[[Comparative history]] looks for similarities and differences between societies or civilizations; [[Arnold J. Toynbee]] made it fashionable in 1940s, but has been in decline ever since as historians prefer specialized research topics
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Comparative history looks for similarities and differences between societies or civilizations; [[Arnold J. Toynbee]] made it fashionable in 1940s, but has been in decline ever since as historians prefer specialized research topics
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===Political===
===Political===
[[File:Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent 1903.jpg|thumb|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] by [[John Singer Sargent]], 1903.]]
[[File:Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent 1903.jpg|thumb|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] by [[John Singer Sargent]], 1903.]]