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Fireside Friday, June 28, 2024
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! My hope in terms of the upcoming schedule is to have my usual July 4th post next week (we’re discussing political philosophy in an election year, so I am sure everyone will be very chill; regardless let me repeat you will be civil) and then after that to dive...
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The Evolution of Socialism and Its Influence in the US
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Last Chance
Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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Secure Seats for the In Search of Homer Trip
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How Did Clara Peeters Transform Still-Life Painting?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Was Roy Lichtenstein an Innovator or a Copycat?
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How Are Art and Science Related?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
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Understanding Modern Art in 5 Artworks
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Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here?
That's a good question.
a year ago
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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10 Historic Small Towns in Georgia You Should Visit
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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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Anarcho-Capitalism Explained in 5 Steps
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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Yemen Is Getting Back Two Sculptures From the Met
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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42 Various Apocalyptic Scenes from Raphael’s Prophetic Messenger of Astrology (1827–61)
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the...
3 days ago
The future is portrayed as dramatic, dangerous and dynamic in these visions published in the astrological magazine The Prophetic Messenger (1827 to 1861). More commonly known as Raphael’s Almanac in a nod to the Jewish archangel Raphael, the name was used a nom de plume by a...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Cinema’s Epic History: From Then to Now
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Is Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman the Greatest Film of All Time?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Curious Pictures From A French Aristocrat’s 40-Year Mission To Create 3-D Photography
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You...
4 months ago
“Imagine… a photograph of a woman wearing earrings adorned with a glittering De Beers diamond. You see one earring. Walk slowly past the photograph so you are viewing it from gradually changing angles… The earring from one ear recedes from view while its twin [appears] in turn on...
Trying to Understand...
It's All About Them.
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
a year ago
But the Western Security Complex thinks it's all about Us.
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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Japanese Martial Arts: How Were They Invented (and Exported)?
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What Can You Expect to See at the Spring Temple Buddha?
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Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Why Is Pompeii So Important?
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Erté’s Naked Alphabet, 1967
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and...
4 months ago
It took Erté decades to complete his naked, somewhat erotic Alphabet – began in the late 1920s and not finished until 1967. All 26 letters are created in individual gouaches on paper, in exotic human form (and later formed print editions). This exhibit was a hit when it was first...
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What Is a Medieval Morality Play?
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African History...
a brief note on the ancient Herders and Foragers of South Africa.
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
11 months ago
a social history of the KhoiKhoi community (2000BP - 1880)
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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Weekend Roundup
The Mystery of Penelope
4 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
The myth of the Nordic rehabilitative paradise
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
6 months ago
Interpreting recidivism rates and understanding their causes
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Electra: Powerful or Pathetic?
Which Playwright did it better?
5 months ago
Which Playwright did it better?
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Who Were the Kuomintang?
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Io Saturnalia!
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
a year ago
Celebrate the “Best of Days”
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
3 months ago
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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5 Artworks by John Baldessari You Should Know
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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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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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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a year ago
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William Blake, The Great Red Dragon Paintings
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads....
10 months ago
“And behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth” — Revelations 12:3-4, King James Bible The Red Dragon Paintings are four watercolours by...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IIIc: Ten Tribunes, Two Censors and Twenty-Six Guys
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb)...
a year ago
This is the third section of the third part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Last time we looked at the top of the Roman political career in the republic,...
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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3 months ago
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
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The Mennour Institute Launched at Paris’s Mennour Gallery
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a year ago
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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6 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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Is It Rational to Believe in God? 5 Objections to Pascal’s Wager
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8 months ago
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Why Is Canadian Thanksgiving on the Second Monday of October?
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2 months ago
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10 Forgotten US Presidents
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
Trying to Understand...
Tune Out, Turn Off, Delete.
You don't need to know that.
9 months ago
You don't need to know that.
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Who Was Saint Ignatius of Antioch?
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a year ago
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This Underrated, Historic Small Town Is a Great Alternative to Austin, Texas
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A History of Cairo in 11 Monuments
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How Carl Jung Revolutionized Psychology: Into the Shadow-Land
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Edward Colston Statue to be Lastingly Installed in Bristol Museum
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10 months ago
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The Thirteenth Amendment: Abolishing Slavery in the USA
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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a year ago
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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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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a year ago
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Was Flavius Aetius “Last of the Romans”?
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a year ago
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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8 months ago
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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12 months ago
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The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th...
3 weeks ago
Letters are beautiful. From specimens of chromatic woodtype to the groovy letter people and 16th Century writing templates typography and calligraphy turn visual language into something beautiful. Beginning in the early 20th Century, the Ludlow Typograph Company (1906 to late...
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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10 Surprising Facts About the Great Beaver Wars
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8 months ago
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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4 months ago
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Roman Goddess: Who Is Pomona?
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a year ago
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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Shopping The Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen Flea Market in 1990
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand...
5 months ago
We’re browsing the stalls at Puces de Paris Saint-Ouen, the wold’s largest antiques and second-hand goods market, in Paris, France. Peter Marshall was staying in Noisy-le-Grand in the city’s eastern suburbs when he mooched to the market. Taken on walks around the area and...
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Columbine 25 Years On
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
8 months ago
Columbine 25 Years On
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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Browse A Fabulous Archive of England’s North-West (1885 – 1970)
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the...
8 months ago
From 1885 to the 1970s, Edward Sankey and his sons, Raymond and Eric Sankey, photographed the north-west of England. Based at their studio on Duke Street, in Barrow-in-Furness, they captured everyday and extraordinary events. Their archive of more than 10,000 photographs is now...
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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3 months ago
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Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
10 months ago
Putting Pirates on Trial
JamesHoare
Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
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Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Why Do Civil Wars Happen?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
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Forgotten Caravaggio Portrait Makes Public Debut in Rome
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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8 months ago
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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Cool in the Shade: One Man’s Photographs with the Stars
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines....
10 months ago
Shade Rupe is a writer, filmmaker and actor. He has written for various film and culture magazines. A collection of his interviews, with the likes of Udo Kier, Divine, Alejandro Jodorowsky and Tura Satana, was published in the volume Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the...
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The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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How Did Japan Get Involved in World War II?
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The AIDS Epidemic: A Heartbreaking Story
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
China And Russia Walk Into A Room.
And don't say a word about Europe.
6 months ago
And don't say a word about Europe.
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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4 months ago
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Monsters of Mythology
Who Made the Top Ten?
a month ago
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Top 9 Places to Visit in South Africa
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4 months ago
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5 Notable Inmates of Tartarus & Their Crimes
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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a year ago
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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The Rise of the Minamoto: Japan’s First Shogunate
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8 months ago
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How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
4 months ago
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/01/2024 - 07:00
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
7 months ago
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Table Mountain?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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9 months ago
African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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9 months ago
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The Sociocultural Effects of the 1979 Iranian Revolution
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a year ago
Global Inequality...
Freedom by North-West
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
3 months ago
The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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