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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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In the closing decades of the 20th century, archaeologists working to uncover the foundations of urbanism and complex societies in West Africa discovered a vast cluster of stone ruins in southern Mauritania.
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On the Spot: Gina Anne Tam
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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How to Read Renaissance Maps (7 Tips)
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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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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Who Were the Most Significant Post-Impressionists?
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Dreams of Space -...
Blast Off (1973)
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full...
a year ago
This is also one of my favorite picture books, very hard to find, so I would like to share the full book with you. And Blast Off!
Cain, Linda C. and Susan Rosenbaum. Illustrated by Dillon, Leo and Diane. Blast Off. Lexington, MA: Ginn. (24 p.) 1973.
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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a brief note on the intellectual contributions of African scholars in the diaspora
the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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the biography of a West African mathematician in Cairo.
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
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A History Lover’s Guide to Rio de Janeiro
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Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
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A History Lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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Francisco Goya Research Center Launches in New York City
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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What Is the Ides of March?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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British-Controlled Mandatory Palestine (1920–1948): A History
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Is the Golden Mean in Aristotle’s Ethics?
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Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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One Way Or Another ....
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Let's Be Enemies
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity
London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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