Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions [4 volumes]
bySteven L. Danvereditor
Steven L. Danver, PhD, is instructor in history at National University, La Jolla, CA, and managing editor of Journal of the West.
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Danver, Steven, editor. Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions [4 volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2010. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781598840780.
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Covering prehistoric times to the modern era, this fascinating resource presents pro-and-con arguments regarding unresolved, historic controversies throughout the development of the world.
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Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions [4 volumes]
Contributors: Danver, Steven;Abstract:Covering prehistoric times to the modern era, this fascinating resource presents pro-and-con arguments regarding unresolved, historic controversies throughout the development of the world.
Editor(s): Danver, Steven;SortTitle: popular controversies in world history: investigating history's intriguing questions [4 volumes]Author Info:Steven L. DanvereditorSteven L. Danver, PhD, is instructor in history at National University, La Jolla, CA, and managing editor of Journal of the West.
eISBN-13: 9781598840780Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781598840780.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781598840773Entry Code: PCWHV11EImprint: ABC-CLIOPages: 1520Publication Date: 20101222Subtitle: Investigating History's Intriguing Questions- Cover Cover11
- Contents vol1:v6
- VOLUME ONE: Prehistory and Early Civilizations vol1:iii4
- Introduction vol1:xv16
- List of Contributors vol1:xix20
- CHAPTER 1 Tool use is characteristic of hominids and apes, but not of other animal species vol1:122
- CHAPTER 2 Agriculture, or the domestication of plants, diffused from its start in the Middle East to the rest of the world vol1:2344
- CHAPTER 3 The Great Flood referred to in the Book of Noah and in Gilgamesh resulted from the flooding of the Black Sea by an influx of higher-level water from the Mediterranean via the Dardenelles and Bosporus vol1:5172
- CHAPTER 4 Much of what is now considered to be Classic culture actually has Afroasiatic roots vol1:7596
- CHAPTER 5 China’s head start in technological innovation was retarded by its efficient and centralized imperial government vol1:103124
- CHAPTER 6 The findings of Neolithic drawings at Çatalöhyük in Turkey are a fraud vol1:127148
- CHAPTER 7 The existence of Atlantis is not entirely mythical vol1:149170
- CHAPTER 8 Lemuria is not the invention of religious enthusiasts, but rather, actually existed vol1:179200
- CHAPTER 9 Native American peoples came to North and South America by boat as well as by land bridge vol1:207228
- CHAPTER 10 The ancient Egyptians used volunteers, not slaves, to build the pyramids vol1:227248
- CHAPTER 11 Ancient Egyptian obelisks were raised by a hitherto undiscovered technology vol1:249270
- CHAPTER 12 The Beta Israel (or Falasha) People of Ethiopia are one of the Lost Tribes of Israel vol1:271292
- CHAPTER 13 Ancient findings of Ancient Babylonian cities confirm the Old Testament vol1:295316
- Index vol1:317338
- A vol1:317338
- B vol1:318339
- C vol1:319340
- D vol1:320341
- E vol1:320341
- F vol1:321342
- G vol1:321342
- H vol1:321342
- I vol1:322343
- J vol1:322343
- K vol1:323344
- L vol1:323344
- M vol1:323344
- N vol1:324345
- O vol1:325346
- P vol1:326347
- Q vol1:326347
- R vol1:326347
- S vol1:327348
- T vol1:327348
- U vol1:328349
- V vol1:328349
- W vol1:328349
- X vol1:328349
- Y vol1:328349
- Z vol1:329350
