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Dethroning Perception: Who Was Maurice Merleau-Ponty?
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
a year ago
And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
The Expanding Nation: How Westward Expansion Shaped Early US Elections
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
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The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/28/2024 - 11:18
TheCollector
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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TheCollector
The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche Explained
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The Genealogy of Morals: Nietzsche vs. Morality
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The Victorian Great Feather Craze: What Was Its Ecological Impact?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Hundred Rabbits
doldrumming
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some...
over a year ago
Here we go again, time for another passage. We left Fiji on October 23rd 2018, eager to spend some time on the water again. Our plan, was to stop by Tuvalu, maybe Kiribati, before arriving in Majuro in the Marshall islands where we'd be spending two months before moving off west...
TheCollector
Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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TheCollector
Why Was the Beat Generation Called So?
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
Open Culture
The Complete History of the Music Video: From the 1890s to Today
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are...
3 days ago
If you want to understand the history of music videos, you must consider a lot of things that are not obviously music videos. The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first selection of MTV’s inaugural broadcast, must surely count as a music video — but then, it was...
TheCollector
The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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TheCollector
Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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TheCollector
Paracelsus in the Ottoman Empire: Adoption or Adaptation?
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TheCollector
Who Was Judah Maccabee? The Ancient Jewish Resistance Leader
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TheCollector
How Does Stoicism Differ from Other Philosophies?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Christian Figures? (150 – 200 CE)
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TheCollector
From Freed Son to Literary Legend: Who Was Horace?
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TheCollector
Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
11 months ago
‘Judgement at Tokyo’ by Gary J. Bass review
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/22/2024 - 11:07
TheCollector
A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
TheCollector
What Is an Antipope?
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Olympics
History of the Games
5 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Relationship Between Gauguin and Van Gogh?
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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TheCollector
What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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a year ago
Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
3 weeks ago
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
TheCollector
A Brief History of Chile
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
More Than A Philosopher
12 months ago
TheCollector
What Was Judith Leyster’s Contribution to Dutch Painting?
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Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
a week ago
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
TheCollector
Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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TheCollector
Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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TheCollector
Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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TheCollector
Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
TheCollector
How Economist John Maynard Keynes Essentially Predicted World War II
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TheCollector
“Four Dead in Ohio”: The Kent State Shootings
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History Today Feed
Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
6 months ago
Korea’s War of Prisoners
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
TheCollector
What Was the Warsaw Pact?
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TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
Heracles Captures the Cretan Bull: The Hero’s Seventh Labor
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
TheCollector
Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Banksy Confirms More London Animals—And Their Meaning
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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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TheCollector
What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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5 Interesting 1980s Subcultures: From Goth to Punk to Skinheads
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
TheCollector
When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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TheCollector
Elton John Collection Goes on Sale After 21 Years
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TheCollector
What Were George Orwell’s Political Beliefs?
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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Who Were the Most Important Disciples of Jesus Christ?
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
7 months ago
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
African History...
a brief note on the long history of African diplomacy.
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
5 months ago
historical links between west africa and the Maghreb.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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TheCollector
Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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TheCollector
Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
3 weeks ago
TheCollector
20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
It's worse than you probably imagine.
a year ago
It's worse than you probably imagine.
Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
6 months ago
New Event: Taking place July 10th with Dr. Benjamin Olshin
TheCollector
4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Brother of Jesus: Who Was Saint James?
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
10 months ago
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
TheCollector
How Did the Megali Idea Shape Greece Until the Balkan Wars?
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the history of Music in Africa
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
a year ago
plus an overview of Ethiopian musical traditions
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
2 days ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of December.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated the documentation for our various projects.
Left, added support for unicode input(Mastodon).
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Air to Ground...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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10 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: On Bread and Circuses
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place...
a week ago
Coming off of some of the discussion of Gladiator II (I, II), this week I want to discuss the place of ‘bread and circuses’ in the narrative of Roman decadence and decline. This is one of those phrases which long ago entered the standard lexicon, but which gets used and...
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
3 weeks ago
On the Spot: Lucy Noakes
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/11/2024 - 08:43
TheCollector
Nike Sneakers Designed for Spike Lee Sold for $50,800
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a year ago
TheCollector
Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Age and infertility
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
5 days ago
Facts and misconceptions about maternal age-related infertility
African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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11 months ago
Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
5 months ago
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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a year ago
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