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Not to be afraid of moral relativism.
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This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
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How Can We Love Ourselves?
Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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Finding some Aristotelian Self-love, or Philautia...
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The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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The Mystery of the Mind
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TheCollector
Martin Luther vs. John Calvin: The French vs the German Reformation
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How Did Descartes View Animals?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Ancient Pathways: What Are Ley Lines?
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7 Historical Places to Visit On Your Way to the Isle of Skye
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
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a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars
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Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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The Greek Mythology Behind Famous Constellations
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What Was the Beatles’ First Hit?
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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African History...
The myth of Mansa Musa's enslaved entourage
"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the...
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"Stories about his [Mansa Musa's] journey have numerous anecdotes which are not true and which the mind refuses to admit".
Classical Wisdom
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The Renaissance history of automimesis, and a proposal for research
TheCollector
7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
11 months ago
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
Flashbak
Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
TheCollector
Possible Rembrandt Found in Attic Sells for $1.4 Million
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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African History...
The pyramids of ancient Nubia and Meroe: death on the Nile and the mortuary architecture of Kush
a complete history of an African monument
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a complete history of an African monument
TheCollector
The History of Appalachia & Its People
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Classical Wisdom
The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
War Stoppers and God Makers
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War Stoppers and God Makers
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
TheCollector
Posthumanism vs Transhumanism: What Is the Difference?
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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History Today Feed
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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History Today Feed
The KGB After Stalin
The KGB After Stalin
j.hoare
Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
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The KGB After Stalin
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:36
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
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The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
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Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Met Announces First Major Caspar David Friedrich Exhibition in the US
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Theodor Morell: Hitler’s Particularly Odious Physician
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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TheCollector
Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Dreams of Space -...
To Other Planets (Estonian) (1962)
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other...
a year ago
Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
I blogged about that book here on Feb 24, 2010: \
http://dreamsofspace.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-space-book-1959.html
AND October 1, 2012...
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Marx Truncated
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A review of Shlomo Avineri’s “Karl Marx”
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
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“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
TheCollector
Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Scottish Independence Movements Through the Ages
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Are Patricia Piccinini’s Works About?
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TheCollector
Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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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...
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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...
TheCollector
Encaustic Painting: An Ancient Art Form Explained
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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The Inuit and the Canadian Arctic: A Brief History
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10 Must-Visit Historic Villages in Portugal
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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CrimethInc.
The Case for Resistance : What We’re Up Against—and What It Could Look Like to Fight
In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we...
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In the following analysis, we explore what we can expect from Donald Trump’s second term and how we can prepare to confront it. If you only have time to read one part, read the proposals for what we can do to resist.
It’s understandable that many people feel exhausted at the...
Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
History Today Feed
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Fight for Mary, Queen of Scots’ Jewels
JamesHoare
Wed, 09/18/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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6 Inquisition Cases From Colonial Mexico
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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New York’s Rubin Museum Makes Big Changes
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Story of Thebes
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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TheCollector
The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Abstract Expressionist Alfred Leslie Through 7 Paintings
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History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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TheCollector
Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
TheCollector
Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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TheCollector
Bali’s 8 Finest Historic Sites: A Feast for the Senses
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Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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When Did Operation Husky Take Place?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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History Today Feed
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
TheCollector
Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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African History...
The heroic age in Darfur: a history of the pre-colonial kingdom of Darfur ca. 1500-1916.
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
6 months ago
The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted in one of the continent's longest-standing conflicts, which threatens to destroy the country's social fabric and its historical heritage. Just as the plight of modern Darfur...
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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The Holodomor, Ukraine’s Great Famine
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7 Iconic Works of the De Stijl Movement
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The Brink of Nuclear War: The Cuban Missile Crisis
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Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
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Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the world’s great musicians, producer and arranger. Best known for his smash hits with Michael Jackson, notable on the singer’s Thriller album, Jones won 28 Grammys in a career that...
TheCollector
What Is Freud’s Superego & What Does It Have to Do With Society?
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Global Inequality...
Why not Keynes?
Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
TheCollector
How Did Our Lady of Guadalupe Become Mexico’s Patroness?
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Conservative Resurgence in the US: Traditional, New Right, & Tea Party
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
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Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
TheCollector
3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Flashbak
Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
History Today Feed
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
TheCollector
Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Classical Wisdom
Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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What Are the Top 7 Must-See Attractions in Mallorca?
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Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
7 months ago
In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
TheCollector
Why Was Marcel Duchamp Obsessed With Chess?
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What Is Theodicy?
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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TheCollector
7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
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A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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TheCollector
What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW)
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
a month ago
These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
TheCollector
Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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When Picasso Crossed the Iron Curtain: The 1st USSR Picasso Exhibition
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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What Was the Purpose of Mesopotamian Ziggurats?
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist...
