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On the Spot: Courtney J. Campbell
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 13:10
TheCollector
FDR: How Roosevelt Won Unprecedented Four Presidential Elections
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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TheCollector
Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity?
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How Did Tunisia Become a Country?
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Songhai Empire: The Rise & Fall of Africa’s Biggest Empire
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
TheCollector
Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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TheCollector
The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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Wrong Side of...
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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TheCollector
The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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African History...
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
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TheCollector
Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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History Today Feed
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/03/2024 - 08:25
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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Flashbak
Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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What Was the Atheism Dispute?
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Robert Koch: Great Microbiologist or Unethical Researcher?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Ancient Robots and Other Inventions
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TheCollector
Red Herring: Moments in Films That Leave You Shocked
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TheCollector
What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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History Today Feed
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
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Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Who Is Pina Bausch?
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TheCollector
Walt Disney: The American Dream Personified (Bio & Facts)
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What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
TheCollector
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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a year ago
Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
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...
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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TheCollector
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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TheCollector
British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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TheCollector
Who Were the Most Influential People of the British Empire?
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TheCollector
Who Funded Christopher Columbus’ Voyages?
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African History...
A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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History Today Feed
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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TheCollector
6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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TheCollector
A George Washington Portrait Goes on Sale, Held at the Met
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TheCollector
An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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TheCollector
Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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TheCollector
New Leonora Carrington Record Set at Sotheby’s
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TheCollector
Who Was Saint Athanasius?
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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6 Magical Realists to Read after Borges
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
TheCollector
5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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Flashbak
This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s...
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In 1993, the Face magazine asked Elaine Constantine to photograph a Northern Soul night at London’s 100 Club. Recently moved to London from Manchester, Constantine knew the scene well, having danced at all-nighters a decade earlier. At first, things seemed different. The crowd...
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
TheCollector
Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
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Global Inequality...
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The effects of covid and the return to “normalcy”
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
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JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
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Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/19/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
Residential Schools in the US & Canada: The Lost Children
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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2 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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Open Culture
Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Artificial Intelligence & Questions What Will Happen to...
We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind....
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We now live in the midst of an artificial-intelligence boom, but it’s hardly the first of its kind. In fact, the field has been subject to a boom-and-bust cycle since at least the early nineteen-fifties. Eventually, those busts — which occurred when realizable AI technology...
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s...
4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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African History...
Textile trade and Industry in the kingdom of Kongo: 1483-1914
the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
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the social and economic significance of Kongo's iconic raffia velvets
TheCollector
Arizona State University Professor Creates City Hall’s Digital Art
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
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On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
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
Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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11 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
Trying to Understand...
That's The Truth?
In politics, well, it depends.
a year ago
In politics, well, it depends.
Classical Wisdom
Respect the Spartan Woman!
How was it for the ancient ladies?
a year ago
How was it for the ancient ladies?
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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TheCollector
Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
TheCollector
Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
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TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
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Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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11 months ago
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
TheCollector
“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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8 months ago
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Why Did Lot Sacrifice His Daughters? (4 Possible Justifications)
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