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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Online Resources for Historians	5	RZM	Feb 2012	Dec 2014	6	3742
Welcome to the DU World History Group!	0	RZM	Feb 2012	Dec 2011	3	1981
1535 London: Bishop John Fisher's head "grew daily fresher and fresher...caused...traffic jams"	1	steve2470	Wednesday	Wednesday	1	362
United Kingdom citizenship test....Can you pass on British History?	15	Rowdyboy	Feb 2014	Jun 8	4	3619
The Canary Girls: The workers the war turned yellow	0	rug	May 20	May 20	12	426
These Rare Color Photos From the Second World War Are Incredible	2	rug	Apr 2017	May 12	6	319
Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts	9	rug	May 7	May 8	15	5368
The abandoned Arctic ghost ship: SS Baychimo	3	steve2470	Apr 23	Apr 26	12	9367
History of Polar Exploration	6	Mendocino	Apr 2017	Apr 25	0	641
Cross posted from DU lounge. Photos from Lodz ghetto.	1	LiberalLoner	Mar 2017	Mar 2017	5	327
Dancing for love in Chad	0	shenmue	Feb 2017	Feb 2017	4	385
McDonalds in Italy Embraces Off-Menu Item: Slice of Roman Road	0	elleng	Feb 2017	Feb 2017	4	1092
On this day ...	0	GeorgeGist	Jan 2017	Jan 2017	1	284
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	zippythepinhead	Dec 2016	Dec 2016	0	184
Scientists have likely found Charlemagne's skeleton	28	Rowdyboy	Feb 2014	Dec 2016	28	7314
History of the World circa 1931.	4	rug	Oct 2016	Nov 2016	1	437
A More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Japanese Design Award.	2	elleng	Nov 2016	Nov 2016	2	837
New Oxford Shakespeare Edition Credits Christopher Marlowe as a Co-author.	0	elleng	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	343
The Lost World of The Pacific. Unknown Civilizations.	0	yuiyoshida	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	346
THE guillotine...	0	yuiyoshida	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	355
Nanjing's Porcelain Tower: Ancient 'world wonder' brought back to life	0	workinclasszero	Sep 2016	Sep 2016	0	543
Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II	2	steve2470	Sep 2015	Aug 2016	3	1624
Interesting Historical Photos	2	rug	Feb 2016	Aug 2016	6	1489
15 Surprising Facts About Marco Polo	0	left-of-center2012	Aug 2016	Aug 2016	2	496
Lascaux cave paintings: Huge replica of Palaeolithic site to open in France in December	2	BlueMTexpat	Mar 2016	Jul 2016	6	599
Does My Family Own a Painting Looted by Nazis?	0	elleng	Apr 2016	Apr 2016	3	1020
Ireland: 100 years since the Easter Rising	0	shenmue	Mar 2016	Mar 2016	3	1025
Who knows who wrote these words?	0	JDPriestly	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	3	485
Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find'	0	Bad Dog	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	8	575
If you are a massive WW2 history buff, consider this series: Second War Diary - The War Day by Day	1	steve2470	Jan 2016	Feb 2016	2	557
I wrote about how the middle east is not a merit based society. I am reading Pre-Industrial	2	applegrove	Jan 2016	Jan 2016	0	973
Russian TV Drama Documentary about WWI, WWII, from Russian perspective on YouTube	0	vinny9698	Jan 2016	Jan 2016	1	531
The Hidden History of the Housewarming Pineapple	2	dixiegrrrrl	Jan 2016	Jan 2016	5	771
Stark images of Shackleton's struggle	0	petronius	Nov 2015	Nov 2015	1	631
February 1, 1945: Ecuador declares war on Germany and Japan.	0	steve2470	Aug 2015	Aug 2015	1	848
Name the war that took place in Europe and lasted from 1809 to 1981	4	Kaleva	Jun 2015	Jul 2015	2	1159
Nazism and the Wehrmacht	0	steve2470	Jul 2015	Jul 2015	1	815
Footprints found on B.C.'s Calvert Island could be oldest in North America	0	applegrove	Jun 2015	Jun 2015	3	529
How JFK's assassination saved the NYSE from crashing in the Salad Oil Scandal	1	valerief	Jun 2015	Jun 2015	3	758
Prehistoric gold trade route discovered	0	Recursion	Jun 2015	Jun 2015	2	523
A rare color film of the aftermath of war in Berlin 1945.	0	canoeist52	May 2015	May 2015	6	855
