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TheCollector
Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History undefined
7 months ago
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Why Is the Symbol of Flowers Associated with Femininity? undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
An Introduction to the Ethics of Care undefined
6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States It's just that some people don't realise it.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Magic, Marcus Aurelius, and the End of the World
7 months ago
TheCollector
Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis undefined
10 months ago
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History undefined
2 months ago
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor undefined
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History? Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
History Today Feed
Beware the Lides of March Beware the Lides of March JamesHoare Wed, 02/28/2024 - 09:52
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Strange Story of How Greece Joined the Entente in WWI undefined
7 months ago
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...
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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 …...
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies. And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
History Today Feed
Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs Petticoat Alley: London’s Forgotten Women’s Clubs JamesHoare Thu, 05/02/2024 - 11:09
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest undefined
3 months ago
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London at Night : Harold Burdekin Photographs A City Between Life And Eternity London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his...
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London looked better at night in these pictures by Harold Burdekin (1899-1944). With his collaborator John Morrison, Burdekin photographed London after dark for his book London Night, published in 1934. A year earlier, the photographer George Brassaï had published his influential...
TheCollector
Contemporary Art Movements: What Are the 11 Most Notable? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History Behind Hanukkah? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
5 Phases of Phenomenology and the Rise of Existentialism undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire undefined
a year ago
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Plants With Faces From A 15th-Century Italian Medicine Book The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest...
a year ago
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The 15th-century Italian herbalist could consult the illustrated Erbario and thereby know the latest medieval conventions, sometimes depicted in water colour with fantastic elements such as human faces. The medicinal properties and preparations of the plants.     Via University...
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965 We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
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11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
Flashbak
Marian Henel and His Perverted Rugs (NSFW) These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who...
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These large-scale rugs and self-portrait photographs were created by Marian Henel (1926-1993), who spent 32 years as a patient of the Hospital for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders in Branice, Poland. Admitted to the hospital’s Psychopathological Art Expression workshop in...
Trying to Understand...
So Where Do We Go From Here? That's a good question.
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Mahavira? The Founder of Jainism undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland? undefined
a month ago
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter? undefined
10 months ago
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
The Spartan Revolution: The Unlikely Revival of Hellenistic Sparta undefined
5 months ago
Res Obscura
Post-postal What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
2 months ago
TheCollector
Ferdinand Magellan & The First Voyage Around the World undefined
9 months ago
TheCollector
The Artist Winston Churchill: A Political Leader’s Side Hustle? undefined
a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: The Gap in the Armor of Baldur’s Gate and 5e This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor...
a year ago
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a year ago
This week we’re taking a bit of a detour to critique some video-game armor, in this case the armor of Baldur’s Gate III. I have been meaning to do a general critique of the Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition armor system from a historical perspective for a while, and the massive...
TheCollector
Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Did Surrealist Artists Write? undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The World's First Computer The Antikythera Mechanism
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Plato and Atlantis
10 months ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco How Mexico Fought Franco JamesHoare Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Glorify Caesar? And Those Like Him?
9 months ago
African History...
Join me on Notes "On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
a year ago
TheCollector
US Returns 600 Stolen Artifacts to Italy undefined
6 months ago
African History...
Reversing the Sail: a brief note on African travelers in the western Indian Ocean The Swahili in Arabia and the Persian gulf
11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
TheCollector
Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
The Legend of El Dorado: Myth vs. History undefined
a month ago
Res Obscura
Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular? Some lessons from history and archaeology
a year ago
TheCollector
What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
The Whore of Babylon & Prostitution in the Bible undefined
a month ago
Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976 The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
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The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
TheCollector
Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed undefined
2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Forgotten Gods Nature Spirits of Greek Myth
6 months ago
African History...
A brief history of Gold in Africa and the emporium of Sofala. It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies,...
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It was copper, not Gold, that was considered the most important metal in most African societies, according to an authoritative study by Eugenia Herbert.
TheCollector
8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mother Goddess of Rome And Her Controversial Religion
7 months ago
Flashbak
Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos “As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone...
