TheCollector
What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
Hundred Rabbits
captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Who Was Louise Bourgeois? 7 Facts About the Surrealist Artist
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What Is Solipsism?
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Can You ‘Believe In The Science’?
The Pre-Socratic Atomists: Pioneers of Modern Science
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Global Inequality...
Marx Truncated
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
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Living through another great transformation…
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white...
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This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw in the 1930s features black and white illustrations and poetic recipes for various cocktails. A leading figure in early American abstraction, Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) was an American painter, poet,...
Flashbak
Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the...
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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The Anat Ebgi Gallery Expands to Tribeca
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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How the Vietnam War Divided the US
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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The Treaty of Versailles: An Overview of Its Contents & Effects
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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
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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An Introduction to the History of LGBTQIA+ Art
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Artist Steals 17th-Century Coin From British Museum
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Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
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Restoration Reveals Ancient Colors of Egypt’s Edfu Temple
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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Van Gogh & Gauguin: A Fiery Friendship Between Two Post-Impressionists
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Philosophy for Children
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
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What Was Life Really Like for WWI Tank Crews?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ Targeted Again After Protestors Jailed
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Sales Drop for Christie’s in 2023
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Flashbak
Salford in 1977: People Of Langworthy, Ordsall and the Adelphi
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A...
4 months ago
In 1977, Phil Portus photographed life on the streets of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. A member of the Reflex photography group, led by documentarian Diane Bush, a young American established documentary photographer, Portus wanted to show the everyday things people...
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Subtle Manipulation: The Power of Nudging in Psychology
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Ming Dynasty Artefacts Found in South China Shipwreck
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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Flashbak
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
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The Dark Ages
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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What’s the History of the Rugby World Cup?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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Open Culture
An Illustrator Creates a Kindle for Charles Dickens, Placing 40 Miniature Classics within a Large...
For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to...
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For a design class project, Rachel Walsh, a student at Cardiff School of Art and Design, set out to explain the concept of a Kindle to Charles Dickens. Recognizing that Dickens, a 19th-century author, wouldn’t understand modern terms like ebooks, downloads or the internet, she...
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
over a year ago
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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8 Women Artists You Should Check Out in London’s National Gallery
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The Dark History of Australia’s Blackbirding
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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Classical Wisdom
James Joyce's Ulysses
Retelling of the Odyssey
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The open-stack library: a futuristic technology from the 18th century
What we lost when we shifted knowledge organization to an algorithmic feed
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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Who Was Michel Foucault? Power, Knowledge, and Legacy
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Who Was Ho Chi Minh?
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
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a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
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Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
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Trying to Understand...
The Newer World Order.
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10 months ago
But can they get their heads round it?
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‘Just Stop Oil’ Protestors Cover Stonehenge in Powder Paint
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The First Nations of the Canadian Eastern Woodlands: A Brief History
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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JamesHoare
Tue, 05/14/2024 - 09:43
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On the Spot: Eugene Rogan
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TheCollector
Rare Ancient Roman Dolphin Mosaic Found in England
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Peckham Banksy Art Removed by Two Men
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Wrong Side of...
The War on the Countryside
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The Shire must be brought to heel
History Today Feed
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
11 months ago
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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A Wasting Asset?
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a month ago
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
TheCollector
World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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What Is David Hammons Best Known For?
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History Today Feed
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
JamesHoare
Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
TheCollector
Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
11 months ago
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Flashbak
At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the...
11 months ago
On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
History Today Feed
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
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‘The Specter of the Archive’ by Nicholas Popper review
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Wed, 05/15/2024 - 10:16
TheCollector
Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans
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Classical Wisdom
Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
8 months ago
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Why Emmanuel Levinas Called Ethics the “First Philosophy”
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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A Brief History of Chile
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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10 Must-Visit Historic Towns in Japan
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History Today Feed
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
JamesHoare
Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
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Fri, 02/23/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Ron’s Place Becomes First Outsider Art with Listed Status in England
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing,...
8 months ago
“The more he learns from experience the more truly he can imagine” – Ernst Hemingway on writing, 1935 In his October 1935 column for Esquire magazine called Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter, Ernest Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) shared his tips for writing...
Classical Wisdom
Why Should We Care About Children?
Bringing History to the Future
a year ago
Bringing History to the Future
TheCollector
Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Classical Wisdom
Virgil and the Aeneid
Rome's Greatest Epic
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
10 months ago
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
History Today Feed
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
a month ago
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
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Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Patterns in Humanity
When Lightning Strikes... Literally
A quantification of the risk of dying from a lightning strike and other external sources of harm
a year ago
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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What Are the Origins of the True Crime Genre?
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History Today Feed
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
j.hoare
Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
11 months ago
London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
TheCollector
Everything You Need to Know About Marcel Duchamp’s Readymades
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TheCollector
Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
TheCollector
What Was Négritude?
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TheCollector
Antonio Gramsci on Cultural Hegemony: What Is It and How Does It Work?
