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    The Cabinet of Curiosities:
    A Collection of Noteworthy Historical Articles Written on The Total War Center Forums.

    Originally Complied by Kscott, therussian and Spiff
    and currently maintained by the Board of Historians





    Contents:



    Sections:
    1. The Ancient World.
    2. Roman Period.
    3. Medieval World.
    4. Early Modern.
    5. Modern History.
    6. Throughout the Ages.
    7. Great Debates of TWC.
    8. Useful Links.





    The Ancient World:
    • Ancient Greece:


    1. Xerxes' withdrawal after Salamina
    2. The Marathon - origins of
    3. Cyrus the great
    4. The Battle Of Pydna
    5. The Rise of the Demos
    6. Alexander The Great; a history
    7. Was Alexander the Great a Homosexual?
    8. The arms of Alexander the Great and his enemies
    9. Did The 'Immortals' Fight At Platea?
    10. Artaxerxes II and Sparta


    • Other:


    1. Craziest Siege in History? (Persia)
    2. Those dastardly Persians!
    3. The Mighty Persian (King Cyrus the Great)
    4. Origins of the Picts & Scots
    5. Mysterious Druides
    6. Merlin/Myrddin
    7. The Historic Arthur
    8. Chou Military
    9. A short history of the Lydian Kingdom
    10. The Lost Temple Of India
    11. An Official Program Of Art In The Achaemenid Empire?
    12. The Rebellion Of Cyrus The Younger
    13. Assaulting Egypt
    14. The Ptolemaic cult of Theoi Adelphoi: a general analysis

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    Roman Period:

    • Roman Republic:


    1. Roman Republic Early History
    2. Roman Nomenclature
    3. Was the loss of the First Punic War due to marine disasters?
    4. Rise of Scipio and the Fall of New Carthage
    5. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
    6. Great Roman Generals of the 2nd Punic War
    7. August 3, 216 B.C. - Cannae; Was Maharbal Correct?
    8. Roman army officers in early Principate
    9. The Loyalty of the Roman Legions
    10. Caius Marius: The man who love war to much
    11. Importance of the Gladius


    • Roman Empire:


    1. The Act of Devotio...
    2. Teutoberg Wald
    3. Late Roman field army
    4. The arms of Rome fall off, yet she is able to reattach them
    5. The Roman Army and Fortification of the later Empire
    6. A step by step guide in taking a city, Roman Style
    7. If Julian had lived longer, would Christianity have died out?
    8. Antoninus Pius : Golden Age of Rome
    9. The Roman Emperors whose reigns were shorter than the lifespan of a worker ant.
    10. True fall of Rome?
    11. Fall of the Eagle
    12. The significance of Adrianople, 378 A.D.
    13. The Roman Empire: Victim to many things, even itself.
    14. Sassanid Military
    15. Flavius Aetius - Last of the Romans? Or Backstabbing Generalissimo?

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    Medieval World:
    • Europe:


    1. Bulgaroctonus - The Bulgar Slayer
    2. The Witches' Hammer
    3. A Brief History of The Medieval Cannon
    4. Early Medieval Cannons:Cannons and Cannon Tactics in the Navy
    5. The Battle of Jacobs Ford
    6. Brian Boru
    7. Piero de' Medici: more than a mere hunchback
    8. The Right Hand Of the King
    9. Decisive Battles of the World of 1500s, 1600s, and 1700s
    10. Vlad the Impaler
    11. The Great Siege of Malta
    12. The Historic Arthur
    13. Froissart's views on war and peace
    14. Ivan the Terrible
    15. Machiavelli and the Absolutist Monarchs of Russia
    16. Significance of the Battle of Manzikert


    • The Crusades/Byzantine Empire:


    1. Guide to the crusades
    2. What happened at Constantinople?
    3. Greek Fire, What is It?
    4. Konstantinos XI Dragases: Hero or simply an Emperor?
    5. The Last Imperator
    6. Constantinople: The Sack of 1204
    7. Ottoman Empire 1600 (my view)


