Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
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An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
TheCollector
The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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African History...
A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Journal of African cities: chapter 14
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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Mon, 07/22/2024 - 10:41
A Collection of...
Gap Week: August 2, 2024
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one)...
4 months ago
Hey folks. We’re talking a mulligan this week, as the pedant household has gotten (one by one) whatever fresh COVID-19 variant is going around. Everyone is fine, but being sick left me pretty exhausted over the past few days with fewer productive writing hours available. Since I...
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4 Roman Emperors Who Died in Battle
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
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In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
12 months ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
Flashbak
Let Them Eat Cake: 28 Sweet Birthday Cake Snapshots
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a...
11 months ago
According to the Greeks of ancient time – it was they who first put candles on a cake to mark a birthday – you need to blow them out in a single puff for the smoke to carry your wishes to god, in order for them to come true. Yep, that’s where you’ve been … Continue reading "Let...
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10 Things to See on Your Artistic Expedition Through Los Angeles
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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TheCollector
German Art Collector Loses Ancient Egyptian Mask
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Mark di Suvero California Sculpture Listed for Removal
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What Are the Challenges of Creating ‘True Crime’ Stories?
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The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Thu, 06/13/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Heavy Metal: West Midlands Industry In the Late 1970s
“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American...
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“The noise was deafening. The heat was intense. I’d never seen anything like it” – American photographer Janine Wiedel on her first visit to the industrial West Midlands The Vulcan’s Forge photobook shows us faces of late 1970s industry in England’s West Midlands. Based on...
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
a year ago
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It is a stamp album of imaginary space stamps commemorating the planets and the atomic powered intra-solar rocket service that serves those planets. It was intended for "space...
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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Sufism in the Ottoman Balkans
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3 Key Ideas in Environmental Ethics
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What Is the History of Presidents’ Day in the US?
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What’s the History of Gin?
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Apelles: Antiquity’s Greatest Painter
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Open Culture
The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford...
Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love History
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About the Salem Witch Trials
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Wed, 05/08/2024 - 11:16
Flashbak
Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
7 months ago
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
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When Philosophy Meets Oppression: Who Was Baruch Spinoza?
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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...
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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...
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8 Facts About Tamara de Lempicka’s Dark Glamour
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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The Jōmon Period: Japan’s Mysterious Origin Story
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New Exhibition Examines Rembrandt’s Relationship with Star Pupil
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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What Are the 5 Greatest Protest Songs of the 20th Century?
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History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
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Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
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Flashbak
The Incredible And True Story Of How Elvis Presley Became Orion, The Masked Singer
Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February...
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Destined to be a leading light to the world, James Hodges Ellis (born James Hughes Bell, February 26, 1945 – December 12, 1998) was known to his fans as Orion. To others he was Elvis Presley. Ellis appeared with many artists, including Loretta Lynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tammy...
TheCollector
5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, September 29, 2023 (On Academic Hiring)
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman...
a year ago
Fireside this week! I know we’re all anxious to get to the last part of our look at the Roman Republic – a discussion of Roman courts and the legal system – but academic job season is upon us and I needed to take a week to focus on getting some of those applications out. …...
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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Philosophy 101: What Are The 5 Major Branches of Philosophy?
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Medieval Muslims loved their cats so much
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
a year ago
Cat shelters, cat shoes, cat jewellery, and more from the Islamic Middle Ages
TheCollector
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: 11 Works Featuring the Artist’s Favorite Flower
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Bull of Nimrud Replica Goes Back to Iraq
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What Does it Mean to Break the Fourth Wall?
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CrimethInc.
How to Organize an Assembly : Preparing to Respond in an Era of Disasters and Despotism
There are times when people who have kept to themselves, counting on politicians and specialists to...
a month ago
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Classical Wisdom
What Government Governs Best?
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
a year ago
Is Democracy Still Our Best Bet?
Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
6 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
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
“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 …...
Classical Wisdom
How to Handle Financial Worries - Just in Time for the Holidays
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
a year ago
Advice from Dale Carnegie and the Stoics
TheCollector
Delian League: Rise & Fall of the Empire of Athens
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Venice Locals Oppose the City’s New Entry Fee
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How Did the Seasons Get Their Names?
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The Eritrean War of Independence: How Eritrea Won its Freedom
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Classical Wisdom
The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
TheCollector
Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
7 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
TheCollector
Fae Abduction or Family Secret: What Is a Changeling?
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Trying to Understand...
Stop Making Sense.
There are no "why"s in our world.
8 months ago
There are no "why"s in our world.
TheCollector
“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
TheCollector
Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
2 months ago
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
Margaret Thatcher: Britain’s Iron Lady
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
The Louvre Could Move Mona Lisa To Underground Chamber
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When Did the Korean War Start?
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How Did the Kingdom of Aksum Give Birth to Ethiopian Christianity?
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Arachne: What Is the Real Meaning of the Myth?
