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Summary Of Changes
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Can We Define it for Ourselves or Others?
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Reclaiming Medusa: How Did She Become a Symbol of Female Empowerment?
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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10 Facts About the Surreal Life of Antonio López de Santa Anna
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Dreams of Space -...
What the Moon Is Like (1963)
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are...
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Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
What the Moon is Like is another book by the children's science writer Franklyn Branley. He wrote many children's non-fiction books with a variety of...
Classical Wisdom
Does FIRST Matter Most?
Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
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TheCollector
How Did Religion Influence Law in the Ottoman Empire?
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12 Most Important Art Techniques of Modern Times
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The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
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The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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Global Inequality...
Trump and the Rise of Asia
My interview with "Atlantico"
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My interview with "Atlantico"
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Artist Ibrahim Mahama Covers London’s Barbican in Purple Fabric
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Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
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Stanley Kubrick’s Photos of Chicago (Volume 2), 1949
In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot...
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In 1949, Look magazine sent its young photojournalist Stanley Kubrick on assignment to shoot pictures for a story documenting people’s life in the city of Chicago. You can see Volume 1 of his photos here. The series of photographs was accompanied by an essay from the Chicago...
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What’s the Difference Between Goth and Punk?
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Did the Suffragettes Know Martial Arts?
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8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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How Often Are U.S. Presidential Elections Held?
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
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Edward VII’s Forgotten Colonial Conflicts
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:17
TheCollector
How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
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On the Herculaneum scroll and the underrated value of historical knowledge
TheCollector
How Did Nils Bohlin Change the Auto Industry? (Inventor of the Three-Point Seatbelt)
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Two Paintings Once Stolen by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre Museum
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A Guide to Santa Fe’s Museum Hill (5 Museums to Explore)
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigrant assimilation in Denmark
A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
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A brief overview of the school performance of 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants in Denmark
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature?
Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
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Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
History Today Feed
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
Classical Wisdom
Hades
The God of the Dead
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TheCollector
Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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Classical Wisdom
12 Ancient Greek Terms that Should Totally Make a Comeback
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
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Why the Organ Split the Church
Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
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Why the Organ Split the Church
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/21/2024 - 09:05
TheCollector
Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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Spice Wars: The European Fight for the Spice Trade
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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weird medieval guys
What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
a year ago
Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
Dr Alun Withey
Creams, Clothes and Cases: The material culture of pre-modern travel.
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel...
10 months ago
I am currently on study leave, getting on with research for my new project on the history of travel preparations. One thing that I’m particularly interested in is the material culture of travel, and what sorts of things were available for travellers as they got ready for their...
TheCollector
What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Philip Marlowe: The Rise & Fall of The Private Detective
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Flashbak
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...
Flashbak
Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’...
7 months ago
“Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament” – ‘The Command’ received by George King from space, 1954 On May 8th 1954, London taxi driver George King was doing the household chores when he heard a voice. What came to be known as “The Command”...
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
TheCollector
The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
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Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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Trying to Understand...
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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BRICS and how international institutions work.
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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5 Historic Locations From the Troubles in Northern Ireland
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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Greece's Second Greatest Soldier?
TheCollector
Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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The Eye of Every Storm : Anarchist Response to Hurricane Helene
At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30...
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At the end of September 2024, western North Carolina and the surrounding states experienced 30 inches of rainfall over two days when an unnamed storm collided with Hurricane Helene over the mountains of Southern Appalachia. The resulting catastrophe laid waste to the entire...
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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What Is a Banana Republic?
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Dr Paul Cartledge on Alexander the Great’s Tomb, Netflix & More
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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History of the Berlin Wall: From Its Construction to Its Destruction
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Was Walt Whitman a Transcendentalist?
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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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,...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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7 Models of Henri Matisse You Should Know About
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Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April
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 April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Bicycle, released an Uxntal playground. See Varvara riding a...
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The Culper Ring: How Espionage Won the American Revolution
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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How Video Killed the Kamishibai Star
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
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With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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History Today Feed
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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André Rigaud: Napoleon’s Man in Haiti
JamesHoare
Thu, 02/22/2024 - 00:00
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...
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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History Today Feed
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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How Indigenous Peoples Turned Language into a Post-Colonial Tool
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The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
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Discover Philip Johnson’s Famous Glass House
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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Classical Wisdom
Are Propaganda and Politics Inevitable Bedfellows?
And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
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And Does Democracy Make It Worse?
TheCollector
Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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10 Historic Towns to Visit in Georgia
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African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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