9 months ago
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“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” ― Fran Lebowitz     We’re back looking at teenagers at home and in their bedrooms in the 1980 an 1990s. We’ve been back there before, checking our the snapshot …...
Flashbak
That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next...
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
TheCollector
Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge? undefined
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives? How can we bring it back? And should we in the first place?
a year ago
Flashbak
The Wonder Of Soviet Bus Stops “The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone,...
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“The bus stops are disappearing so fast. If I come back a year from now, they could be gone, demolished, or rebuilt. These pictures may be all that’s left in the end. I want to give them some kind of immortality.” — Christopher Herwig, Photographer and Soviet Bus Stop Hunter  ...
TheCollector
Jonathan Sacks: Are Science and Religion Enemies? undefined
a year ago
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
TheCollector
Were They Really World Wars? WWI & WWII Outside of Europe undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled) undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach) undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
TheCollector
Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Historic Towns in Colorado Perfect for Retirement undefined
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960) To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
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a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus. Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
TheCollector
Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
The Women’s War Breaks Out The Women’s War Breaks Out JamesHoare Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:30
a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Mother’s Day in the United States? undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
Washburn Gallery in NY Permanently Closes After Half a Century undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands undefined
4 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE. Journal of African cities: chapter 14
3 months ago
TheCollector
10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders undefined
5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
The Two Big Games Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities...
2 weeks ago
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2 weeks ago
Imagine a business meeting which will decide if a new project goes forward, or decide key priorities about it.
TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan? undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII j.hoare Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Feed
How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome JamesHoare Fri, 10/25/2024 - 12:22
a month ago
TheCollector
Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise undefined
7 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Pauline Epistles About? undefined
a month ago
TheCollector
“Singular” Spanish Painting Reappears After Vanishing in 1890 undefined
2 weeks ago
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic undefined
a year ago
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels undefined
4 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Essential Classics Memorial Sales Ends
6 months ago
weird medieval guys
The coolest medieval woman you've never heard of Christine de Pizan on Circe, Medusa, and other virtuous ladies
a year ago
TheCollector
What Are Emperor Nero’s Contributions to Rome? undefined
10 months ago
Flashbak
A Native’s Look At New York City In The 1980s Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
2 weeks ago
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and 1980s. You can see her great photos form the city in the 1960s here. Now she takes us back to the MUDD club, shows us Susann Dalton’s jacket for the Palladium and we buy some...
TheCollector
How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance? undefined
3 months ago
History Today Feed
Euripides’ Lost Plays Euripides’ Lost Plays JamesHoare Mon, 10/14/2024 - 10:38
2 months ago
TheCollector
Morality Explored: Which Ethical Theories Are Best? undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Plato Vs Aristotle
7 months ago
African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903. The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
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The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup The Early Years of Jesus
a year ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of London Going Mad For Christmas In the 1980s When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a...
a year ago
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a year ago
When they unpacked the 76h Christmas tree sent to the people of London from the City of Oslo as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War, it looked bedraggled. So before it went up on Trafalgar Square, the decorators nailed some of the...
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient Ozempic Was Theriac a Miracle Drug?
2 months ago
Flashbak
Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by...
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
Classical Wisdom
Events Schedule *Time Correction for Wednesday
11 months ago
TheCollector
What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’? undefined
2 months ago
African History...
A history of the west African diaspora in Arabia and Jerusalem before 1900 The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Eternal Glory Homer and Kleos
a month ago
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history. There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
a month ago
African History...
On Hegel's ignorance of African History *my article for ROAPE journal
a year ago
TheCollector
Colonization of the Philippines: Strategic Lands Wanted by Many undefined
9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism. Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
TheCollector
4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory) undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem undefined
3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Gods Vs Titans ...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
Res Obscura
How to use generative AI for historical research Four real-world case studies, and some thoughts on what not to do
a year ago
Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
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a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
TheCollector
How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons? undefined
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Happened During a Duel in Early Modern Europe & North America? undefined
5 months ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office? undefined
3 months ago
Flashbak
Waiting For A Miracle: Kiev in 1998 In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of...