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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Photos of New York City Stores in 1997
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early...
9 months ago
New Yorker Meredith Jacobson Marciano has amassed archive of 35mm film shots, Polaroids and early digital photographs in NYC from the mid to late 1970s through the early aughts, “when the city still seemed kind of old”. Much like with Peter Marshall’s pictures of London, Meredith...
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Did Marcel Duchamp Plagiarize His Most Famous Work?
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Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Road to the 1860 Election
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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Patterns in Humanity
Where parents make a difference
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
9 months ago
Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Tarot Cards?
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Trying to Understand...
No Left Turn
Workers and Peasants we are not.
4 months ago
Workers and Peasants we are not.
History Today Feed
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
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Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Who Was George Eliot?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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History Today Feed
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
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‘The Damascus Events’ and ‘Sea of Troubles’ review
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/27/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Weekend Roundup
Ancient Anxiety
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Climate Vandal Painted Words in Red Next to a Civil War Exhibit
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4 Works Inspired By Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
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18 Famous Renaissance Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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History Today Feed
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
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Wed, 08/07/2024 - 09:01
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4 Ancient Greek Sculptors You Need to Know
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In Praise of the Preterite
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
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Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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What Was the Council of Chalcedon?
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Maccabean Revolt: How the Maccabees Beat the Seleucids
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What Are Monads? Leibniz On the Most Fundamental Substance
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
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JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
The Ancient Cities of Sumeria: Eridu & Uruk
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Flashbak
The Art of Arranging Flowers: A 1960s Guide for Achieving Harmony Through Art and Nature
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of...
2 months ago
The Art of Arranging Flowers (1965) by Shozo Sato is a comprehensive guide to the Japanese art of ikebana. The practice, which roughly translates to “making flowers come alive”, “the way of flowers” or the less poetic “flowers kept alive” uses flora to create specific human...
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Who Was J. Edgar Hoover?
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Cassandra: Princess of Troy, Cursed Prophetess, Tragic Prisoner
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Who Was Benjamin Disraeli?
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Saul Leiter In Colour And Before – Photographs from A Centenary Special
Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective,...
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Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in...
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Who Is Pina Bausch?
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Was Riothamus the Real King Arthur?
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
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JamesHoare
Tue, 04/23/2024 - 09:20
Flashbak
Quincy Jones Knew who Killed JFK and Saw the Pope’s ‘Pimp Shoes’
Quincy Jones knew who killed JFK, Quincy Jones (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was one of the...
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Shakespeare’s Richard III: Everything You Need to Know
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It’s About Time: The Forgotten Song That Made The Beach Boys Cool Again
The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970,...
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The Beach Boys were no longer a hit band when Bob Burchman sat in his car in early July 1970, listening to a tape that Dennis Wilson had given him. Bob wasn’t a Beach Boys fan — he preferred Sly Stone or Marvin Gaye or Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell or The Beatles — but Dennis, an...
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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What’s the Best Time to See Mount Fuji?
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Exploring the Troubles in Belfast and Derry (Monuments & History)
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The Fascinating Evolution of Color in Artworks: From Cave to Canvas
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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The Philosophy of Time: Study the Nature of Past, Present, and Future
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Pace Gallery to Represent Paul Thek Estate
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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Trying to Understand...
The Sense Of An Ending.
But right back where we started from.
4 months ago
But right back where we started from.
weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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a year ago
oh my god!!! oh my god!!!! oh my god!!!!!
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Northwest: A Brief History
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
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The Scariest Sermon Ever? Jonathan Edwards & the Great Awakening
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A Collection of...
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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A Guide to 6 Natural Wonders of Vietnam
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10 Incredible Artworks by Félicien Rops
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Delian League vs Persian Empire: The Greeks on the Offensive
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Hannah Arendt’s The Human Condition: What is an Active Life?
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
a year ago
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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Art Basel Renames and Relocates Third Edition of Paris Show
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Benedict Arnold: The Epitome of Betrayal
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3 Depictions of Saint Jerome: Albrecht Dürer’s Fascination
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Wrong Side of...
The great 2024 vibe shift (and other stories)
Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Wrong Side of History Newsletter #58
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Hegel’s Master-Slave Dialectic Explained
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Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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History Today Feed
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
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‘The End of Enlightenment’ by Richard Whatmore review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/19/2023 - 10:39
TheCollector
Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Overcoming Bias
Who You Are Vs. What You Control
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other...
2 months ago
If people can't think clearly about anything that has become part of their identity, then all other things being equal, the best plan is to let as few things into your identity as possible.
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What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part V: The Courts
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the...
a year ago
This is the fifth part of our five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries BC, the ‘Middle Republic.’ Last time we looked at the odd but very important role played by the ROman Senate as the central...
African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Who Won the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Res Obscura
Why Early Modern Books Are So Beautiful
Three theories
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Classical Wisdom
Stoicism and Stress
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
7 months ago
Go Stress-Free with Philosophy
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The 8 Largest Cities of the Medieval World
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6 Things You Should Know about Sculptor Augusta Savage
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JS Bach in 4 Leipzig Churches
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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...
