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The Tragedy of Ajax
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Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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Which Countries Have the Most Official Languages?
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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Philopoemen: The Last Great General of Ancient Greece
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
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Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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Study Shows ‘Starry Night’ Swirls Are Scientifically Accurate
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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What Are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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What Is Voguing?
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Dr Alun Withey
The Health Risks of Travel in Early-Modern Britain
As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning...
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As I start to make some progress on my new research project on travel, health and risk I am turning my attention to the sorts of things that early modern travellers were fearful of. As a bit of a nervous traveller myself, it’s quite comforting to know that there is actually a...
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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First Nations of the Canadian Subarctic: A Brief History
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Two Trojan Wars
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
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The Unknown Artworks of Kahlil Gibran
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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The Word Renaissance: Its Meaning, History, and Cultural Impact
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas?
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Who Was Julius Caesar?
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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Hades
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Disciple of Jesus Christ: Who Was Judas Iscariot?
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Restored Delacroix Masterpiece Goes Back on Show at Louvre
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TheCollector
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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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
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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The 3 Most Important Ideas from the Vienna Circle
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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4 Founding Fathers who Signed the Declaration of Independence
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Medieval Ethiopia: The Origins of the Solomonic Dynasty
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Belgian Revolution: The Independence Movement That Surprised Europe
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Here’s How AI Completed Keith Haring’s Work
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Flashbak
Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
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The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
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For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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What Is the Role of the Changeling in Western Literature?
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Patterns in Humanity
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TheCollector
How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II,...
a year ago
This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Open Culture
What Ancient Greek Music Sounded Like: Listen to a Reconstruction That’s “100% Accurate”
Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre,...
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Between 750 BC and 400 BC, the Ancient Greeks composed songs meant to be accompanied by the lyre, reed-pipes, and various percussion instruments. More than 2,000 years later, modern scholars have finally figured out how to reconstruct and perform these songs with (it’s claimed)...
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Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Soul?
Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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Putting the Psyche back in Psychology...
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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TheCollector Interviews Director Karen Milbourne of The Fralin
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Risorgimento: The Long Road to the Unification of Italy
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‘Revolusi’ by David Van Reybrouck review
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TheCollector
London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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What Was the Salon des Refusés?
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7 Dickensian Locations: In the Footsteps of Charles Dickens
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Italy to Open Its Largest-Ever Presentation of Willem de Kooning
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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Giants in the Bible and Other Writings: From Genesis to Mythology
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10 Historic Cities in Massachusetts That Are Great Alternatives to Boston
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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The Most Dramatic Operation to Recover Looted Native American Art
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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over a year ago
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Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
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How to Read Film Like a Language
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
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Who Was Origen of Alexandria?
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Le hasard is a capricious master. When I recently travelled to China, I knew that I would read there books printed in China and about China. So I took none of them with me. The only book that I took there was a book that has nothing to do with China: Proust’s
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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7 Rules of Art Collecting: How to Collect Sculptures
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Why Visit Northumberland? : Britain’s Historic Hidden Gem
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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A Collection of...
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What Is the History of the Piggy Bank? (Curious Origins)
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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When Was the First Crusade?
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How Did Aristotle Shape Ancient Greek Philosophy?
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Are We All Actors? Erving Goffman’s Analysis of Social Interactions
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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Philadelphia’s New Harriet Tubman Statue
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Patterns in Humanity
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
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Recidivism in Norway
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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How Did Henry VIII Find a Bride through Portraits?
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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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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May
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 May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Combinatory Logic, wrote a guide to combinatory logic, using talking...
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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Who Was William Wallace? Fact vs. Fiction
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Dr Alun Withey
Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here –...
over a year ago
Now that Covid restrictions have finally been lifted, and summer is at least theoretically here – it’s raining outside as I write! – many people are returning to travel and undertaking the holidays that have had to be postponed over the past couple of years. The pandemic aside,...
History Today Feed
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
JamesHoare
Tue, 07/30/2024 - 10:41
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The Mythical Green Anaconda of the Amazon Rainforest
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How did the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea Change Christianity?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
a year ago
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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Trying to Understand...
The Evils Of Professionalism
In politics, anyway.
6 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an...
a year ago
First, I briefly summarize statistics on the fiscal impact of immigration in Denmark, taken from an official government report.
Trying to Understand...
The Revolt of the Outer Party.
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
8 months ago
Meanwhile, Everyman can get stuffed.
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A Glimpse into the Past: An Overview of Ancient Greek Theater
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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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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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British Artist Finds An Incredible Album Of Found Photos
Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge...
