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Fields of history

  • Art historyIn 1992, a student in Virginia opened a textbook titled Art History: A Contextual Inquiry Course. That book defined the field as an academic discipline…
  • Post-classical historyThe year 500 CE marks a turning point in human history, as the Western Roman Empire had fallen and new powers began to rise across Eurasia.
  • ArchaeologyKing Nabonidus of Babylon searched for the foundation deposits of temples dedicated to the sun god Šamaš and the warrior goddess Anunitu in Sippar during his…
  • Economic historyArnold Toynbee stood before a lecture hall in 1884 and declared that economics had become too dissociated from history. He argued that while Adam Smith and…