6 months ago
Armand Henrion (1875 – 1958) was a Belgian-born artist. He contributed to the Expressionist movement, worked in France and became a French citizen. And he liked to paint self-portraits – hundreds of them – in which he is dressed as a clown (more Pierrot than Bozo). Pierrot...
TheCollector
What Makes a Conflict a World War?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
What Is the Leviathan in the Bible?
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Classical Wisdom
Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
a year ago
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
TheCollector
Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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History Today Feed
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
11 months ago
Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
JamesHoare
Mon, 01/29/2024 - 11:56
Flashbak
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...
a month ago
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other… Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of...
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
TheCollector
How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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TheCollector
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays Due to Regulations
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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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
TheCollector
The Mysterious Tale of the Mary Celeste: What Happened?
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Hidden History
The Story of the Cow
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000...
3 days ago
The history of the domestic cattle goes back at least 10,000 years. There are well over 1000 distinct breeds of Cattle in the world today, and somewhere between 1 and 1.5 billion individual animals, making them, by some counts, the fourth most numerous mammal in existence behind...
History Today Feed
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
2 weeks ago
‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 11:25
History Today Feed
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
a year ago
Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
j.hoare
Thu, 12/14/2023 - 09:33
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Loango kingdom (ca.1500-1883) : Power, Ivory and Art in west-central Africa.
Africa's past carved in ivory
a year ago
Africa's past carved in ivory
TheCollector
Brussels Statue Supposedly Damaged by Irish Tourist
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a year ago
Flashbak
My ‘Homeric Retching’: Vladimir Nabokov’s Letter To His Wife About A Nasty Bout of Food Poisoning
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it...
9 months ago
“Exactly at 2:30, I suddenly felt an urge to vomit, had barely time to run outside — and there it began…” – Vladimir Nabokov to his wife Vera Among Vladimir Nabokov’s love letters to his wife published in Letters to Véra, a wonderful book that takes us behind the scenes of...
TheCollector
What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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Two New York Museums Face Climate Protests
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TheCollector
Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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CrimethInc.
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...
a month ago
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...
TheCollector
Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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Classical Wisdom
What Happens When We Die? And Does That Impact How We Live?
Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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Homer’s Hell: The Afterlife in Greek Mythology
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How Did the Protestant Reformation Influence European Art?
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Art Basel 2024 Opens to the Public: Here Are Some of Its Highlights
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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Woodstock Festival Comics from the 1970s
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I...
5 months ago
In October 1970s, the 1969 Woodstock Festival was immortalised in a comic book. The romance story “I Found My Love at the Woodstock Festival!” appeared in Falling in Love #118. Comics and Woodstock were a good match. Charles M. Schulz’s didn’t name the little yellow bird and...
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What Is the Twinkie Defense? (& Other Crazy Court Arguments)
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What Is the History of Hipster Culture?
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Tattoos in the Bible: Can Christians Modify Their Bodies?
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The 4 Most Important Cultures in Ancient Anatolia
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Why Were So Many Women Artists Still Life Painters?
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4 Amazing Women From History You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Orange Free State, South Africa: A History
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
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10 Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites in England
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
4 months ago
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
TheCollector
What Treaty Ended World War II?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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Res Obscura
Why drug history?
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
11 months ago
Drugs and spices play an outsized role in world history — but it's often a hidden one
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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La Malinche: The Treachery and Tragedy of Cortés’s Native Interpreter
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Cain’s Marriage: Who Did the Biblical Killer Marry?
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Golden Age of Latin Literature
4 months ago
Golden Age of Latin Literature
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
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British Punks in the 1980s by Shirley Baker
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of...
5 months ago
British photographer Shirley Baker captured these fabulous portraits of punks on the streets of Manchester, Stockport and London’s Camden Town in the early 1980s. Shirley’s daughter, Nan Levy, spoke to the Museum of of Youth Culture about her mother’s work as part of an...
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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What Is the Categorical Imperative?
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips)
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Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
9 months ago
Spycraft and the Glorious Revolution
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:20
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8 Places in Munich Addressing National Socialism’s Problematic Legacy
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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Ships Then Swans: Ian Macdonald’s Pictures of England’s Teesside in the 1970s and 80s
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits...
2 months ago
The houseboats, blast furnaces and shipbuilding are gone. Ian Macdonald’s photographs are portraits of times past. These pictures cover three of the photographer’s major bodies of work from the late 1960s to the mid 1980s: Greatham Creek; the Redcar blast furnace and Smith’s Dock...
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What Is Anti-Natalism?
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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New Study May Reveal Stonehenge’s Mysterious Origins
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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7 Modern Artists Who Worked in Advertising
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
8 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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NY City Proposes Public Monuments Bill With a Context on Slavery
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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How Do Stoics View Wealth, Success, and Happiness?
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A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Follow a Person’s Words... or Actions?
What should we do with Seneca?
a year ago
What should we do with Seneca?