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Seeking vintage photographs as a source of inspiration for her work, British artist Emily Loveridge came upon this album of pictures. “I find images that resonate with me and then with that I try to bring their characters to life in my work,” she tells us. “I bought the slides on...
Classical Wisdom
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
NEW Event
4 months ago
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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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...
Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan: The Beginning of the USSR’s End
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January
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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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Trying to Understand...
My Substack in Other Languages.
Starting with Spanish.
a year ago
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 -...
9 months ago
‘Deterring Armageddon’ by Peter Apps and ‘NATO’ by Sten Rynning review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:54
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
a year ago
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many
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Classical Wisdom
Origins of Latin Literature
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
a year ago
...and the Master of Roman Comedy
Flashbak
Dear Goldprick: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it...
7 months ago
“This, dear boy, not to put too fine a point on it, is a f***ing lie. When it is 11am in Jamaica, it is 4pm in dear old England and it is carelessness of this kind that makes my eyes steel slits of blue. – Letter to James Bond author Ian Fleming Many … Continue reading "Dear...
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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8 Outstanding Women in the History of Philosophy
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
a year ago
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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Ragnarök: What Does the Prophecy of the Norse Apocalypse Actually Say?
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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The Amy Carter ‘Love Doll’ – Playing With The President’s Daughter In 1977
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In...
11 months ago
Reporter: Do you, Amy Carter, have a message for the children of America? Amy Carter: “No.” In 1976, nine-year-old Amy Carter left her home in Plains, Georgia, and moved into the White House. People noticed the first child to live at the White House since the days of JFK. And...
African History...
A history of Zanzibar before the Omanis (600-1873)
Journal of African cities chapter 7
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 7
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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5 Famous Cartographers You Need to Know About
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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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
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The Secret SS Mission to Tibet You’ve Never Heard Of
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part II: Government Without States
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly,...
6 months ago
This is the second part of our (planned) three part (I) look at how some ‘tribal’ or more correctly, non-state agrarian peoples raised armies to fight the Romans (and others) in the third through first centuries BC. Last time, we looked at the subsistence basis of these societies...
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The Siege of Budapest in WWII: Everything You Need to Know
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Andy Warhol’s Mother: Who Was Julia Warhola?
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Hunter S Thompson Sets Fire To His Christmas Tree (1990)
“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller...
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“’NO, HUNTER, NO! PLEASE, HUNTER, DON’T DO IT!'” – Hunter S. Thompson’s secretary Deborah Fuller before the writer torched his Christmas Tree In January 1990, Sam Allis was on assignment for TIME magazine at writer Hunter S. Thompson’s (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) home...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World?
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you...
8 months ago
“I wanted to record people’s lives because I valued them. I wanted them to be remembered. If you take a photograph of someone they are immortalised, they’re there forever. For me that was important, that you’re acknowledging people’s lives, and also contextualising people’s...
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of...
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In the 1970s, David Rostance was photographing life in the UK. Inevitably, his pictures of Birmingham, The Black Country, London and Wolverhampton included cars. He took the above picture of the Ford Cortina Mk.1 parked on the roadside on 5th February 1978. It could be seen a...
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What Is Magical Realism in Literature?
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History Today Feed
Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
5 months ago
Calling Time on BC and AD
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
11 months ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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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
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/10/2024 - 09:05
African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
over a year ago
Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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9 Revelations from Viking Runes
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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The Meidias Hydria Vase Landed to Greece by The British Museum
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Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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Factoids From the Ancient World
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Carl Schmitt: The Most Influential Nazi Philosopher?
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Disappearing NYC: 1980s Store Fronts on New York’s Upper West Side
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes...
2 months ago
“I moved to the Upper West Side in August, 1978, and immediately loved it with all my heart,” writes Stephen Harmon, a retired lawyer who first lived on New York City’s West End Avenue and 73rd street. “I am a photographer and set out to preserve it on film because I knew the...
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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...
6 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...
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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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...
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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48 Hours In The Life of Andy Warhol, 1981
In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a...
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In spring of 1981, Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was setting up Myths, a portfolio of ten screenprints featuring fictional characters: The Star (Greta Garbo in her titular role in the 1931 film Mata Hari), Uncle Sam, The Witch (Margaret Hamilton, star of the...
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the performance of the Roman army and its legions in the third and second century BC against the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we sought to assess some of...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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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...
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10 Must-See Archaeological Sites in the US
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
9 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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Street Art Murals in Los Angeles: 7 Iconic Works and Their Artists
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
a year ago
A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:50
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Maze-like Exhibition Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Surrealism
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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What Is the Hill of the Buddha?
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Who Was Tertullian?
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