
What caused Prohibition and passage of the Eighteenth Amendment?

How were spices used by medieval Europeans, and why were spices so valuable in medieval Europe?

What did the rise and expansion of the Ottoman Empire look like in the eyes of European observers? How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe?

How did the Columbian Exchange shape food culture in the modern world?

What were the links between abolition and imperialism in East Africa?

How does studying visual culture help us to understand history better?

How did the changes in religion during the Reformation shape the medium of print? How did religious leaders and thinkers attempt to interact with their audience(s)? How did the ways in which religious figures used print pave the way for modern mass media?

How did the creators of the Century of Progress illustrate and enact the fair's theme of progress?

What groups, organizations, and individuals influenced the arts in Chicago in the early twentieth century?