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The World's First Computer
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
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The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
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Romania in WWII: An Important Part of the Eastern Front
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach
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Achaian War: How the Romans Defeated the Last Free State in Greece
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A Collection of...
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
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Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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Should We Be Afraid of Technology?
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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History Today Feed
‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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What Was Kantai Kessen?
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Get to Know Audrey Flack, Icon of Photorealism
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an island in the maelstrom
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Who Was Paracelsus? 11 Things You Should Know
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Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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Women Portraitists of the Renaissance: A League of Their Own
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The First Biographers
...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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A History of the United States Senate
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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The Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo: A Dark & Strange Story
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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Roadside Relics of the USSR
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We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Cy Twombly: Get to Know His Sculpture
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Dry Toilet Installation
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History
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The 5 Most Beautiful Buildings in Valencia
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Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a project to document New York City’s rich history of architecture and fashion. Cunningham dressed his friend and fellow photographer Editta Sherman (July 9, 1912 – November 1, 2013)...
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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The Essential Greeks
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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7 Rules For Collecting Paintings
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History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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Can't Do, Won't Do!
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Grand Palais to Reopen for the Paris Summer Olympics
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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How Have Druids Influenced Wales Throughout History?
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Who Was Carl Gustav Jung?
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Street Scenes of NYC in the 1970s
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs...
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Dutch Influence in Alsatian Art: 5 Artists Known for Their Still-Lifes
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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Egypt’s Giza Restoration Bid Faces Backlash From Archaeologists
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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weird medieval guys
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Plus a little history of manuscript illustration
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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TheCollector
The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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Classical Wisdom
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History of the Games
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Was Edith Wilson the First Female President of the United States?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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Res Obscura
Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
a year ago
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit the Pyramids?
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Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
2 months ago
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Classical Wisdom
No Women Allowed?
Greek Theater and Gender
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
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Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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“All Part of Nature”: Radclyffe Hall’s Life
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Pyramid in Java Predates Egypt’s Oldest Pyramid?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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Moscow: Uncover a Near-Millennium of the City’s History
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Cairo Widens Access to Famous Saladin Citadel
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Overcoming Bias
Drift Poll Winner: Rational Culture
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re...
a month ago
Over the last day, I did two sets of polls comparing 16 cultural drift scenarios (detailed here) re their likelihood and desirability. (I later added influence.) Here are best fit priorities (relative to 100 max), sorted by priority sum:
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Classical Wisdom
Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
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The Original Femme Fatales?
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How Did a Pig End Up on Trial in the Middle Ages?
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7 Scottish Inventors & Their Inventions
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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How Can Stoicism Influence Decision-Making?
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Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Global Inequality...
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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History Today Feed
The Rebirth of Chivalry is Rained Off
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Was Henry VIII Really a Protestant?
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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Who are the Yazidis & What Are Their Beliefs?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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The Plague by Albert Camus: “Can One Be a Saint Without God?”
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The Apocrypha: Were Books Left Out of the Protestant Bible?
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Amun: The Egyptian God of Creation & King of the Gods
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