Timothy R. Pauketat

Dec 4, 2024 | blogs.illinois.edu | Timothy R. Pauketat |Andrew White |Michael J. Aiuvalasit

blog posts Protecting Illinois' Cultural Heritage from Climate Change Rising seas and intense storms dominate the headlines about climate change, but there is a quieter catastrophe already unfolding: the irreversible loss of cultural heritage. Across the state of Illinois, thousands of ancient Indigenous sites, historic buildings, and landmarks are being slowly erased by extreme weather.

Nov 21, 2024 | daily.jstor.org | Kathleen DuVal |Mark Nicholas |Larry Benson |Timothy R. Pauketat

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. When the founders of the United States designed the Constitution, they were learning from history that democracy was likely to fail—to find someone who would fool the people into giving him complete power and then end the democracy. They designed checks and balances to guard against the accumulation of power they had found when studying ancient Greece and Rome.

Feb 20, 2023 | worldhistory.org | Timothy R. Pauketat |Oxford Press

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