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Title of discussion thread	Replies	Author	Start time	Last reply	Recs	Views
Online Resources for Historians	6	RZM	Feb 2012	Mar 2018	6	4055
Welcome to the DU World History Group!	0	RZM	Feb 2012	Dec 2011	3	2232
Hidden Library: How Science Is Virtually Unwrapping the Charred Scrolls of Herculaneum	4	ashling	Sunday	Monday	9	310
How come in past wars in past centuries men were willing--sometimes eager--to go off	4	raccoon	Sep 4	Sep 12	2	201
Henri Dunant Made a Difference	0	bucolic_frolic	Sep 6	Sep 6	0	167
An Ancient Egyptian Village Just Found in The Nile Delta Predates The Pyramids by 2,500 Years	2	ashling	Sep 2	Sep 3	35	973
Airplanes in WWI. I know they were pretty new then,	6	raccoon	Aug 30	Aug 31	0	285
Last Highland Charge - Battle of Culloden	1	ashling	Aug 29	Aug 29	5	229
Thucydides vs. Herodotus	2	ashling	Aug 29	Aug 29	3	145
Rulers of Europe 400 B.c. to present	4	Kaleva	Aug 28	Aug 29	6	280
Did Hitler think that after the invasion of Poland, Britain	7	raccoon	Aug 28	Aug 29	3	393
This 1491 Map May Have Influenced Christopher Columbus	0	Rhiannon12866	Aug 17	Aug 17	25	1109
What historical events really mean in practical terms.	6	raccoon	Aug 12	Aug 12	2	319
Anglo Saxon ring on fb	0	ashling	Jul 30	Jul 30	8	377
Literature: George Orwell The School of Life	1	appalachiablue	Jul 25	Jul 26	1	207
Build like an Aegean and Bronze Age Israel	0	ashling	Jul 21	Jul 21	3	298
Edward I castles	4	ashling	Jul 7	Jul 7	6	384
The Lindesfarne Gospels - manuscripts from the Early Middle Ages	2	ashling	Jun 29	Jun 29	18	373
Pankration - Greek martial arts	2	ashling	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	0	315
Why did Elizabeth I think it necessary to keep Lady Mary Gray and her husband imprisoned?	4	raccoon	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	0	841
Researchers astounded by the intricacy of a Mycenaean carved gemstone	1	ashling	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	16	464
Now AHC TV: PARIS, 'City of Loot Hunting Nazi Treasure Series	0	appalachiablue	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	2	254
David Douglas Duncan, 102, Who Photographed the Reality of War, Dies	0	elleng	Jun 2018	Jun 2018	3	257
Why Hitler Lost the War: German Strategic Mistakes in WWII	11	bucolic_frolic	Jan 2018	May 2018	2	795
Police Recover Gold Relic Heart of French Queen, Anne of Brittany	3	appalachiablue	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	11	705
Siegfried Sassoon's WWI diaries published online	5	theHandpuppet	Aug 2014	Apr 2018	6	1518
Karen Dawisha, 68, Dies; Traced Roots of Russian Corruption.	0	elleng	Apr 2018	Apr 2018	5	344
Any World War II buffs here?	4	CTyankee	Sep 2014	Mar 2018	3	951
Scientists have likely found Charlemagne's skeleton	29	Rowdyboy	Feb 2014	Mar 2018	28	8435
Dancing for love in Chad	1	shenmue	Feb 2017	Mar 2018	4	688
Interesting Historical Photos	3	rug	Feb 2016	Mar 2018	6	3783
What if Gavrilo Princip had failed at assassinating Prince Franz Ferdinand?	5	DetlefK	Jul 2014	Mar 2018	1	2463
The World at War HD (1080p) - Ep. 11 - Red Star: The Soviet Union (19411943)	2	bucolic_frolic	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	2	420
"Ghosts of Stonehenge" (PBS Nova)	3	left-of-center2012	Oct 2017	Mar 2018	4	1337
Rapes during the Battle of Berlin, and my Reichstag guide	18	steve2470	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	1	718
The Moron watched a parade in France and wanted one too.	1	BigmanPigman	Feb 2018	Mar 2018	6	359
Can anyone recommend a good book about Stalin?	13	lordsummerisle	Oct 2017	Mar 2018	0	1324
Did Hitler think that taking over Poland	8	raccoon	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	0	466
You World War Two history buffs will love this Twitter feed, I do	2	steve2470	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	6	420
Andrew Nagorski, Author, "Hitlerland"	1	bucolic_frolic	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	2	396
