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ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA:
This History, Our History
Journey back in time to ancient Iraq to learn about the Mesopotamians and the origins of farming, written language, and cities. »
The
Columbian Exposition
Chicago World's Fair 1893
The World's
Columbian Exposition of 1893 was a pivotal moment in Chicago's history.
The fair marked Chicago's appearance on the world stage. Not only did
the world take notice of Chicago, but Chicago left its mark on the world. »
Great Migration 
Get
a better understanding of the Great Migration by examining letters
of inquiry written by African American southerners searching
for opportunities in northern cities during the first World War. »
Ancient
Egypt 
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Ancient Egypt using our exclusive resources: Lost Egypt: Photography
and the Early Documentation of Egyptian Monuments and Religion in the Lives of Ancient Egyptians. »
Cahokia:
Mirror of the Cosmos
Learn
how the Cahokians created a complex city layout based on the cosmic
order in this excerpt from Sally A. Kitt Chappell's Cahokia:
Mirror of the Cosmos. »
Ancient Greek Curse Tablets
by Christopher A. Faraone
Astrology in Ancient Rome: Poetry, Prophecy, and Power
by David Wray
Archaeology and National Identity in Israel
by Nadia Abu El-Haj
Athanasius Kircher and the Egyptian Oedipus
by Ingrid D. Rowland
Capital Punishment in the United States:
A Forum on Death
Penalty Issues
by Brooke A. Masters, William A. Schabas, James S. Liebman, Randolph N. Stone, Joseph L. Hoffmann
End of Life Decisions
by Kenneth Prager, Brian Lehrer, Stephan Mayer, Julia Quinlan, Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Equal Protection? The Supreme Court's Decision in Bush v.
Gore
by Geoffrey R. Stone
Family Values in Ancient Rome
by Richard Saller
Feminism, the Taliban and the Politics of Counterinsurgency
by Saba Mahmood, Charles Hirschkind
Mapping Africa: Problems of Regional Definition and Colonial/National Boundaries
by Ralph A. Austen
Miles of Clay: Information Management in the Ancient Near
Eastern Hittite Empire
by Theo P.J. van den Hout
Should We Continue to Study Race?
by Kenneth Warren
The Correspondence of Queen Elizabeth I and King James VI
by Janel Mueller
The Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls
by Norman Golb
The Power of Tiananmen: Intellectual Activity and the Student
Movement
by Dingxin Zhao
"The Wrath of the Northmen": The Vikings and their Memory
by Christina von Nolcken
Toward Global Justice
by Martha Nussbaum
Virtue and Virtuality: Gender in the Self-Representations
of Queen Elizabeth I
by Janel Mueller
Chicago:
City of Neighborhoods
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the communities and neighborhoods that make Chicago one of the
most diverse city in the country with selected chapters and walking
tours from the 1986 book.»
Ronne Hartfield: Growing Up in Bronzeville 
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Bronzeville through the eyes of family members
that have lived in Bronzeville through generations
of change. »
Chicago
in 1919
Explore such topics as the 1919 race
riot, new roles for women, the increasing uses
of electricity, trends in the arts, labor organizing,
business developments, and more. This unique multimedia history program makes you
the historian as you sift through documents and
photographs, listen to oral histories, and enjoy
the top jazz, opera, and pop tunes of the day. »
Chicago
City Council Proceedings 
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collection of early petitions, ordinances, communications
and other official records from 1827-1933 to
discover how police and fire protection, public
works, schools and taxation originated in Chicago. Find out about the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal beginning in 1827, the incorporation of Chicago as a town in 1833, and the Great Fire of 1871 and its aftermath. »
Hyde
Park Houses
Browse through this book of commentary on and photographs of some of the stately old houses
in Chicago's Hyde Park community covering the period from 1856-1910. »
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A
Century of Progress:
1933-34 World's Fair
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impact on industry and daily life, by viewing 350 pamphlets and official publications
of the fair from the University of Chicago Library's collection. »
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First American West: The Ohio River Valley 1750-1820
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First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820? consists
of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land,
peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West
from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century. The collection
is drawn from the holdings of the University of Chicago Library and the
Filson Historical Society of Louisville, Kentucky. Among the sources
included are books, periodicals, newspapers, pamphlets, scientific publications,
broadsides, letters, journals, legal documents, ledgers and other financial
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