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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Flashbak
American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In...
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You see, I’ve been through The desert on a horse with no name It felt good to be out of the rain In the desert you can remember your name ‘Cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain – America, A Horse With No Name We don’t know where British … Continue reading "American...
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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Why Did Remedios Varo Paint So Many Self-Portraits?
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An Art Lover’s Guide to Bangkok
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Hygge, Lagom, Wabi-Sabi: Life Philosophies To Help You Find Harmony
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving?
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Eat Me! Recipes From The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook and Lewis Carroll’s Hints for Etiquette
Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an...
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Eat me. Drink me. The Mad Hatter’s tea party. The Queen of Hearts’ jam tarts. Alice in Wonderland an Alice Thr0ugh The Looking Glass are so much about the food. Little surprise then to discover The Alice in Wonderland Cookbook: A Culinary Diversion by John Fisher, first published...
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the...
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“I saw an ‘historical’ espresso machine for the first time in Arezzo in 1988 whilst visiting the oldest antiques market in Italy,” says collector Enrico Maltoni. His interest in antique espresso coffee makers became a labour of love means. He’s written extensively on the subject...
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5 Quotes by Karl Marx Explained
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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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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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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The Nepalese Royal Massacre: Royalty Meets True Crime
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Here’s How AI Helped Recover Lost Paintings by Gustav Klimt
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Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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What Is the Pauline Epistle Philemon About? Slavery & Forgiveness
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6 Incredible Roman Sites in Spain
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What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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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.
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What Was the Hanseatic League?
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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The Met Reveals Design for New Modern and Contemporary Wing
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
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Mon, 11/04/2024 - 11:32
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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6 Assassinations That Changed History
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The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic
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Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
‘The Hundred Years War Vol 5’ by Jonathan Sumption review
j.hoare
Tue, 11/28/2023 - 09:44
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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a home for pino
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd...
over a year ago
We left Shimizu on a sunny morning, pushing off the dock at 6am. Early. We wanted to make sure we'd arrive at our destination on time. There was 126nm between us and Shima Yacht harbor, a distance we needed to do in part at night. This wasn't ideal. We knew that. Many people...
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Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
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And some associated reflections.
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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What Is the Didache?
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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Have We Become Anti-Human?
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The Indian Citizenship Act
The Indian Citizenship Act
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:42
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Dr Alun Withey
Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the...
over a year ago
In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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The ancient city of Meroe: the capital of Kush (ca. 950 BC-350 CE)
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6 Micronations You Should Know
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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France’s Long March Against Racism
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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How the South Became Republican
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Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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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...
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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...
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Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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JamesHoare
Mon, 08/12/2024 - 10:19
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‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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Dreams of Space -...
I See The Earth! (1968)
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It...
over a year ago
I See The Earth! was a young adult/adult book about what technology would be like in the future. It included exploring and farming the ocean, monorails, huge cities and space exploration. The illustration in the margins are small but I rather enjoyed the space flight...
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Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
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Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
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What Is the Myth of the “Struggling Artist” in Literature?
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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Action! 4 Films Inspired by History’s Natural Disasters
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Who Was Jane Addams? The First Female Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Who Was Pasquale Paoli, the (Other) Corsican Revolutionary?
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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The Eiffel Tower: 12 Facts About the Iconic Parisian Landmark
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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5 Military Geniuses From History
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Why Did the 1904 Olympic Marathon End in Disaster?
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Ruthless Emperor & Granter of Citizenship: Who was Caracalla?
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Who Is Satan in the Hebrew Bible?
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Trip (1958)
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made...
a year ago
Some of you are familiar with the Ley-Polgreen 4 book "Adventures in Space series (Man-Made Satellites, Space Pilots, Space Stations and Space Travel)."
This is about a 4 book space series you may never have seen. Michael Chester and William Nephew also did a great series of...
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Should We Interpret Literature in Its Social Context? Adorno’s Answer
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
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‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
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Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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Rococo Art & Architecture: Definition, Characteristics, Artists
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
9 months ago
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks as the coincidence of illness, the dense part of the teaching semester and unexpected travel are playing havoc on my schedule. I can only promise that we will finish the series on...
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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Who was Rasputin and Why is He Famous?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Rijksmuseum Begins Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’
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How Has Nan Goldin Addressed LGBTQ+ Narratives in Her Work?
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Visualising The Revolution: A Gallery of Posters from the Paris Uprising of May 1968
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed...
2 weeks ago
The politics of anarchists and communists was marked in hundreds of posters and flyers distributed around France in May 1968. The movement’s visual culture is key to its understanding. These artworks and others like them were distributed in Paris and parts of the country amid...
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What does a biblically accurate angel actually look like?
Sexy? Scary? Both?
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African History...
Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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What is Neoliberalism? David Harvey’s Philosophy
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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Archaeologists Excavate Ancient City Destroyed by Romans
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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Mon, 11/18/2024 - 10:07
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...
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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African History...
A political history of the Kotoko city states (ca. 1000-1900)
Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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Urbanism and state building in the lake chad basin..
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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...
Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
6 days ago
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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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...
8 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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Artist Seals Himself in Glass Bottle at Paris Olympic Stadium
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Christie’s Presents Two Latin American Art Sales, Starting Friday
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A history of the Massina empire (1818-1862)
the sucessor of Songhai
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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Did Spirituality Shape the Art of Ana Mendieta?
