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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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Summary Of Changes
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Did the Ramones Invent Punk?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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7 Facts About Mountain Man Jim Bridger
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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over a year ago
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Ancient Egypt Under the Achaemenid Persian Empire: A Brief Overview
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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What Were the Main Achievements of the New Deal?
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Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Highwaymen: The Road to Infamy
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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The Tripartite Pact: How Were the Axis Powers Created?
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Rudolf Koppitz Nudes And Other Studies Photographs That Capture The Fluidity Of Nature
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Dreams of Space -...
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This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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The Tuskegee Airmen of World War II
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Genoa vs. Venice: A Historic and Layered Rivalry
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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A Collection of...
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Paintings & Their Cinematic Counterparts: Film Inspired by Art
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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Who Was Hildegard of Bingen?
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over a year ago
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Dreams of Space -...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
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Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984
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The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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Overcoming Bias
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
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6 months ago
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What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
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Is IQ a Sham? Jay Gould on the Mismeasure of Man
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Who Was Vernon Lee?
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900
The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
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African History...
A history of the Buganda kingdom.
government in central Africa.
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government in central Africa.
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
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Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
TheCollector
Existential Crisis: What Is It and How Can We Overcome It?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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Dreams of Space -...
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This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and...
a year ago
This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed...
TheCollector
1950s American Culture: Suburbia, the American Dream, & Inequality
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Secret of the Stoics
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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Res Obscura
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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TheCollector
When Was the First Flight in History?
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Classical Wisdom
Why Read Modern Books?
Now Available: Night Drew Her Sable Cloak
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10 Must-Visit East Coast Historic Landmarks
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Rain Gods And Prayers to The Great Mystery: Portraits of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred...
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History Today Feed
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s
Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Last Chance
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and...
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“For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers” – Herman Hesse, Wandering: Notes and Sketches Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877–August 9, 1962) speaks of the search for truth and that sense of escaping into the natural world in this 1920 collection of his pros,...
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Are the Aesir Gods the Villains of Norse Mythology?
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Classical Wisdom
Is an unjust peace better than a just war?
Or does war have its virtues?
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Or does war have its virtues?
Hidden History
Museum Ship Destroyer USS Kidd
The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a...
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The Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd was named, not after the famous British pirate, but after a Rear Admiral who was killed on board the Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kidd served in both the Second World War and the Korean War. The destroyer USS Kidd was...
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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TheCollector Interviews Contemporary Artist Toni Mauersberg
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
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an African portrait of an African society
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Einstein vs. Bergson: A Historic Debate About Time
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What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Korea’s War of Prisoners
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Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:01
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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Who Are the Ku Klux Klan?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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4 Surprising Things You Didn’t Know About the Catholic Catechism
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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Merging East and West: Who Was Alan Watts?
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Plato’s Phaedo: Is The Soul Immortal?
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
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How ASEAN Lost its Way
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Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
10 Architectural Landmarks You Must See in Valencia
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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Classical Wisdom
The Tragedy of Ajax
Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
African History...
a brief note on Ethnicity and the State in Africa
the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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the evolution of the Tutsi/Hutu dichotomy in the precolonial Great Lakes.
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Egyptian Temples: How the Egyptians Depicted the Universe in Microcosm
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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How the Nazis Captured the Minds of Germany’s Youth
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Wrong Side of...
Fellow believers or fellow citizens?
Liberalism dies in darkness
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Liberalism dies in darkness
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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Who Were the Disciples James, John and Andrew?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Left, added a navigation bar to navigate larger...
Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
a month ago
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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...
Flashbak
12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
a month ago
In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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Marina Abramović Leads 7-Minute Silence at Glastonbury Festival
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Is the Invention of Tradition? (3 Stories)
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4 Ways Indigenous Cultures Survived Colonialism in Latin America
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Who Were the Successors of Charlemagne?
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Photos of Britain’s Post-War Youth By Roger Mayne
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in...
5 months ago
British photographer Roger Mayne (1929 – 2014) documented the lives of young people growing-up in Britain in the mid-1950s and ‘60s. Self-taught and influential in the acceptance of photography as an art form, Mayne was passionate about photographing human life as he found...
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular...
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I have often taken on the role of econ futurist, analyzing the social consequences of particular future techs.
TheCollector
The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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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...
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
2 months ago
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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8 Things You Should Know About Wangechi Mutu
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer
The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
The Antikythera Mechanism
TheCollector
The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
History Today Feed
Inventing Cyrillic
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
7 months ago
Inventing Cyrillic
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:21
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Newell Convers Wyeth Painting: From $4 to $191,000
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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What Is Theodicy?
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Rodney King & The LA Riots: A Terrible Episode of Violence
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Who Were the Successors of Constantine the Great?
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
How can we train Resilience?
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How can we train Resilience?
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
6 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Frances Bay, Yuculta and Dent Rapids, Shoal Bay, Port Neville, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, Fury Cove, Prince Rupert, B.C. north coast...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
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Aspasia of Miletus: More Than Pericles’ Romantic Partner?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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George Lindemann Family Returned Looted Items to Cambodia
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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10 Representations of Judith Slaying Holofernes in Painting
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13 Logical Fallacies from Aristotle’s ‘Sophistical Refutations’
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
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What’s the Historical Background of Tristan and Isolde’s Legend?
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Flashbak
Joe And Petunia: Stars of British Pubic Information Films (1968-1973)
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most...
a month ago
As with most British public information films (PIF) of the 1960s and 70s, the protagonists most likely die in the end. In the final instalment of the four-strong Joe and Petunia series, the British couple illustrate the dangers driving on bad tyres by driving into a tree. ...
TheCollector
Emily Brontë: Misanthrope or Literary Genius (or Both)?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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