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In 1998, Juri Nesterov was in Kiev, the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It was a city of hope. In 1991, After 57 years as the capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, the city became the capital of independent Ukraine. In the picture...
African History...
a brief note on African travel literature in history a Swahili document on south-central Africa.
7 months ago
Flashbak
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....
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“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...
TheCollector
Sacred Objects & Places in the Inca World: Interview With Dr. Cummins undefined
2 months ago
Hidden History
The Ocarina The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
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The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
TheCollector
7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau undefined
10 months ago
History Today Feed
How French Was Medieval England? How French Was Medieval England? JamesHoare Thu, 01/25/2024 - 09:36
11 months ago
TheCollector
Pace Gallery Will Represent the Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
How Did a Priest’s Day at the Temple of Ra Look? undefined
11 months ago
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists undefined
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup Fate and Free Will
8 months ago
Flashbak
Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray... The year is young – and your commitment to fitness and that new you for the year has begun to fade....
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11 months ago
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...
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City undefined
6 months ago
TheCollector
The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR undefined
11 months ago
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The ERR: How the Nazis Plundered France’s Priceless Art undefined
8 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Four Waves of Feminism? undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Are Hecate’s Parents? undefined
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me? First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
TheCollector
10 Things You Should Know About Henri Cartier-Bresson undefined
a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam? undefined
11 months ago
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5 Famous Artworks of Medusa: Monstrous, Misunderstood, or Moving? undefined
3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Should We Try to Control Nature? Thoughts from the edge of a hurricane
4 months ago
TheCollector
Self-Employed Creatives and US New Anti-Money Laundering Law undefined
11 months ago
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View undefined
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520. During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling undefined
9 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Beware Policy Abstraction The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly...
a month ago
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a month ago
The recent US presidential election should be fresh enough in your memory to let you directly confirm that the issues focused on there were biased in two key ways.
TheCollector
Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know undefined
10 months ago
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Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes? undefined
5 months ago
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Adolf Hitler: The Life of One of the Most Reviled & Notorious Humans undefined
10 months ago
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia? undefined
8 months ago
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What Is Friluftsliv, The Norwegian Way of Life in Harmony with Nature? undefined
8 months ago
History Today Feed
How Iran Won the West How Iran Won the West JamesHoare Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:40
3 weeks ago
African History...
The intellectual history of Ethiopia and Eritrea: Ge'ez manuscripts and scholars (ca. 200-1900CE) The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably...
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The unique manuscript collections of Ethiopia and Eritrea written in the Ge'ez script are arguably the best-known works of literature produced in pre-colonial Africa.
TheCollector
5 (or More?) of Jack the Ripper’s Victims undefined
7 months ago
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What Were Aristotle’s Contributions to Biology? undefined
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office? undefined
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art undefined
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont? undefined
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Cappadocia’s Hidden Cities and Rock-Cut Churches undefined
3 months ago
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right? undefined
a year ago
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A Day in the Life of a Roman Gladiator undefined
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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...
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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.
TheCollector
World War II in Africa: The North African Campaign undefined
6 months ago
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Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer undefined
5 months ago
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development? On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
a year ago
TheCollector
17 Titillating Facts about the History of Tea undefined
10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs Factoids From the Ancient World
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History Today Feed
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review ‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review JamesHoare Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
5 months ago
TheCollector
11 Greek Mythological Creatures undefined
11 months ago
History Today Feed
The Conservative Party Popularity Contest The Conservative Party Popularity Contest JamesHoare Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:21
a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962) So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers...
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So a minor piece of juvenile "space fiction" today. This little juvenile story is about scuba divers adventures and in this book they help out the divers who retrieve re-entry capsules. It has bad guys and secret submarines and space monkeys and plenty of adventure. Unfortunately...
