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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
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This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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Davy Crockett: The Life of the American Folk Hero
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Juan Rulfo: Whispers & Myths From Mexico’s Most Enigmatic Writer
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Armand Henrion: The Artist Who Always Painted Himself As A Clown
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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...
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
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Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun story and some great Fred Freeman illustrations. Treasury for Young Readers was a collection of stories for children, some from Reader's Digest stories and some from books....
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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When Christmas Was Legally Banned for 22 Years by the Puritans in Colonial Massachusetts
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Complaints about the commercial-age corruption of Christmas miss one critical fact: as a mass public celebration, the holiday is a rather recent invention. Whether we credit Charles Dickens, Bing Crosby, or Frank Capra—men not opposed to marketing—we must reckon with Christmas as...
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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Against Liberalism: What is Communitarianism?
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3 Key Philosophers on Mass Incarceration
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon With Illustrations by Kay Nielsen, 1914
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Kay Nielsen (March 12, 1886 – June 21, 1957) was a Danish illustrator best known for his work for Disney, for whom he contributed many story sketches and illustrations, not least the nightmarish, eerie and delicate Bald Mountain scenes for the animated movie Fantasia (1940). But...
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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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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
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Finding Mom in 1970s New York City – Rich Allen’s Portraits Roll Back The Years
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Thanks to Rich Allen and his brilliant pictures of New York City in the 1970s, Lisa Murray got to see a picture of her late mother. We’re going to share some more of Rich’s portraits of people of 1970s NYC after we’ve heard from Lisa. “I am so grateful for Rich Allen for taking...
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French Archaeologists Excavate a Castle Beneath a Historic Town
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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6 Conceptual Artists You Should Know
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’?
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Big Hair & True Love in 1980s Kentucky
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Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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William S. Burroughs: Love is The Painkiller and Cats Are the Cure
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
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How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
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The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
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The Rise of Francisco Franco & the Effects of the Spanish Civil War
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The Death of Einhard the Historian
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8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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The Philosophy of Doomsday Preppers: What Would You Do to Survive?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
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Interview with Dr. Roberta Bondar: Intertwining Art and Science
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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How an Orthodox Patriarch Became “Protestant”
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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9 Iconic Minimalist Works by Women Artists
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
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What Does the Mad Hatter Symbolize in Alice in Wonderland?
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Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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Who Were the Wright Brothers?
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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‘The House Divided’ by Barnaby Rogerson review
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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Cars of Britain in the 1970s
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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 Makes Citizen Kane the Greatest Film of All Time?
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African History...
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What Is Ockham’s Razor?
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Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
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I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
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Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
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What Composition Techniques Did Tamara de Lempicka Use?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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8 months ago
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
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The Last Day of World War One
At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the...
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At 5am on November 11, 1918, the French, British, American and German representatives signed the armistice treaty that formally ended hostilities in the First World War. Under the terms of the Armistice, the war would officially end at 11am that day. All the troops in the...
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Don't Confuse Me With Facts.
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a year ago
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5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
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7 Artists of German Expressionism You Should Know
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The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art
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In Search of Homer
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Overcoming Bias
Futarchy Futurism
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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What Were the Seven Ecumenical Councils?
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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Ivar the Boneless: History, TV Portrayals, and Viking Legends
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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...and the Surprising Legacy of Ancient Literature
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
a year ago
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Patterns in Humanity
Racial Homicide Disparities Since 1910
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the...
a year ago
Drawing from uniform crime reports since 1933 and vital statistics since 1910, I document the evolution of black-white homicide disparities in the United States since the early 20th century.
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Why Did Claude Monet Paint Series of Paintings?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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And some bits and pieces.
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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Dr Alun Withey
Medicine on the Move: Early Modern Travel and Remedies
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one...
a year ago
As my new project on the history of travel, health risk and preparation begins to get underway, one of the things that I am thinking about is the place of travel within early modern medical remedy culture. What kinds of conditions could befall travellers? What did early modern...
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History of Tobacco: A Lucrative Vice
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for April 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of April. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added charging electronics, solar cooking and solar...
Classical Wisdom
Jews in the Roman Bathhouse
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a year ago
Is it time to rethink the relationship between Judaism and Greco-Roman society?
