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Fireside Friday, March 22, 2024
Fireside this week! The ACOUP schedule might end up being a little unstable for the next few weeks...
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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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The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
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Parthenon Marbles or Elgin Marbles? Which Is the Correct Name?
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6 Outrageous Judicial Errors in the Trial of Jesus Christ
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Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
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Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
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over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
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Why Did Shakespeare Write Macbeth?
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Commodus: The Gladiator Emperor of Rome
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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Chris Killip and Graham Smith Photographs of England Erased (1975-1987)
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Protein or Propaganda? The Story Behind America’s Love Affair with Milk
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What Influenced Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Who Was Boudica, the Warrior Queen of the Iceni?
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Flashbak
Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
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The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
a month ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Rabbit Waves and Logbooks. Updated woodstove installation, no windlass with 1 photo, mini dodger and Victoria to Sitka logbook with Week 3...
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Give All to Love: A New Documentary on Ralph Waldo Emerson Debuts
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Soviet Agent: Who Was Richard Sorge?
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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7 Real Characters from Arthurian Legends
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Whaleship Essex: The Terrifying Story That Inspired Moby Dick
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Terragni’s Danteum: An Architectural Masterpiece on Paper
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The Metaphysics of Stoicism: 3 Key Tenets
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A Brief Timeline of Ancient Egyptian Art
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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How Did the Anglo-Saxons Gain Supremacy Over the Britons?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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What Was the Lend-Lease Program?
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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Gap Week: April 19, 2024 (Manor Lords First Impression)
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society...
8 months ago
Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Jackie Kennedy’s Georgetown Mansion Goes on Sale
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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Inside a Renaissance Workshop: How did it Work?
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Barbara Kruger: Verbalized Resistance in 6 Works
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Igniting the Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and Airlift
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Patterns in Humanity
Why controlling for variables is insufficient
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Interview with Margaret Iversen: What Was Freud’s Impact on Surrealism?
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What Is the Easiest Language to Learn?
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10 of Rosalba Carriera’s Best Artworks
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Trying to Understand...
The Modern World Is Boring.
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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4 Greek Myths That Inspired Cinema
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Beyond Watergate: A Look at President Nixon’s Legacy
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A History of the US House of Representatives
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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Res Obscura
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The Venice Biennale 2024 Does Not Include Russia
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Jane Seymour: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Iris Murdoch Through 3 Great Works in Philosophy and Literature
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Cj Hendry Lands in Miami With HOOPS Tree Installation
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
Launched in September 1978, Anton Perich’s self-financed NIGHT magazine showcased New York City’s...
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar: The Hero’s Fourth Labor
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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5 Inventions That Revolutionized Agriculture
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The Role & Importance of Primaries in the US Election Process
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Heracles Cleans the Augean Stables: The Hero’s Fifth Labor
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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Paul Klee: The Life & Work of an Iconic Artist
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What Are the Origins of the Word Echo?
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How Did Carl Jung’s Dream Birth “Man and His Symbols”?
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What Are the Five French Republics?
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Study Reveals Origins of the Knight’s Tombstone in Jamestown
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
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Discover Pompeii’s Famous Mosaics
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: From Nun to Feminist & Literary Icon
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A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
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Christie’s Reports Decline in Auction Sales For First Half of 2024
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4 Most Famous Alien Abduction Claims
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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The Forgotten Tomb of Henry VIII: Why Was He Buried Somewhere Else?
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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How Napoleon Redefined French Artillery During the Napoleonic Wars
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How Did Hannah Arendt Define Evil?
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How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Book of Job and the Case for Women’s Rights in the Bible
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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What Is Solipsism?
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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The DAM Rejects Return Request from Native Alaskan Tribes
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The Great Emu War: When Australians Lost to Flightless Birds
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Overcoming Bias
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Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
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Archaeologists Unearth a Building in the Valley of the Temples
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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Have A Weird Christmas With Our Album Of Vintage Photo Oddities
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
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Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
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Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
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Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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Beyond the Scream: 10 Lesser-Known Paintings by Edvard Munch
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The Macedonian Wars: Rome vs the Macedonian Phalanx
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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Fireside this week! I have just finished up a draft of a chapter (to be in one of those...