Flashbak
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is”...
2 months ago
“We’ve had so many books about how bad life is, maybe it’s time to have one showing how good it is” – Langston Hughes, The Sweet Flypaper of Life The Sweet Flypaper of Life (1955), a collaboration between photographer Roy DeCarava and poet Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 –...
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Why Does the UK Celebrate Guy Fawkes Night?
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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4 Russian Leaders Who Actually Weren’t Russian
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6 Key Battles of the Wars of the Roses
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Classical Wisdom
Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
2 months ago
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks
5 days ago
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
a year ago
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey. Gumby was a television show for children that ran (at least for me) from 1953-1969. It was stop-motion animated adventures of two figure made of "clay." It was a highlight of my...
Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Flashbak
Vintage Illustrations Of Japanese Anthropomorphic Frogs and Toads
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and...
7 months ago
The Japanese phrase kimo-kawaii translates into ‘cute and ugly’. It can be applied to frogs and toads, often portrayed in Japanese art in anthropomorphic fashion as they engage in fighting, marching with spirits (yokai) and casting spells. Here we look at a range of prints...
Flashbak
Going Underground: gasping for life on the Tokyo Subway
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo...
11 months ago
Tokyo is busy. The city’s subway caught the eye of photographer Michael Wolf. In ‘Tokyo Compression’, we see people riding the trains. As he writes: “The images create a sense of discomfort as his victims attempt to squirm out of view or simply close their eyes, wishing the...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Tolkien and Plato
a year ago
TheCollector
Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath)
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Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
8 months ago
Can economic disparities account for racial homicide disparities?
TheCollector
Has the Christian Bible Been Corrupted?
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Understanding Lacan’s ‘The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis’
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Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
TheCollector
6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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What Did Adorno Think of Beckett’s Endgame?
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Who Were the Axis Powers?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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How Were the Twelve Tribes of Israel Formed?
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Old Dubai: The Other Side of a Megacity
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
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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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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Trying to Understand...
People, States and Borders.
And other dubious ideas.
4 months ago
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Everything You Need to Know About the Moai
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks...
9 months ago
British bands were big in 1970s Boston. Fans of X-Ray Secs, Billy Idol, Sham 69 and the Buzzcocks sprayed the bands’ names on the city’s walls. The stories behind other graffiti photographed by Meredith Jacobson Marciano is less obvious. Were the Lesbian Turds a band? The New...
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter...
6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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The Historically Accurate Greek Armors of Dimitrios Katsikis (Interview)
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Patterns in Humanity
Recidivism in Norway
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
6 months ago
Did rehabilitation reforms dramatically reduce Norwegian recidivism?
Classical Wisdom
Empedocles
The Philosopher God?
a year ago
TheCollector
Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
2 weeks ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 1, 2023
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Depending on the order that things get written, we may have a few weeks of ‘break’ from our How to Roman Republic series, but do not fret: we will finish it. The one thing I am looking to ‘slot in’ as it were is a look at the armor of Baldur’s Gate … Continue...
Hidden History
The Great Horse Flu Epidemic of 1872
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire...
2 weeks ago
An epidemic of “Horse Flu” in 1872 virtually shut down the US economy and paralyzed the entire country. By the 1870s, the once-rural agrarian United States was beginning to emerge as an industrial power. The Civil War had spurred the rapid development of industry such as iron...
Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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How Did Hokusai & Hiroshige Become so Famous?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Submerged Bridge in Spanish Cave Built Nearly 6,000 Years Ago
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Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition
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Open Culture
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2025: Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, Faulkner’s The Sound and...
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films,...
2 days ago
Each Public Domain Day seems to bring us a richer crop of copyright-liberated books, plays, films, musical compositions, sound recordings, works of art, and other pieces of intellectual property. This year happens to be an especially notable one for connoisseurs of Belgian...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine"
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
Dreams of Space -...
Outer Space (1953)
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
2 months ago
An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure. Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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What Is the Didache?
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11 months ago
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
5 months ago
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
TheCollector
A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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7 months ago
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The Metamorphoses du Jour by JJ Grandville – 1829
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville...
4 days ago
Told in 73 coloured lithographs, Les Metamorphoses du Jour (1829) by French artist J.J. Gandville (born Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gérard; 1803-1847) is a satire on the bourgeois middle class of Parisian society in the Romantic period. Grandville’s characters have a human body and an...
Dreams of Space -...
Space Ship to the Moon (1952)
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the...
2 days ago
Happy New Year!
A "Space Ship to the Moon" is your present for a new year. I really like the illustrations in this book. The story is OK but the visions of spacecraft, a space station and mining on the Moon are worth seeing. This is a relatively low cost book used so if you like...
Global Inequality...
Devant la guerre
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
4 weeks ago
On E. H. Carr's "The twenty years' crisis 1919-39"
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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