A History of Settlements Enlarge this image Ahmad Gharabli/Getty Images Ahmad Gharabli/Getty Images The question of settlements has loomed over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for decades, and has only intensified in the past year. Today on the show: how the settlement movement grew from a small religious mission to one of the central tenets of the current Israeli government. It's a …
The Battle For Jerusalem Today, the city of Jerusalem is seen as so important that people are willing to kill and die to control it. Nearly a thousand years ago, European Christians embarked on what became known as the First Crusade: an unprecedented, massive military campaign to take Jerusalem from Muslims and claim the holy city for themselves. What happened …
Kenneth Pomeranz History professor at the University of Chicago Kenneth Pomeranz History professor at the University of Chicago Education: ・ 1976-80: Bachelor of Arts, Cornell University, United States ・ 1980-88: PhD in History, Yale University, United States Career: ・ 1988: Visiting assistant professor at Dartmouth College ・ 1988-2012: Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine ・ 1991-2012: Professor …