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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10 Cultural Sites in New York City You Should See
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Who Won the Siege of Vicksburg?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
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Who Were the Infamous 1930s Gangsters?
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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History Today Feed
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 09:05
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Spanish Museums To Distance Themselves From Colonial Framing
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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How Did Nero Become the Emperor of Rome?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Res Obscura
Role-playing with AI will be a powerful tool for writers and educators
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a year ago
Or, how well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
Flashbak
Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
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“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Wrong Side of...
The case for a Global Sanctuary City
What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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What if the Syrians can’t return home?
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Where is the Tomb of Alexander the Great?
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Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Hear It For The "Underlying Causes."
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a year ago
Here's the answer. What was the question again?
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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3 of the World’s Oldest Inhabited Cities
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Flashbak
Get ‘Em In! Portraits of Drinkers in London Pubs
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink...
11 months ago
He drinks a Whiskey drink, he drinks a Vodka drink He drinks a Lager drink, he drinks a Cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the better times – Tubthumping by Chumbawumba Pub? Go on, then. Let’s go. And …...
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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The Rise & Fall of Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Tale of Two Cities
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of January.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added galley refit, updated lifelines, seamed box cushions, and moisture prevention underliner.
Permacomputing, revamped the page.
Flappy Bird,...
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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What Was the Third Council of Constantinople?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
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Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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Wrong Side of...
Europe's absent-minded revolution
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Christopher Caldwell's 'Reflections on the Revolution in Europe', 15 years on
Flashbak
Käthe Kollwitz Self Portraits
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time...
5 months ago
“I have no trouble with the idea of my art serving a purpose. I want to have an impact at a time when people are so baffled, so in need of help.” – Käthe Kollwitz diary entry, December 1922 Käthe Kollwitz (8 July 1867 – 22 April 1945) made over 100 self-portraits of her …...
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Global Inequality...
James Burnham’s managerialism eighty years later
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or...
10 months ago
Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
weird medieval guys
The Medieval Monks Who Lived on Top of Giant Pillars
A history of the monastic high life
a year ago
A history of the monastic high life
Flashbak
Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
TheCollector
The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Who Are the Four Presidents Depicted on Mount Rushmore?
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Flashbak
A Book of Dreams: 25 Vintage Visions To Awaken Your Mind
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by...
7 months ago
We’re dreaming today with collector Robert E Jackson. Triggered by the undertow of memory and fed by desire, our dreams are visions of other lives, possible clues to the future. “The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the...
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Dress Codes?
Are standards elevating or elitist?
a year ago
Are standards elevating or elitist?
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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What Is the Jungian Journey of Individuation?
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History Today Feed
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
7 months ago
James I: A Foreign King on the English Throne
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:46
History Today Feed
The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
TheCollector
British Grand Strategy & the European Balance of Power: 1815-1914
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Birthday Marcus Aurelius!
A Celebration of Virtue
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Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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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
Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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11 Facts About Tintoretto You Should Know
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7 African Myths About Animals
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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African History...
Life and works of Africa's most famous Woman scholar: Nana Asmau (1793-1864)
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
7 months ago
On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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The Disaster That Was Napoleon’s Russian Campaign: An Overview
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Classical Wisdom
Should We Own Stuff?
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
a year ago
The Wealth and Gold of Ancient Georgia
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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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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...
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Rock the Vote! How Music & Pop Culture Influenced Elections
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CrimethInc.
News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
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The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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Did Pliny the Younger Attempt to Rig the Vote in the Roman Senate?
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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10 Facts About the Extraordinary Choreographer Pina Bausch
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
A book review from the future.
5 months ago
A book review from the future.
Hidden History
The Albuquerque “Broken Arrow” Nuclear Accident
In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at...
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In 1957, a B-36 nuclear bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb while landing at Kirtland Air Force Base just outside of Albuquerque NM. In January 1950, President Harry Truman announced that the United States would begin a crash program to develop and deploy a weapon...
History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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What Is the Ides of March?
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Colombian President in Search for a Long-Lost Treasure
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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The Walls of Jericho: Biblical Truth or Historical Propaganda?
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5 Quotes by Socrates Explained
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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Titanic Rescue Mission at Risk
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Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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The Roman Question: The Pope vs. the New Nation of Italy
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