Churchill as war leader: myths and realities	1	jakeXT	Feb 2015	Apr 2015	2	851
The offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague, April 26, 1937	0	rug	Apr 2015	Apr 2015	1	6847
Wiki article about the last Imperial German Navy warship still steaming	0	Kaleva	Jan 2015	Jan 2015	0	729
Rarely Seen “Enchanted” Moments of World History	7	rug	Nov 2014	Dec 2014	28	3845
"I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself...."	7	Rowdyboy	Feb 2014	Nov 2014	2	4959
"Diets of the middle and lower class in Pompeii"	2	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Nov 2014	4	1231
What 3rd Century China thought about the Roman Empire...	5	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Nov 2014	6	2087
MI5 spied on leading British historians for decades, secret files reveal	0	jakeXT	Oct 2014	Oct 2014	2	580
Sir John Franklin: Fabled Arctic ship found	3	Ghost Dog	Sep 2014	Oct 2014	6	1246
Crimes Against Humanity. Historical Evolution and Contemporary Application – M. Cherif Bassiouni	0	elleng	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	2	1108
Any World War II buffs here?	0	CTyankee	Sep 2014	Sep 2014	3	632
Revealed: how King George V demanded Britain enter the First World War	1	jakeXT	Aug 2014	Aug 2014	3	905
What if Gavrilo Princip had failed at assassinating Prince Franz Ferdinand?	4	DetlefK	Jul 2014	Aug 2014	1	2005
40 Maps that explain the Roman Empire....	2	Rowdyboy	Aug 2014	Aug 2014	6	1267
Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online	2	theHandpuppet	Aug 2014	Aug 2014	3	1188
Palestine 1896	1	Purveyor	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	2	877
The bourgeoisie did not respect its heavy heritage	0	no more banksters	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	767
Dovedale Roman and Iron Age coins found after 2,000 years (BBC)	0	eppur_se_muova	Jul 2014	Jul 2014	1	714
'Prehistoric Sistine Chapel' gets world heritage status (BBC)	0	eppur_se_muova	Jun 2014	Jun 2014	2	995
German and Japanese A-bomb development on WW II	2	Lithos	Jun 2014	Jun 2014	2	1207
This message was self-deleted by its author	1	mgc1961	Mar 2014	Mar 2014	3	793
Two new poems by Greek poet Sappho discovered on ancient papyrus....	6	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Mar 2014	9	2289
A lost city reveals the grandeur of medieval African civilization	0	eShirl	Feb 2014	Feb 2014	5	1272
Captain's Log, 1492	1	Bucky	Nov 2013	Feb 2014	7	1097
Marie Antionette (new piece from Smithsonian)	2	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Feb 2014	2	1155
Ancient inscription from time of King Soloman unearthed	1	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	7	824
Ghosts of Murdered Kings-Wednesday night (1/29/14) on NOVA....	0	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	3	744
Heinrich Himmler's missing letters surface	0	jakeXT	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	5	711
Signs of Sailors: Ship graffiti in medieval churches....	0	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	7	722
"Diagnosing mental illness in ancient Greece and Rome"	0	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	2	1796
Yet another Egyptian pharoahs tomb found....Senebkay	0	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	4	1439
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	mgc1961	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	2	703
Unlocking the scrolls of Herculaneum....	0	Rowdyboy	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	3	701
PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster (BBC presented by J. Clarkson)	0	jakeXT	Jan 2014	Jan 2014	2	1012
The beginning of the Atlantic Slave Trade - a request for suggestions	2	el_bryanto	Nov 2013	Nov 2013	0	1137
Nazi U-boat found near Indonesia	0	mgc1961	Nov 2013	Nov 2013	4	685
This message was self-deleted by its author	3	mgc1961	Nov 2013	Nov 2013	2	1058
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	mgc1961	Nov 2013	Nov 2013	2	703
Of spirituality and Samhain	0	mgc1961	Oct 2013	Oct 2013	2	610