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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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The Death of A New Jersey Shopping Mall
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There are about 1,000 malls in the US, and it’s estimated that one in four will close in the next few years as vacancy rates are increasing due to the pandemic, a slowed economy and increased online shopping. Photographer Phillip Buehler captured the death of the Wayne Hills mall...
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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Robert Fergusson: Scotia’s Bard
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11 Myths About the Greek God Zeus
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Ancient Rome’s Failed Building Projects
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
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Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
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“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Open Culture
How Keith Jarrett Played on a Broken Piano & Turned a Potentially Disastrous Concert Into the...
Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city...
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Nearly fifty years ago, the celebrated young pianist Keith Jarrett arrived in the West German city of Köln (better known in English as Cologne). Having just come off a 500-mile-long road trip from Switzerland, where he’d played a concert the previous day, he was left with barely...
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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‘The Writers’ Castle’ by Uwe Neumahr review
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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Wed, 10/23/2024 - 09:34
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What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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Preston’s Banana Boat Stowaways
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 07:00
TheCollector
Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Who Won the Battle of the Wilderness?
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What Are the Origins of the Vampire Myth?
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Flashbak
The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman...
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The postcard above is over an ‘Amorous Monkey (Iroke zaru)’ attempting to undress a Japanese woman against her will. It’s an unusual tableaux. But then a lot about Japanese portrayals of sex is unfamiliar to all but the most adventurous Westerner (this Japanese sex guide and rope...
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Flashbak
François Brunery’s Portraits of Pontificating, Pissed and Pouting Priests – c. 1890-1926
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François...
3 weeks ago
These photographs of priests and cardinals were taken by Francesco Bruneri, known as François Brunery (1849 – 1926), and used as the basis for his work as a painter of so-called “Cardinal Paintings”. His work depicting cardinals of the Catholic church in comical or embarrassing...
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Classical Wisdom
The Life of Aristotle
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TheCollector
What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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TheCollector
How Did the Ancient Egyptian Religion Change Through the Centuries?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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a year ago
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TheCollector
The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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Limpieza de Sangre: Blood Purity in Spain and Mexico
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Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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Flashbak
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...
10 months ago
We’re back to New York City in the q970. Stories of that time in the city are legend. Copper Gangs and truants, playing on the streets of Brooklyn, big cars, tight-knit neighborhoods on the Lower East Side, subterranean fury, police on the furious beat, music and dancing with...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, May 10, 2024
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up...
7 months ago
Fireside this week! Next week, with luck, I’ll have my ‘On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon’ up as an addendum to our discussion of Hellenistic armies. But in the meantime, it is a fireside, and I thought, since it was just recently May the Fourth, we might talk some Star...
TheCollector
Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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TheCollector
9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
2 weeks ago
This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
TheCollector
The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
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In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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Hundred Rabbits
Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the...
over a year ago
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was...
TheCollector
Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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TheCollector
4 Ways that Magical Realism Rewrites History
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
TheCollector
Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
African History...
a brief note on new discoveries in African archeology and the stone ruins of Cameroon.
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription...
4 months ago
Among the first ancient Egyptian accounts on its southern neighbors is an old kingdom inscription that describes a trading expedition to an unspecified region called the land of Punt. Egyptologists had long debated about the location of this mysterious territory before recent...
TheCollector
Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Flashbak
The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
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Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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History Today Feed
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
TheCollector
4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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History Today Feed
‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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‘Rites of Passage’ by Judith Flanders review
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Mon, 02/26/2024 - 11:07
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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Romulus and Remus: The Legendary Founders of Rome
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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Flashbak
Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
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Flashbak
Highlights of Colour Theory: Illustrating The Mysteries of Light In Colour Whels, Tables, Charts And...
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known...
6 months ago
Wavelengths of light between 400 and 700 nanometers on the electromagnetic spectrum (EM) are known as visible light, or light that can be processed and seen by the human eye. It’s a little fraction of all the EM radiation around us. There are many other parts of the EM spectrum...
History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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The Harrowing History of the Trail of Tears
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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5 Iconic Quotes by the Duke of Wellington
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Classical Wisdom
Sparta and… Scotland?
Laconic wit through the centuries
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Laconic wit through the centuries
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Noodle, released Uxn version. Improved UX to resize the canvas and...
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4 Great Films About the Troubles and Irish Independence
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
TheCollector
Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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How Can We Separate History from Myth?
And does it need to be true to be important?
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And does it need to be true to be important?
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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Ancient Greek Sculpture in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods
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Trying to Understand...
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a year ago
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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9 Paintings by Claude Monet You Should Know
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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The History of Underwear: Loincloths, Petticoats, Boxers, & Briefs
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Surprising Results of The British Museum’s Internal Investigation
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out
The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
Res Obscura
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a year ago
Most of them are not from 2023
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIa: De Re Publica
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox...
4 months ago
This is the first half of the third part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome, running from the late fourth through the first century BCE, a period that, relevant for today’s discussion, covers the Middle and...
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On the Obscenity of Ovid
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& Gorgeous George's Self-censorship
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
Global Inequality...
Sodom and Gomorrah
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there...
10 months ago
Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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What Is the History of Constitution Day in the US?
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The First Biographers
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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The Great Fire of Smyrna
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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