TheCollector
11 Amazing Rooms & Artworks in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj undefined
10 months ago
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The 3 Partitions of Poland (& Lithuania): Polarized Peoples undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
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
TheCollector
Astrology in Ancient Rome: A Brief Overview undefined
a year ago
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France undefined
4 months ago
TheCollector
How Georgia O’Keeffe Went Against Gender Expectations undefined
a year ago
History Today Feed
A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion j.hoare Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
History Today Feed
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin and the Making of Stars JamesHoare Tue, 05/07/2024 - 12:09
7 months ago
Flashbak
Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880 Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
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Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
TheCollector
The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists undefined
a year ago
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The Man Who Became Santa: Who Was Saint Nicholas? undefined
a week ago
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A History Lover’s Guide to Bangkok undefined
4 months ago
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10 Facts About Odin the All-Father: Norse God of War & Wisdom undefined
9 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy) Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
TheCollector
Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain? undefined
9 months ago
Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
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Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
Res Obscura
On 17th century "cocaine" A new analysis of mummified brains pushes back the timeline for the globalization of coca
2 months ago
TheCollector
The Kiel Mutiny: An Attempt to End WWI? undefined
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‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review ‘Sparta and the Commemoration of War’ and ‘The Killing Ground’ review JamesHoare Mon, 03/11/2024 -...
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The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War undefined
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know undefined
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins? undefined
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4 Controversial Films: What Horrifies Movie Critics? undefined
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Two Major Native Rebellions Against Hellenistic Kings undefined
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Summary of changes for June 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 June. Summary Of Changes 100r.co, added Ketchikan, Snug Cove, Ratz Harbor, Frosty Bay, Berg Bay, Wrangell, Petersburg and Ruth Island Cove. Updated library. Oekaki, optimized and...
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series undefined
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What Are the 8 Best Art Attractions in Budapest? (local tips) undefined
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A Tour of The Westwood Mall, Michigan, 1972 – 1984 We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are...
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We’re off to the Westwood Mall in Michigan in the 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the images here are from the store’s opening on August 3 1972. We see shopper browsing for music in Recordland beneath a poster for the singer Cyndi Lauper, buying into the ‘grapefruit diet’, getting...
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Les Soixante-Huitards: The French Student Demonstrations of May 1968 undefined
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples undefined
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Modernism vs. Postmodernism: Two Genres Explained in 6 Facts and 13 Artworks undefined
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election JamesHoare Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
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Top 8 Bronze Age Civilizations (in the Mediterranean and Near East) undefined
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins undefined
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About? undefined
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Who Invented the Refrigerator? undefined
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How Were Plato and Aristotle Interpreted During the Renaissance? undefined
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The desert town of Southern Africa: A history of Khauxanas 1780-1906 A view of pre-colonial Namibia from the khoisan town of ||Khauxa!nas.
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Before the police arrives: Bookstores on Saturdays I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I...
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I always loved Saturdays. When I was a college student, quite improbably, my parents decided that I would be a “technical executor” of our family’s monthly budget. My family was part of the red bourgeoisie and we had enough, and probably more than enough, for a comfortable life;...
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction undefined
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Dr Alun Withey
Are Beards Over? A Historical Perspective. Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing...
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Recently I spoke with the Guardian journalist Tim Dowling for an excellent article he was writing (published last week) about whether beards are finally ‘over’, and I thought it would be interesting to reflect on some of this. Since re-emerging around 2014, gaining popularity...
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I Want To Be A Space Pilot (1961) Happy People on the Moon day! (54 years since 1st landing) I Want To Be A Space Pilot is part of a...
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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...
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Leonora Carrington Painting Set to Quadruple Auction Record undefined
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic The Fisk Jubilee Singers Across the Atlantic JamesHoare Thu, 09/19/2024 - 06:00
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12 Perfect Christmas Gifts From Dianne B, A Postcard Set from 1983 In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a...
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In 1983, photographer Peter Hujar (1934–87) created Twelve Perfect Christmas Gifts from Dianne B, a mini-portfolio of 12 postcards. Eight are by Huja, plus four in colour by Neil Winokur and a sleeve by Ken Tisa. The postcards for maverick boutique owner Dianne Benson are lovely...