Rene Descartes was an observer in the Catholic League Army of 1620	2	steve2470	Mar 2018	Mar 2018	1	401
The Sausage War	3	Kaleva	Feb 2018	Feb 2018	2	366
Secret War Episode 07 Agent Garbo	1	bucolic_frolic	Jan 2018	Jan 2018	0	443
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior	0	steve2470	Jan 2018	Jan 2018	3	420
Bletchley Park: Code-breakings Forgotten Genius	1	bucolic_frolic	Dec 2017	Jan 2018	10	521
I highly recommend the Netflix series "Five Came Back"	4	steve2470	Jan 2018	Jan 2018	4	450
Why Should We Read Charles Dickens? Video Essay	9	appalachiablue	Dec 2017	Dec 2017	19	1139
The Sun Never Set on the British Empire, or Its Food.	0	elleng	Nov 2017	Nov 2017	1	489
Allah Is Found on Viking Funeral Clothes.	1	elleng	Oct 2017	Oct 2017	3	908
"The Korean people burnt down the US aggression ship General Sherman which intruded into Pyongyang"	3	steve2470	Oct 2017	Oct 2017	1	1144
Slovak Village Prospers in Partnership With Roma Residents It Once Shunned.	0	elleng	Sep 2017	Sep 2017	1	983
documentary "Romanitas in Anglo-Saxon England"	0	eShirl	Sep 2017	Sep 2017	0	1410
Indias Muslims and the Price of Partition	0	elleng	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	0	345
2,500 year-old gay erotica found carved in rock	0	left-of-center2012	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	3	2999
A younger brother of the Last Emperor of China died in 2015	1	Kaleva	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	5	1875
We've all heard of "Bretton Woods", here is a very short description of what it is	3	dixiegrrrrl	Aug 2017	Aug 2017	1	511
1535 London: Bishop John Fisher's head "grew daily fresher and fresher...caused...traffic jams"	1	steve2470	Jul 2017	Jul 2017	2	1229
United Kingdom citizenship test....Can you pass on British History?	15	Rowdyboy	Feb 2014	Jun 2017	4	3973
The Canary Girls: The workers the war turned yellow	0	rug	May 2017	May 2017	12	707
These Rare Color Photos From the Second World War Are Incredible	2	rug	Apr 2017	May 2017	7	656
Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts	9	rug	May 2017	May 2017	15	5862
The abandoned Arctic ghost ship: SS Baychimo	3	steve2470	Apr 2017	Apr 2017	12	10406
History of Polar Exploration	6	Mendocino	Apr 2017	Apr 2017	0	969
Cross posted from DU lounge. Photos from Lodz ghetto.	1	LiberalLoner	Mar 2017	Mar 2017	5	659
McDonalds in Italy Embraces Off-Menu Item: Slice of Roman Road	0	elleng	Feb 2017	Feb 2017	5	1371
On this day ...	0	GeorgeGist	Jan 2017	Jan 2017	1	565
This message was self-deleted by its author	0	zippythepinhead	Dec 2016	Dec 2016	0	398
History of the World circa 1931.	4	rug	Oct 2016	Nov 2016	1	701
A More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Japanese Design Award.	2	elleng	Nov 2016	Nov 2016	2	1210
New Oxford Shakespeare Edition Credits Christopher Marlowe as a Co-author.	0	elleng	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	577
The Lost World of The Pacific. Unknown Civilizations.	0	yuiyoshida	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	615
THE guillotine...	0	yuiyoshida	Oct 2016	Oct 2016	3	578
Nanjing's Porcelain Tower: Ancient 'world wonder' brought back to life	0	workinclasszero	Sep 2016	Sep 2016	0	844
Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II	2	steve2470	Sep 2015	Aug 2016	3	1951
15 Surprising Facts About Marco Polo	0	left-of-center2012	Aug 2016	Aug 2016	2	947
Lascaux cave paintings: Huge replica of Palaeolithic site to open in France in December	2	BlueMTexpat	Mar 2016	Jul 2016	6	886
Does My Family Own a Painting Looted by Nazis?	0	elleng	Apr 2016	Apr 2016	3	1256
Ireland: 100 years since the Easter Rising	0	shenmue	Mar 2016	Mar 2016	3	1372
Who knows who wrote these words?	0	JDPriestly	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	3	733
Bronze Age wheel at 'British Pompeii' Must Farm an 'unprecedented find'	0	Bad Dog	Feb 2016	Feb 2016	8	816