Joshua J. Mark

Joshua J. Mark

Biography

Joshua J. Mark is co-founder and Content Director of World History Encyclopedia. He has lived in Greece and Germany, traveled extensively, especially through Egypt, and presently lives in upstate New York with his dog, Sammie. Mark was a part-time philosophy professor and writing instructor at Marist College, where he received a Faculty of the Year Award and the Special Services Award of Merit, and has also taught history and literature courses at the college level. He has published articles, short fiction, and creative nonfiction through various journals, magazines, and online.

Education

  • MA English, SUNY College New Paltz
  • BA English/Philosophy, SUNY College New Paltz

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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld
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Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld - Messages From the Afterlife

Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld is a Sumerian poem pre-dating The Epic of Gilgamesh...
James Longstreet
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James Longstreet - Civil War Hero and Lost Cause Villain

James Longstreet (1821-1904) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, serving chiefly...
James Longstreet: The Strategic Mind Who Questioned Lee
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James Longstreet: The Strategic Mind Who Questioned Lee

James Longstreet was right about Gettysburg — and Confederate generals spent 30 years destroying...
James Longstreet, 1862
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James Longstreet, 1862 - Confederate General

Confederate General James Longstreet, photograph by E. & H. T. Anthony, 1862. DeGolyer Library, Southern...
Former General James Longstreet, 1865
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Former General James Longstreet, 1865

Former Confederate General James Longstreet after the American Civil War, photograph by Mathew Brady, c. 1865-1880...
The Eternal Life of Gilgamesh
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The Eternal Life of Gilgamesh - Literary Immortality

The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the most popular works of literature in the present day and has influenced...
Gilgamesh
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Gilgamesh - The Historical and Mythical King

Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk, best known as the hero of The Epic of Gilgamesh (circa 2100 to...
Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird
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Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird - A Sumerian Hero's Journey

Lugalbanda and the Anzud Bird is a Sumerian myth dated to the Ur III period (circa 2112 to circa...
Matter of Aratta
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Matter of Aratta - The Great Sumerian Epic

The Matter of Aratta is the modern-day title for a collection of four poems – Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta...
First Days in the Union Army
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First Days in the Union Army - Recruitment and Training in the Civil War

Recruitment and training practices during the American Civil War varied according...
Battle of Belmont
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Battle of Belmont - B. F. Sawyer's Eyewitness Account

The Battle of Belmont (7 November 1861) was an engagement fought during the American Civil War in...
Union Officers at Washington, D.C.
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Union Officers at Washington, D.C.

Washington, District of Columbia. Officers of 3d Regiment Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, photography by an unknown...

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