- VOLUME TWO: The Ancient World to the Early Middle Ages vol2:iii356
- Introduction vol2:xv368
- List of Contributors vol2:xix372
- CHAPTER 1 The Ark of the Covenant is in Axum, Ethiopia vol2:1374
- CHAPTER 2 The Greek city-states were "democratic" by our modern American definition vol2:21394
- CHAPTER 3 The Ogham Celtic script is derived from the Norse Rune script vol2:43416
- CHAPTER 4 The "Trial of Socrates," described by Plato, was an actual event that occurred in 399 BCE, rather than merely a philosophical device used by Sophists in teaching Apologia vol2:63436
- CHAPTER 5 Pushyamitra Sunga, a Hindu ruler in the second century BCE, was a great persecutor of the Buddhists vol2:83456
- CHAPTER 6 The Shroud of Turin is actually the wrapping shroud of Jesus vol2:103476
- CHAPTER 7 A Staffordshire inscription points to the location of the Holy Grail; it may be in Wales vol2:125498
- CHAPTER 8 Nestorius did not intend to argue that Christ had a dual nature, but that view became labeled Nestorianism vol2:145518
- CHAPTER 9 The Celtic Church that arose after 400 CE as distinct from Roman Catholicism is a modern construct, rather than a historical reality vol2:175548
- CHAPTER 10 The inhabitants of Easter Island who erected the monoliths were from South America, not from Polynesia vol2:203576
- CHAPTER 11 The Roman Empire’s collapse was primarily due to social and political problems rather than the Barbarian invasions vol2:229602
- CHAPTER 12 The Hawaiian and other Polynesian seafarers developed navigation methods based on observation of constellations and currents, so that they could sail intentionally from Tahiti to Hawaii and back vol2:257630
- CHAPTER 13 The Toltecs and Maya developed wheels for religious reasons, but not for wheelbarrows or other practical uses. The reason is that they had sufficient slave labor vol2:281654
- CHAPTER 14 Native American languages can be traced to three grand linguistic roots vol2:301674
- CHAPTER 15 The historical Buddha was born in 563 BCE and lived to 483 BCE vol2:325698
- Index vol2:347720
- A vol2:347720
- B vol2:348721
- C vol2:348721
- D vol2:349722
- E vol2:350723
- F vol2:350723
- G vol2:351724
- H vol2:351724
- I vol2:352725
- J vol2:352725
- K vol2:352725
- L vol2:352725
- M vol2:353726
- N vol2:354727
- O vol2:354727
- P vol2:355728
- Q vol2:356729
- R vol2:356729
- S vol2:356729
- T vol2:358731
- U vol2:358731
- V vol2:358731
- W vol2:359732
- X vol2:359732
- Y vol2:359732
- Z vol2:359732
- VOLUME THREE: The High Middle Ages to the Modern World vol3:iii738
- Introduction vol3:xv750
- List of Contributors vol3:xix754
- CHAPTER 1 North American rune stones point to extensive exploration by the Norse of North America vol3:1756
- CHAPTER 2 The Ancestral Puebloans lined up their communities so that, although miles apart, they could signal each other with fires by line of sight to communicate vol3:25780
- CHAPTER 3 The Mayan kingdoms died out from disease vol3:49804
- CHAPTER 4 The Chinese explorations of the 1420s reached both coasts of North and South America vol3:69824
- CHAPTER 5 The technologies that allowed Europe to dominate the world were all imported from the East: compass, lateen-rigged sail, gunpowder, windmill, stirrup, moveable type vol3:93848
- CHAPTER 6 Richard III was innocent of the charge of murder vol3:117872
- CHAPTER 7 Columbus intentionally underestimated the circumference of Earth in order to get funding vol3:141896
- CHAPTER 8 European pathogens caused the decline of Cahokia and Mississippian mound builders vol3:165920
- CHAPTER 9 Shakespeare’s plays were written by someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon vol3:191946
- CHAPTER 10 Galileo willfully violated the injunctions of the Inquisition and was thus guilty at his 1633 trial vol3:225980
