to New Mexico, Alta California, South Texas and other Mexican territories. They wanted complete annexation

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