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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Battle of the Hydaspes, 326 BCE: Alexander vs. Porus in India
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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10 Self-Portraits of Vincent Van Gogh You Should Know
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Avant-Garde Cinema
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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6 Lesser-Known Geoglyphs Outside of Nazca
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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What Is the Suspense Paradox in the Philosophy of Film?
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The Yalta Conference: Moving Forward From WWII
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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Heracles Slays the Stymphalian Birds: The Hero’s Sixth Labor
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George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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What Are the Recurring Symbols in Hilma af Klint’s Work?
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How the Nazis Rescued Benito Mussolini: The Gran Sasso Raid
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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Laser Surveys Reveal Ancient Maya City in Mexico
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5 of Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Notable Works
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Benito Mussolini: This Was the Life of Il Duce
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Packing the Essentials!: Preparing to Travel in the 18th Century.
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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‘Habsburgs on the Rio Grande’ by Raymond Jonas review
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What Did Fascist Architecture Look Like?
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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8 Inventive Weapons of the Ancient World
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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William Gedney: Watching America At Night (1960-1973)
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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What Was the Golden Ratio & Did the Greeks Actually Use It?
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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At Large in Leyton – A Walk Around The East London Manor 1989-1994
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On Monday November 28th, 1994, the police riot squad arrived to evacuate Claremont Road in the so-called “autonomous republic” of “Wanstonia”. The protest against the demolition of housing to make way for the M11 Link Road was lost. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton said “the Department...
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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College Culture in the US & The Vietnam War: An Unlikely Connection
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The Philosophy of the Oxford Group: Vegetarianism & Animal Rights
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Pearl Harbor: “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy!”
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Russian Civil War Propaganda: Posters & Propaganda Trains
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At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
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Who Won the Battle of Shiloh?
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5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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The Great Game: British Empire vs. Tsarist Russia in Afghanistan
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Everything You Need To Know About Hecate (Maiden, Mother, Crone)
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When Henry VIII Met Francis I: The Field of the Cloth of Gold
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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History of Potatoes: The Spuds that Make the World Go Round
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Who Were the Ancient Israelites? A Brief History
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Caravaggio: The Scandalous Crimes of a Baroque Artist
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Rome’s Greatest Rival: What Was The Parthian Empire?
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German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Who Invented the First Motion Picture Camera?
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The Orlando Museum of Art Faces Financial Distress
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Exploring Silves: The Algarve’s Medieval Capital
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Snapshots of Cars On The Streets of London in the 1980s
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Très Parisien: The Height Of French Chic 1920-1936
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East)
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Marxism And Literature: 3 Key Ideas
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The Statue of Liberty: 9 Facts about the New York City Monument
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How Did Japanese Prints Inspire Vincent van Gogh?
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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What Are the Unconditional Biblical Prophecies?
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Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Who Were the Most Famous Models in Modern Painting?
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Will The West Eat Itself?
Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Yes. It's derivatives all the way down.
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Who Were Bonnie and Clyde & Why Are They Famous?
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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What Is an Existential Crisis?
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A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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6 Lesser-Known Strange Ancient Olympic Sports
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Healthy Skepticism for Better Debates
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
African History...
Kingdoms at the forest's edge: a history of Mangbetu (ca. 1750-1895)
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has...
7 months ago
The northern region of central Africa between the modern countries of D.R.Congo and South Sudan has a long and complex history shaped by its internal cultural developments and its unique ecology between the savannah and the forest. Among the most remarkable states that emerged in...
Trying to Understand...
Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
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over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Classical Wisdom
Euripides
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The Greatest Writer of Greek Tragedy?
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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What Are the Rock-Cut Churches of Lalibela?
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
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This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Aristotle on Friendship
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Flashbak
The Devil’s Dictionary: The 50-ish Best Descriptions From The Cynic’s Word Book, 1906
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka...
6 months ago
Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, December 8, 2023
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester...
a year ago
Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
History Today Feed
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
TheCollector
5 Royals Who Behaved Badly
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5 Most Influential Blues Musicians of All Time
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What Is Berlin Science Week? Everything You Need to Know
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Hundred Rabbits
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After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
11 months ago
‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 - 10:13
TheCollector
What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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6 Politicians & World Leaders Who Are Artists
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African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
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demystifying an ancient African society
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIb: Built in a Day
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4 months ago
This is the second half of the second part of our three part (I, IIa) look at Paradox Interactive’s ancient grand strategy game Imperator: Rome which covers the broader Mediterranean and South Asia from the very late fourth century through to the end of the first century BC, the...
TheCollector
Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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Dr Alun Withey
Barbers and (the lack of!) Polite Advertising
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century....
over a year ago
Over the past few years, I have spent much time looking at ‘polite’ advertising in the 18th century. During this period, a whole range of retailers advertised their goods and services to appeal to ladies and gentlemen of taste. Without discussing anything so base as price or...