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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Hans Jonas on Responsibility in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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An Uyghur Chieftain in China’s Civil War
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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P.T. Barnum: The Greatest Showman on Earth
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What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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What Was Procopius’ “Secret History”? (& Why You Shouldn’t Trust It)
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Was War Really Necessary? Law and the July Crisis
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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The Surprising Alliances Between the Britons and the Anglo-Saxons
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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A Collection of...
Collections: Shield Walls and Spacing: Hollywood Mobs and Ancient Tactics
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy...
a year ago
This week, we’re going to take a look at a different aspect of ancient infantry tactics: how heavy infantry shield formations work. While I’ve framed this around ‘shield walls,’ not every kind of shielded heavy infantry fought that way and in practice the line between what is a...
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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10 Must-See Pirate Fortresses and Coastal Strongholds Around the World
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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How Did Carl Jung Differ from Sigmund Freud?
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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6 Cultural Trends That Defined the Roaring Twenties
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Aristophanes: Get to Know the Master of Ancient Greek Comedy
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UK Gallery to Recreate “Groundbreaking” 1907 Exhibition
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
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weird medieval guys
Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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A look at the source and historical background behind a notorious claim
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Who Was Saint Patrick of Ireland?
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15 Surprising Facts about Adolf Hitler, The World’s Most Hated Man
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Peter Singer’s Famine, Affluence, and Morality: Is Charity Good?
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Four Common(ly misunderstood) Latin Proverbs
Factoids From the Ancient World
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The Young British Artist Movement (YBA): 10 Famous Artworks You Should Know
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Who cares about Homer, anyway?
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What Was the Un-American Activities Committee?
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5 of D.H. Lawrence’s Most Notable Novels
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Homo Floresiensis: What Do We Know about the Hobbit People?
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Verification Vs. Falsification: The Birth of the Philosophy of Science
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Aeneas: Founder of Rome
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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Derrida’s Deconstruction in Literary Analysis: A Detailed Guide
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Gaius Marius
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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The Lost Cause Philosophy of the American Civil War: Fact vs. Fiction
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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The Myth of the Minotaur
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
Hundred Rabbits
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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.
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Who Was Jerome of Stridon?
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Trying to Understand...
We Are All Civilisational States
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It's just that some people don't realise it.
TheCollector
What Are the 10 Must-see Museums in Budapest?
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Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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Who Won the Battle of Chancellorsville?
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Flashbak
Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
j.hoare
Thu, 12/07/2023 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
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A Different View of Thucydides
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Who Won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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Naumachia: The Gladiatorial Naval Battles of Ancient Rome
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African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
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state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
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6 (In)Famous Gunslingers of the Wild West
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France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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France’s Long March Against Racism
j.hoare
Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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8 Works of Art & Architecture Commissioned by the Medicis
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Flashbak
Ernest Hemingway’s Six-Word Short Story
“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might...
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“For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.” – the six-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway You might have heard that Ernest Hemingway wrote a six-word short story in response to a $10 bet that so few words could make the reader cry. Hemingway won with: “For sale: Baby shoes. Never...
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The Mystery of Crazy Horse: His Life & Legacy
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World War II’s Unbreakable Code: How Did the Navajo Code Talkers Win the Pacific?
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When Was D-Day?
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Sweden
Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
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Worrying crime trends in the land of Pippi Longstocking
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Monet’s Water Lilies For $65.5 Million
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
TheCollector
A Greek Hoplite’s Day in Ancient Greece: A Spear of Greece
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African History...
A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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Is the Q Source the Origin of the Gospels?
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Dr Alun Withey
How Much?! Barbers & the Price of Shaving.
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and,...
over a year ago
One of the central themes of my new book is how the practice of shaving has changed over time and, more importantly, who has been responsible for it. From the second half of the eighteenth century, individual men began to take more responsibility for shaving themselves, helped on...
Dreams of Space -...
The Solar System Pop-up Book (1978?)
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I...
a year ago
My first Greek space book. This is a fun pop-up book I found recently. It is pretty basic but I really like space pop-up books for their design and impact.
Adelva. The Solar System Pop-up Book. Greece: Dotam International. 12 pp. 1978
Classical Wisdom
Herodotus Versus Thucydides?
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
a year ago
Which Historian Wins?... and Why?
TheCollector
Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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Who Are the Jotun? Giants in Norse Mythology
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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The Death of Little Jack the Boy Missionary
JamesHoare
Fri, 04/05/2024 - 09:52
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