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In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram—Abraham, a father of many nations. W…

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In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as na…

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The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have…

Fyodor Dostoevsky became the writer best known for his treatment of the big questions of ethics, rel…

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Superconductivity is one of the most exciting areas of research in physics today. Outlining the hist…

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Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbors China and Japan, Korea is now the object of c…

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare…

Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This …

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