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What Is Anxiety to Soren Kierkegaard? undefined
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West undefined
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa? undefined
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10 Historic Small Towns in the Rockies You Should Visit undefined
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The Tears of Strangers are only water On the limits of empathy
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Out Of Control. Fear the worst, hope for the best.
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The Fall of Singapore: The Largest Defeat in British Military History undefined
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There is no exit for dictators In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
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In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day? undefined
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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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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview undefined
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The History of Method Acting in Hollywood in 8 Lessons undefined
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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...
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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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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution? undefined
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One Last Look at the Hotel where ‘Trainspotting’, ‘The Big Man’, ‘Taggart’ and Other Shows Were... You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in...
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You may have never heard of the George Hotel, which once sat at the top of Buchanan Street in Glasgow like a ‘great carbuncle’, but you have probably seen parts of its interiors from films like Trainspotting (the circular room used as a backdrop for the drug scene with Keith...
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer undefined
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73) Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative...
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of  cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too.   Raninet...
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Volva: What Was the Role of Witches in the Viking World? undefined
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The End of Power Projection? We can't get there from here, anymore.
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Vanity Fair’s Bifurcated Girls: The Article That Introduced America To Girlie Magazines, 1903 Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of...
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Bifurcated Girls is a salacious illustrated story that first appeared in the June 1903 issue of Vanity Fair magazine. That’s not the glossy publication we know today, rather the a short-lived pulp magazine published by the Commonwealth Publishing Company of New York City...
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The Rembrandt Painting to Sell For $18.4 M. at Auction undefined
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Columbine 25 Years On Columbine 25 Years On JamesHoare Wed, 04/17/2024 - 09:42
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare? undefined
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets undefined
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Outer Space (1953) An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was...
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An oldie from 15 years ago (The last time I blogged about this one). I found my copy of this and was able to add a lot more scans of this early space treasure.  Outer Space was evidently a give-away comic book at Atlantic Richfield gas stations. For those of you who did not know,...
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations undefined
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions undefined
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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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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England? undefined
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What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards? undefined
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Hanging Out With Rock And Pop Stars at The Zenith of Their Careers In The 1980s Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he...
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Jim Laspesa, musician and rock archivist has shared sharing some photos on his Facebook page that he first spotted at a swap meet in Pasadena, California. We don’t know who took these photographs of David Bowie backstage, James Brown meeting and greeting the fans and many other...
Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
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The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know undefined
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic undefined
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What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language? undefined
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire undefined
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law Reforming England’s Divorce Law JamesHoare Tue, 03/12/2024 - 08:48
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Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954) So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which...
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So this is one of the stranger books I have found over the years. It is about a future in which people will get individual jet-powered wings to fly. It is set a little like a fantasy and a little like a dream. It has "perfect" 1950s illustrations about how the future might...
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms undefined
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Summary of changes for June Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans. Summary Of Changes Nasu, released a nasu guide, and updated the look of the icon. We...
Hundred Rabbits
goji no chaimu After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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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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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...
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“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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Building Reading Skills (1951) Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
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Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them.  Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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What Is Original Sin for St Augustine? undefined
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Is There a Life After Death? A Philosophical Approach undefined
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The French Monarchy: From Clovis to the Capetians undefined
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Noumenal and Phenomenal: What Were Kant’s ‘Two Worlds’? undefined
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Susan Sontag’s Regarding the Pain of Others undefined
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Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part I This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review...
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This week, I want to talk a bit about the recent release of Gladiator II. Now I’ve written a review of the film for Foreign Policy, which you can find here (behind the paywall). I also discussed it with Jason Herbert and Sarah Bond over at Historians at the Movies, which is a...
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How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America? undefined
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power? undefined
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Alexander’s Destruction of Thebes in 335 BCE (Battle & Aftermath) undefined
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New Pompeii Excavations Reveal Decorated “Tiny House” undefined
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5 Hero Archetypes You Should Know undefined
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What Are the Origins of Santa Claus? undefined
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero undefined
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus undefined
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Finding Odysseus’ Homeland There is no time like the present to truly understand the past...
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Does FIRST Matter Most? Or who holds it longest? Or most recently?
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