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This work is an engaging exploration of the process of historical research, following historians as they search for solutions to the greatest mysteries of all time. Award-winning author Paul Aron takes readers on a journey through great historical mysteries through the ages. Entertaining in themselves, the stories also show that history is not merely living, but lively. The reader who comes to the book thinking history is boring will leave with a changed outlook with regard to both the subject matter and the process of writing history. Each chapter is a carefully and thoroughly researched presentation not of popularized accounts but of valid historical scholarship. Chronologically arranged, the essays show the historical process in action. For each disputed historical point, theories arise, become standard wisdom, and then are revised as additional information becomes available. This book reveals the mechanics of that process, including spirited debate, swashbuckling archaeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 PREFACE......Page 13 1 ORIGINS AND EARLY CIVILIZATIONS......Page 17 2 CLASSICAL TRADITIONS, MAJOR RELIGIONS, GIANT EMPIRES, 1000 BCE–500......Page 69 3 ZONES OF EXCHANGE AND ENCOUNTER, 500–1000......Page 101 4 HEMISPHERIC INTERACTIONS, 1000–1500......Page 131 5 THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE, 1450–1770......Page 171 6 AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1750–1914......Page 223 7 CRISIS AND ACHIEVEMENT, 1900–1945......Page 311 8 PROMISES AND PARADOXES, 1945–......Page 391 About the Author......Page 463 Includes examples from ancient times to modern, from Neanderthals and Noah's Ark to Amelia Earhart and JFK, this book explores the process of historical research. It contains chronologically arranged essays, which reveal the mechanics of the process, including debate, archeology, and the application of modern science to ancient questions Mysteries in History: From Prehistory to the Present bring together dozens of human history's most elusive mysteries and shows how professional historians do the detective work necessary to resolve them Provides theories and possible answers to such questions as why the pharaohs built the pyramids, why the Mayan culture collapsed, who discovered America, and who killed Jimmy Hoffa

this Work Is An Engaging Exploration Of The Process Of Historical Research, Following Historians As They Search For Solutions To The Greatest Mysteries Of All Time.