    • Other:


    1. Could Batu and Subotai have altered history?
    2. Legacy of Khans
    3. Genghis Khan: an essay of mine
    4. Amir Temur Gurgan,
      Scourge of God
    5. The Imjin war : a basic guide
    6. The Personal Relationship of Abd al-Qadir Badauni and Abu'l Fazl 'Allami as Reflected in their Histories

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    Early Modern:
    • America:


    1. Soldiers In America, 1754-1865
    2. The Battles of the American Revolution
    3. The Ohio-Michigan War
    4. Gettysburg
    5. The Battle of Trenton
    6. Battle of Lake Erie
    7. American Civil War: Mountain Howitzer
    8. King Philips War
    9. Slavery vs. States Rights...or Both?
    10. Joshua Chamberlain
    11. The American Indians in Brief


    • Other:


    1. The Real war of 1812 - The Storming of Badajoz
    2. Wellington: The Very Model of a Modern Major General.
    3. Military developments in the 19th century
    4. Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
    5. Debate by Clausewitz
    6. The Last Habsburg
    7. Jacques-Louis David
    8. John William Waterhouse
    9. La Révolution Française: Causes and Events That Lead up to the Terror
    10. The Battle of Borodino
    11. The Battle of Waterloo
    12. The Battle of the Nile
    13. Is Napoleon Dynamite? (The Doctrine of Power)
    14. Napoleon Bonaparte I

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    Modern History:


    • World War I:


    1. Battle of the Somme
    2. Jutland! Who did win?
    3. Why the Tsar caused Russia to fall into revolution
    4. Operation Icebox


    • World War II:


    1. The Causes of WWII
    2. The Reichstag fire
    3. Dunkirk: Germany’s Last Chance?
    4. The Battle of Britain - a narrative on a breathtaking crossroads in military history
    5. Battle of Okinawa
    6. Battle of Midway, the Stalingrad of Japanese
    7. Isurava 1942 - Australia's Thermopylae
    8. August 1945 - the A-Bombs or conventionally invade the mainland of Japan?
    9. Danish collaboration and resistance during the Second World War
    10. Why many Estonians fought along side Nazi Germany
    11. Defence in Depth, with reference to British preperations for Sealion
    12. Battle of Crete


    • Other:


    1. Near destruction of the Giza
    2. Tomb of The Unknown Soldier
    3. The Entebbe Rescue Mission
    4. The Cold War in the 1960's
    5. Jurisdiction of the United States of America
    6. Banks and Chocolate: The secret of being an unconquerable nation
    7. The Poets Rebellion: Easter Uprising, 1916
    8. The Bay of Pigs(Bahía de Cochinos)
    9. Unification of Germany [Article]

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    Throughout the Ages:
    • War and Conflict:


    1. Countries that win battles but lose wars
    2. The battles (or wars) that shaped history
    3. The Greatest Commanders
    4. In my final analysis, Alexander III of Macedon was the greatest military commander
    5. Portants in battles?
    6. From the Stone to the Sword to the Missile - The Story of Weaponry.


    • General History:


    1. The Past 1,000 Years in History
    2. Attitudes and Stereotypes of History
    3. History of Europe
    4. The Human Story
    5. Muhammed and Hitler - quite possibly history's two most impacting men
    6. Humbled = Greatness?
    7. Tasmanian Aborigines - 'Lord of the Flies' Theory
    8. The Matriarchical myth
    9. Did the Neanderthal survive into ancient times and later?
    10. Slaves - a hindrance or help?

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    Great Debates of TWC:
    1. Crusades: Christian Jihad or "Act of Mercy"?

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    Useful Links:




    1. Wkipedia
    2. Britanica
    3. Answers.com

    And remember, the Scriptorium has many more interesting articles, have a browse today!
    For a direct link to the related index: The Catalogue Pt. 5: History

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