World History

15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Inquisition

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June 14, 2018

20th Century, Collection Essays

Americans and the Holocaust

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May 10, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

The Discovery of Chocolate

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April 13, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, Collection Essays

Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

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February 27, 2018

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Crossing Borders Across Venetian, Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, 1500-1800

How did the Ottoman, Habsburg, and Venetian empires interact with each other? How did their competition over southeastern Europe shape these borderlands and their inhabitants?

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February 13, 2018

17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Women’s Fight for Their Inalienable Rights, 1630-1898

Page of text facing an image of a black woman seated at a desk holding a quill pen poised over a sheet of paper.

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December 12, 2017

16th Century, Collection Essays

The English Reformation: Tradition and Change

What is the English Reformation? When does the English Reformation begin? When does England become Protestant? Why and how was it accomplished? How is the English church different at the beginning of the sixteenth century and at the century’s end?

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August 1, 2017

16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century, Collection Essays

Thinking about World History: Historic Maps as Sources

Blue, green, and orange map, centering on a projection from of the globe oriented around the North Pole

What can old maps teach us about world history? What sorts of evidence do they offer, and is displaying evidence the main purpose of these maps, or can they do other things?