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Read ten of our favorite articles from our first ten years.

Why the West?: Before Europe became a dominant force in the world, it was a small and peripheral backwater. Was its ascendancy well earned or a fluke? Historians square off.

The Fundamentalist Factor: Why does Islam produce so many viable fundamentalist movements?"

Banned in Benares: After making the case that Hindus have not always prohibited the eating of beef, a historian in India is denounced by the country's ruling party

Hypotheses: Jim Holt on the political uses of a mathematical axiom.

Breakthrough Books: Five scholars recommend the best recent books about the media.