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TheCollector
How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
TheCollector
Poland Nixes Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
Roman Military Ranks: From Legionary to General
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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Medieval Anglo-French Wars (1076-1453): A Brief History
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
TheCollector
Do My Dreams Mean Anything? A Philosophical Look at the Unconscious Mind
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
4 months ago
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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When Is St Patrick’s Day? (Traditions & Festivities Around the World)
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6 Incredible Sites From Moorish Spain
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The Battle of Pharsalus: How Rome Became an Empire
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African History...
a brief note on European pirates and African states during the 'golden age of piracy.'
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
9 months ago
a pirate stronghold and kingdom in 18th century Madagascar.
TheCollector
Atlas Shrugged: Ayn Rand’s Most Famous Novel Explained
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
TheCollector
Wittgenstein’s Solipsism: Where Language & Limits Collide
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Flashbak
New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
5 months ago
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s mix of fashion, art, and music at clubs like Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager’s Studio 54 and Howard Stein and Peppo Vanini’s Xenon, where nightlife and performance met. Distribution...
Trying to Understand...
A Strange Defeat.
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
a month ago
A failure of understanding in Ukraine.
TheCollector
How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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How Did Caligula Rise to Power in the Roman Empire?
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TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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TheCollector
Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Flashbak
Vintage T-Shirt Slogans To Offend And Amuse
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those...
9 months ago
When we first hailed the glorious 1970s T-Shirt, you wrote in wanting to know if those iron-on-transfers were still available, like the ones sold in magazines that told us to Nuke the Whales. Retro is all the rage, as is what when Malcolm McLaren was repackaging Chucky Berry on a...
Dr Alun Withey
Victorian Swappers! Adverts for exchange in the 19th century.
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and...
a month ago
Victorians were inveterate 'swappers' (NB: this might not be what you think!). Newspapers and journals were full of ads for objects sought and to be exchanged. These offer a fascinating insight into what was considered desirable, the value of objects, and the processes of...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
4 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
TheCollector
Baroque Art & Architecture: 6 Frequently Asked Questions
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Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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‘Broken Archangel’ by Roland Philipps review
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
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Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
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History of Tanks: From Renaissance Sketches to the Modern Battlefield
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Satellites As A Hobby (1962)
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Satellites as a Hobby was a children's book from Hammond (the atlas people) They commissioned and created a space map in 1958 (see Sept 8, 2011 blog post). They reused these illustration in several publication which may explain why they seem a little "dated" for 1962. This book...
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism
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Does Might Make Right? The Melian Dialogue of Thucydides
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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History Repeats Itself: First as Farce, Then as Tragedy : Why the Democrats Are Responsible for...
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard?
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10 Facts About The Extraordinary Writer Stefan Zweig
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The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIb: Imperium
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This is the second section of the third part of our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic. Last week we discussed the overall structure of the ‘career path’ for a Roman politician...
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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8 Famous French Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Why Do Religions Decline?
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How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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Banksy’s Animal Series Continues at London Zoo
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8 Must-See Highlights From London’s Soane Museum
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The Original Bonfire of the Vanities
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Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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Gap Week: August 2, 2024
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4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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Does Free Will Exist?
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The Loudun Affair: Bizarre Witch Trials in France
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Discover Norman Rockwell’s America (& His Legacy)
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Kashmir: Prisoner of History?
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Flashbak
Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
Dreams of Space -...
Let's Fly to the Universe (1962)
A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012...
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A rescan project, but a rescan of a reprint. I blogged about this book in 2012 here:
https://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2012/12/flying-in-space-1961.html
I think it is Czech, but may be a difference Russian language. I got a Russian reprint of this and still find it a very...
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were...
You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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Macron is Safe for the Moment
But the future worries me.
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But the future worries me.
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Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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Why Should You Seek Ignorance?
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The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
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10 Must-Visit Historical Landmarks in the US Midwest
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
African History...
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state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
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What Are the Main Sources of Knowledge?
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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10 Things an Art Lover Should Do in Paris
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The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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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...
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
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Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Painting America’s Great Divide : Horace Pippin And Mr. Prejudice
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“The pictures which I have already painted come to me in my mind, and if to me it is a worth while picture, I paint it” – Horace Pippin Winston Churchill waved his fingers in a V for Victory and the united British went to war against a common enemy. When the United States …...
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“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890
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Why drug history?
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Disappointing Results for Long Museum’s Sale at Sotheby’s
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The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
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Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
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A re-run--
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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When Did the Soviet Union Declare War on Japan?
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What Can Psychoanalysis Tell Us About Hamlet?
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What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Why Did Damien Hirst Build a Pharmacy?
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For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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6 Things You Didn’t Know About Emblemata
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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
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Hundred Rabbits
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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.
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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Sound Genius: What Is John Williams Best Known for?
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Some of the world's problems have no solution.
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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‘The Last Dynasty’ and ‘The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome’ review
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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