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Summary of changes for July 2024
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 July.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Sitka, and completed route in {us se alaska}.
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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How Did Bruegel the Elder Depict the Seasons?
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Who Won Sherman’s March to the Sea?
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
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‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
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Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
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weird medieval guys
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Do Genetic Studies Refute the Etruscans’ Anatolian Origin?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
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Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
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1970s Graffiti in Dirty Old Boston
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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Start to Infinity (1978)
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A little over my usual 1975 limit but I just dug this one out of storage. It is basically a Russian space history book for children. I like the painted illustrations.
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Why Did Lord Byron Die in Greece?
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Celebrating Diversity at The National Mall’s Outdoor Show
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The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade. Time then to see what you could become if you persevere with photographer Brian Finke’s series on bodybuilding contests. In Most Muscular, Finke, who started his project when he...
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Sabbatai Sevi: The Lost Messiah
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
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6 Interpretative Copies of Édouard Manet’s Luncheon on the Grass
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D.W. Griffith: The Legacy of a Problematic Pioneer
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Does Karma Exist?
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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What Is the Gender Philosophy of Judith Butler?
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What Does Alice Represent in Alice in Wonderland?
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The Art of Pompeii
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Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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‘Bystander Society’ by Mary Fulbrook review
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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Gehenna: A History of Hell on Earth
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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What Is the Will to Power?
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine?
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Why Did Plato Think that Education Could Replace Law?
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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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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“I Am Because We Are”: Introducing Ubuntu Philosophy
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Who Was Julian?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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4 Important Philosophers of German Idealism You Should Know
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Does FIRST Matter Most?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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New Year, Old Books
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
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