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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
5 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of June.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library.
Oekaki, optimized and...
TheCollector
The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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History Today Feed
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
10 months ago
What Do We Get Wrong About the Byzantine Empire?
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 01:00
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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10 Must-Visit Utah Ghost Towns With a Rich History
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
An Art Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
U.S. Submarines: How Did the ‘Silent Service’ Win WWII in the Pacific?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants. Via University...
TheCollector
Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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10 months ago
African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
a year ago
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
6 Unsettling Artworks by Mike Kelley
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a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Revive Wassailing
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
11 months ago
How to Revive Wassailing
j.hoare
Wed, 01/03/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
The Controversial Death of Ana Mendieta: Here’s What We Know
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11 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
TheCollector
How Did the Tet Offensive Impact American Morale?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
History and Myth
a year ago
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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a year ago
TheCollector
What is Writer Gustave Flaubert Known For?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Basil of Caesarea?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Switzerland Become a Country?
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Last Chance: The Essential Greeks
Starting Tomorrow
a year ago
TheCollector
The First Punic War: A Clash of Cultures
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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a month ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates Die?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Service Announcement.
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be...
a year ago
From this week, and on an experimental basis, I’m enabling paid subscriptions for those who may be interested. The essays themselves will continue to be entirely free, and I don’t have plans to produce subscriber-only material. I’ve also set up a Buy Me a Coffee cup.
TheCollector
10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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2 weeks ago
TheCollector
Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Orkney’s Saga: the Islands between Kingdoms
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle?
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
8 months ago
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
Trying to Understand...
Dealing With Foreigners ...
Is more complicated than you might think.
a year ago
Is more complicated than you might think.
TheCollector
How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Socrates View Democracy?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
2 months ago
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
The Wizard of Oz: 9 Things That Made It Great
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
Latest Pompeii Discovery is a Rare Blue Room
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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a month ago
African History...
The intellectual history of East Africa (ca. 900-1950 CE): from the Swahili coast to Buganda to...
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions...
3 weeks ago
The intellectual history of pre-colonial Africa is dominated by studies of the scholarly traditions of Ethiopia, West Africa, and Sudan, where a large corpus of extant manuscripts have been collected from the old scholarly centers of Timbuktu, Djenne, Gondar, and Harar.
Flashbak
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small...
9 months ago
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild…” – Richard Sandler on his photographs of NYC Richard...
TheCollector
Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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TheCollector
Stéphane Breitwieser: The Tragic Story of the Most Successful Art Thief
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Which Art Museums in Rome Are Most Noteworthy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Does Descartes Believe God Is Essential to Knowledge?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Paris of Troy: The Abductor of Helen Who Started the Trojan War
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a year ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
History Today Feed
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Riddle Me This: Question Marks In Vintage Photographs
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no...
a month ago
The Riddler: “Riddle me this! There are three men an a boat with a pack of cigarettes and no matches. How did they manage to smoke?” Robin: “They threw one cigarette overboard and the boat became a cigarette lighter.” – The Question asked in Batman, 1966 The question mark...
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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8 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
Global Inequality...
The politics of physiocracy
Quesnay and China
11 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
History Today Feed
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
‘Straight Acting’ by Will Tosh review
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/11/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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8 months ago
TheCollector
A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
TheCollector
6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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a year ago
TheCollector
How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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10 Famous Saints Associated With Christmas
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Books To Help Us Understand The World?
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
a year ago
Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Where Was Ancient Greece Located?
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park...
4 months ago
At the close of the 18th century, the West African hosts of the Scottish traveler Mungo Park informed him of a range of mountains situated in "a large and powerful kingdom called Kong".
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Who Is Banksy? A Closer Look at the Famed Anonymous Street Artist
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5 months ago
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
The Election That Caused the Boer War
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
6 months ago
The Election That Caused the Boer War
JamesHoare
Thu, 06/20/2024 - 10:19
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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a year ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
TheCollector
Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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3 months ago
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Have You Heard of These 5 Unusual Musical Instruments?
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4 months ago
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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7 months ago
TheCollector
How Does the Electoral College Work?
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
TheCollector
8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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