TheCollector
The Hidden Meaning of Plato’s Cave Allegory
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Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
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11 Events in the 19th Century that Changed the World
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Who Are the Most Famous Sorceresses of Greek Mythology?
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‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
JamesHoare
Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘A Revolutionary Friendship’ by Francis D. Cogliano review
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Wed, 08/21/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Central African Republic: A History of the Wildest State in Africa
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Discover Caral-Supe: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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African History...
a brief note on the history of indigenous and foreign religions in African history, and the Kimpasi...
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various...
4 months ago
The majority of Africans today primarily identify as Christians and Muslims of various denominations, with a relatively small fraction adhering to other belief systems often referred to as 'indigenous' or 'traditional' religions.
History Today Feed
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
2 months ago
‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
Flashbak
The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American...
10 months ago
Stardust, Fantomah, Big Red McLane and Space Smith. Just some of the superheroes created by American cartoonist Fletcher Hanks (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1976) in a two-year flurry of creativity in which he wrote, penciled, inked and lettered 51 stories. As Joshua LH Burnett...
TheCollector
What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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TheCollector
How Fritz the Cat Deconstructed 1960s America
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
4 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
Patterns in Humanity
Race, economics and homicide in the United States: a summary
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
2 months ago
Why economic factors cannot explain homicide disparities in the United States
TheCollector
The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961)
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
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a year ago
Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing)
I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a series of children's books called "I want to be..." They are essentially a beginning to read career book. I like the very basic illustrations and the straightforward text. I also...
Classical Wisdom
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
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TheCollector
What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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TheCollector
Architectural Wizardry: 4 Fascinating Works by Antoni Gaudi
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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10 Crazy Facts About the History of Syphilis
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November
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 November. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Donsol, designed a donsol turnip.
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TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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African History...
Africa and Europe during the age of mutual exploration: a Swahili traveler's description of 19th...
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on...
3 months ago
The late modern period that began in the early 19th century was the height of mutual exploration on a global scale in which African travelers were active agents.
Flashbak
Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
3 months ago
“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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Cute and Sickly Sweet – 24 Vintage Snapshots That Invite a Reaction
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach,...
9 months ago
The girl presenting her pet lizard toad at the Children’s Pets show held on Venice Beach, California, in the mid 1930s makes for a cute photograph. Walter Chandoha’s 1955 picture of his daughter Paula with a kitten in 1955 is also cute. Angie Cook’s school photo from 1978 when...
TheCollector
A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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TheCollector
Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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African History...
a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
10 months ago
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine: A Guide For The Perplexed
Part One, anyway. More next week.
8 months ago
Part One, anyway. More next week.
TheCollector
11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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TheCollector
How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Dreams of Space -...
Treasury for Young Readers (1961)
Occasionally the most unpromising book can have hidden treasure. In this case a Wernher von Braun...
a year ago
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....
Open Culture
Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968)
The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens...
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The Soviet Union’s repressive state censorship went to absurd lengths to control what its citizens read, viewed, and listened to, such as the almost comical removal of purged former comrades from photographs during Stalin’s reign. When it came to aesthetics, Stalinism mostly...
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Who Was the Terrifying Ottoman Sultan Selim “the Grim?”
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Global Inequality...
Living through another great transformation…
A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
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A review of Karl Polanyi's "Great transformation"
TheCollector
Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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a year ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
TheCollector
Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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TheCollector
Operation Unthinkable: The Military Plan That Was Never Used
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History Today Feed
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
11 months ago
‘With Her Own Hair’: A Victorian Prisoner’s Art
JamesHoare
Thu, 01/18/2024 - 10:25
Trying to Understand...
A Week Off And A New Language
See you again soon
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Three New Year’s Resolutions from Epicurus
An Epic Start to the New Year
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An Epic Start to the New Year
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy
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TheCollector
Meet The Orishas: 10 Afrobrazilian Gods and Goddesses
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TheCollector
The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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TheCollector
The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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TheCollector
Tiffany Stained Glass Window Poised to Set New Auction Record
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Classical Wisdom
Celebrate MLK with 'Agape'
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
11 months ago
How Dr. King was inspired by the Classics...
TheCollector
Hacker Group Takes Credit for Christie’s Cyberattack
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Open Culture
The Sinking of the Britannic: An Animated Introduction to the Titanic’s Forgotten Sister Ship
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner...
3 weeks ago
We all know about the Titanic. Less often do we hear about the Britannic—the sister passenger liner that the British turned into a hospital ship during World War I. Launched in 1914, two years after the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Britannic featured a number of...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
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How the South Became Republican
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
4 months ago
How the South Became Republican
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:34
TheCollector
A Rediscovered Guercino Painting on View in Paris
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a year ago
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