Happy Friday the 13th!
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Evan Jones explores smuggling in the Tudor era, and Alistair Dougall tells us why sport became a battleground in the 17th century.
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What is the American Historical Association reading this week?
Today’s roundup of interesting articles and links from around the web includes the 2012 Public History Reader’s Survey, writing for history buffs, an interesting French take on AHA President William Cronon’s “Professional Boredom” piece [in French.. Use google translate!], Google Maps extended, History hitting the campaign trail, the differences between live and taped lectures, and more.
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The Bryn Mawr Classical Review has posted an interesting review today.
It reviews two books:
Eric H. Cline, Mark W. Graham, Ancient Empires: from Mesopotamia to the Rise of Islam. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xviii, 368. ISBN 9780521717809. $50.00 (pb).
Preview to Ancient Empires.
Peter Fibiger Bang, C. A. Bayly (ed.), Tributary Empires in Global History. Cambridge Imperial and Post-colonial Studies. Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. Pp. xiii, 294. ISBN 9780230308411. $29.95 (pb).
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Today, I read the most dreadful news, "Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids Begin"
Apparently, "Muslim" extremists think the Pyramids, because they are a symbol of paganism", should be destroyed.
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