- CHAPTER 11 The Man in the Iron Mask was Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli vol3:2491,004
- CHAPTER 12 Prince Louis Charles (Louis XVII), also known as the "Lost Dauphin," survived captivity during the French Revolution and was allowed to escape in 1795 vol3:2671,022
- CHAPTER 13 Charles Darwin got his idea of evolution from "social Darwinist" Herbert Spencer who published first vol3:2871,042
- CHAPTER 14 Slavery was unprofitable for slave owners vol3:3091,064
- CHAPTER 15 Lincoln maneuvered the South into firing the first shot at Fort Sumter vol3:3331,088
- Index vol3:3551,110
- A vol3:3551,110
- B vol3:3551,110
- C vol3:3561,111
- D vol3:3571,112
- E vol3:3581,113
- F vol3:3581,113
- G vol3:3581,113
- H vol3:3591,114
- I vol3:3591,114
- J vol3:3591,114
- K vol3:3601,115
- L vol3:3601,115
- M vol3:3601,115
- N vol3:3611,116
- O vol3:3621,117
- P vol3:3621,117
- Q vol3:3621,117
- R vol3:3621,117
- S vol3:3631,118
- T vol3:3641,119
- U vol3:3641,119
- V vol3:3641,119
- W vol3:3641,119
- X vol3:3651,120
- Y vol3:3651,120
- Z vol3:3651,120
- VOLUME FOUR: The Twentieth Century to the Present vol4:iii1,126
- Introduction vol4:xv1,138
- List of Contributors vol4:xix1,142
- CHAPTER 1 The Progressive movement in the United States and in other countries in the first decade of the 20th century represented a middle-class, conservative reaction against the rise of both big business and big labor that had created a status revolut vol4:11,144
- CHAPTER 2 The captain of the ship Californian was guilty of gross negligence in not coming to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic vol4:251,168
- CHAPTER 3 The assassins of Archduke Ferdinand were funded by the Serbian government vol4:491,192
- CHAPTER 4 The deaths of over one million Armenians in Turkey were due to a Turkish government policy of genocide vol4:831,226
- CHAPTER 5 The British had shipped weapons aboard the Lusitania, in effect using women and children as "human shields" for a war cargo vol4:1071,250
- CHAPTER 6 Woodrow Wilson’s neutrality in World War I was so blatantly pro-British that he forced the Germans into attacking U.S. shipping vol4:1271,270
- CHAPTER 7 Mahatma Gandhi would not have been a world leader without the influence of Rabindranath Tagore vol4:1471,290
- CHAPTER 8 Sacco and Vanzetti were innocent vol4:1711,314
- CHAPTER 9 Warren Harding was murdered, rather than dying of food poisoning vol4:1931,336
- CHAPTER 10 Marcus Garvey was "railroaded" vol4:2171,360
- CHAPTER 11 Franklin D. Roosevelt had knowledge of an impending Japanese attack and used Pearl Harbor as an excuse to spur American entry into World War II vol4:2411,384
- CHAPTER 12 Alger Hiss’s 1950 conviction for espionage was not an example of Cold War hysteria. He was a Soviet spy and deserved his punishment vol4:2631,406
- CHAPTER 13 John F. Kennedy was elected U.S. president in 1960 only because of voter fraud committed by his connections in the mafia vol4:2871,430
- CHAPTER 14 Lee Harvey Oswald was not the sole assassin of John F. Kennedy vol4:3091,452
- CHAPTER 15 Considering the refusal of Saddam Hussein to comply with United Nations–imposed inspections, it was reasonable for George W. Bush and his advisers to assume that Iraq harbored weapons of mass destruction and that justified the invasion vol4:3331,476
- Index vol4:3611,504
- A vol4:3611,504
- B vol4:3611,504
- C vol4:3621,505
- D vol4:3621,505
- E vol4:3631,506
- F vol4:3631,506
- G vol4:3641,507
- H vol4:3641,507
- I vol4:3651,508
- J vol4:3651,508
- K vol4:3651,508
- L vol4:3661,509
- M vol4:3661,509
- N vol4:3671,510
- O vol4:3671,510
- P vol4:3681,511
- R vol4:3681,511
- S vol4:3691,512
- T vol4:3691,512
- U vol4:3691,512
- V vol4:3701,513
- W vol4:3701,513
- Y vol4:3711,514
- Z vol4:3711,514