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8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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The Second Italo-Ethiopian War: A Step Toward Toppling the World Order
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Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
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Celtic Art: A Brief Introduction
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented a way to shift multiple tiles at once, and...
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What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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Mimir: Get to Know the Wisest God of Norse Mythology
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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New Exhibition to Show Art Saved From Notre Dame Fire
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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How King Alfred Nearly Lost Everything (But Didn’t)
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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Beyond Stoicism
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What Was Che Guevara Doing in Africa?
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A Brief History of Chile
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What Is the Difference Between Candomblé and Umbanda?
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Plato on Political Polarization
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How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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How to Understand the Book of Revelation: 4 Common Readings
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Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative
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The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Stoicism and Stress
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Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she...
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“Once upon a time there was a pretty fly. He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly. But one day she flew away, flew away. She had two pretty children, but one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away, into the sky, into the moon.” – Night of the Hunter, 1955 …...
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5 Influential African Leaders of the 20th Century
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Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
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Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
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How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
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This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
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What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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4 Theocracies That Exist in the World Today
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Arthur Conan Doyle vs. Harry Houdini: A Friendship Ruined by Ghosts
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Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
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Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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5 Female Canadian Authors You Should Read
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
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Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
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Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Abkhazia’s National Art Gallery Works Destroyed by Fire
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What Did Christopher Columbus Discover?
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Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
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10 Landmarks That Should Be Considered Wonders of the World
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Experiencing scientific revolutions: the 1660s and the 2020s
Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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Lessons from Boyle's scientific desiderata and the Midgley Effect
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The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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Levina Teerlinc: A Woman Artist of the Tudor Court
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10 Historical Places to Visit in Hampshire
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Coach Rusty’s Art Goes Interactive With Top Tier Authentics
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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The Stolen Generations: The Mass Removal of Aboriginal Children
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The Fountainhead: Ayn Rand’s Ode to Individualism
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Trying to Understand...
The Wrong Stuff
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
11 months ago
Don't even think about rebuilding western militaries.
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
On the Spot: Ali Ansari
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
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On the Spot: Ali Ansari
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Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:28
African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Here Are the 3 Etruscan Kings of Rome (and Lars Porsenna)
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Homo Habilis: The First Humans?
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7 of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Greatest Artistic Collaborations
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Pet Monkeys in Victorian Britain
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Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:57
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Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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What Are the Most Noteworthy Museums in Amsterdam?
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Classical Wisdom
Democracy
The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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The Greeks' Greatest Gift?
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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10 Extraordinary Symbolist Artists: From Munch to Moreau
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings
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Overcoming Bias
How Every Empire Falls
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris...
a month ago
On the radio yesterday, I heard the soulful song That’s How Every Empire Falls, written by RB Morris sometime before 2005, and performed at various times by Morris, John Prine, and Marianne Faithfull.
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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Flashbak
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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Egypt Luxury Retreat Offers Guests to Search for Cleopatra’s Tomb
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Ancient Jerusalem: From the Bronze Age to the Roman Era
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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10 Van Gogh Paintings You Should Know
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Flashbak
Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
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...
Trying to Understand...
Their Enemies The Russians
But what about the rest of us?
a year ago
But what about the rest of us?
Hidden History
The Japanese Mafia and the Card Game of Koi-Koi
The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had...
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The card game of Koi-Koi is closely identified with the Japanese Mafia, known as Yakuza, which had its origin some 400 years ago in early attempts by the Shoguns to ban gambling and European playing cards. History When the Portuguese arrived in Japan in 1543, they established...
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How Fur Trade Resulted in All-Out War: The Algonquin vs. The Iroquois
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 00:00
Wrong Side of...
The chilling dawn of multiracial fascism
WOKE DOOD: WAT NOU?
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
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The Red Army Choir: A History of Russian Soft Power
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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3 Most Notable Republican Presidents in US History
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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Global Inequality...
Cultural revolution in the land of Kafka and Borges
On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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On Peter Kropotkin's Memoirs
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Why Bother Being Good? A Philosophical Exploration of Morality
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
a year ago
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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The History of Chocolate: A Treat with a Dark Side?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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The Secret Life of Queen Victoria You Didn’t Know
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What Is the Significance of the Carnegie Libraries?
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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"
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Napoleon vs. Tsar Alexander: Friendship and Rivalry
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What Is the Gettier Problem?
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A (Brief) History of the IRA
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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How Did the Inca Master Textile Art?
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Edward Hopper & Josephine Nivison: The Troubled Artistic Union
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Trying to Understand...
The West is Weak Where it Matters ...
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
a year ago
...and some of the consequences are not obvious.
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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Michigan Museum Displays Rich History of Cambodian Art
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
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Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Pauline Epistles: Did Apostle Paul Write Them All?
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Why Are Aristotle’s “Categories” Fundamental to Logic?
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Who Was Sayed Idries Shah?
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Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
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5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
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How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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4 months ago
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Confessions from a Classics Lover
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
5 months ago
How to learn -or relearn- from the ancients
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7 Incredible Wartime Advancements From World War I
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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The Rise and Fall of Behaviorism: Are We More Than Machines?
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Who Were the Pilgrims?
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Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Painting The Celestial Afterglow after Krakatoa, 1888
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying...
5 months ago
On the 27th August 1883, the Krakatoa (Krakatau) volcano exploded and the sky changed colour. Lying on the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung, Krakatoa was hit by a series of four massive eruptions – the equivalent to 200...
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17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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