Classical Wisdom
The Roman Socrates
The Feminist Stoic?
a year ago
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, updated jib cars, and added new recommendations on the...
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7 Facts about Francis Drake, the English Pirate-Hero
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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What Is Thatcherism?
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Why Is Edward Hopper Cinema’s Favorite Painter?
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The Cultivation of Christmas Trees by T. S. Eliot
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and...
a year ago
Bored with Christmas cards, Richard de la Mare (1901–86), son of the poet Walter de la Mare and director of production at London-based publisher Faber & Gwyer (later Faber and Faber), hit upon the idea of sending poetry pamphlets, each featuring the work of well-known writers and...
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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7 Great Historical Attractions in the Netherlands
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Res Obscura
How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
a year ago
An experiment with historical simulation
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Baron Von Steuben: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell During the USA’s Founding
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Classical Wisdom
Dido: Queen of Carthage
Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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Doomed Lover of Ancient Myth
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The Economy & The Vote: How Financial Fluctuations Impact Presidential Races
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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Helter Skelter: Who Was Charles Manson?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part IIIa: Starting Down the Path of Honors
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic...
a year ago
This is the third of our planned five part series (I, II) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries. Last time we discussed Rome’s popular assemblies, which at least notionally expressed the will of the people. One of the key tasks those...
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be Skeptics?
Is it good to question everything?
8 months ago
Is it good to question everything?
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
a year ago
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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Discover the Klondike Gold Rush: Frozen Riches
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Trying to Understand...
The Missile Will Always Get Through.
But who is prepared to admit it?
2 weeks ago
But who is prepared to admit it?
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4 Awe-Inspiring Neolithic Monuments in the British Isles
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What Did Descartes Mean With “Cogito Ergo Sum”?
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
10 months ago
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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Is Anarchism a Bad Idea? 3 Main Objections
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Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
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Walter Benjamin on Charles Baudelaire: Guilt, Modernity, and The Crowd
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Trying to Understand...
L'Étrange défaite: Réalité et réalisme
Another of my essays in French.
a week ago
Another of my essays in French.
Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
African History...
The kingdom of Ndongo and the Portuguese: Queen Njinga and the dynasty of women sovereigns...
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
a year ago
The effects of early colonial warfare in central Africa
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
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Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Frick Collection Announces April 2025 Reopening
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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10 Weird Events From Presidential Elections
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Celebrate Cicero!
11 months ago
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Is Fear Driving Contemporary Politics? Hobbes’ Leviathan Revisited
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What Led to the Assassination of Emperor Caligula?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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What Was the Importance of Caesarea in Christianity?
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The Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us...
2 hours ago
Photographer Jono Rotman’s arresting portraits of the Mongrel Mob of Aotearoa New Zealand show us the gang’s members in isolation. To avoid controlling the narrative and anaesthetising their spirit, while “still letting them retain their mystery and privacy”, Rotman took the...
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7 Scientific Tools Archaeologists Use to Uncover the Viking World
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5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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History Today Feed
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
9 months ago
Keeping Blinded Veterans in View
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/07/2024 - 09:19
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What Were the Major Battles and Conflicts of the Medieval Period?
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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Alive! The Incredible Story of Hugh Glass
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
a year ago
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few pages where the Hebrew version "switches" sides. Because this is such a charming book I have loaded the whole thing. As an additional treat I own some of the original illustration...
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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What is Postmodern Art? The Genre Defined in 8 Iconic Works
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Global Inequality...
The life of Maynard K.
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
6 months ago
A review of Zach Carter’s “The Price of Peace”
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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René Girard on Sacrifice & Violence: Why Does Scapegoating Happen?
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Ways the CIA Tried & Failed to Kill Fidel Castro
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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Andrew Jackson’s Genocidal Legacy
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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7 Times the Parthenon Was Transformed and Destroyed
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Drug Use in the Third Reich: Mass Addiction & Scientific Progress
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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African History...
An episode of Naval warfare on the East African coast: the Sakalava invasions of 1792-1817
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
a year ago
Between Madagascar and the Swahili world.
History Today Feed
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
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The Libellous Letters of the Chevalier d’Eon
JamesHoare
Wed, 12/18/2024 - 09:29
Flashbak
A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate,...
10 months ago
Some forty miles northeast of Sacramento, north California, off I-80 near the village of Applegate, is the remains of one of the States’s religious cults: the Esoteric Fraternity. Founded in 1887, the Fraternity was a pioneer in modern astrology, readied its followers to run a...
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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10 Unique Pigments That You Have Never Heard Of
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Marx’s German Ideology: What is Historical and Dialectical Materialism?
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History Today Feed
The Tudor War on Libel
The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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The Tudor War on Libel
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/24/2024 - 09:19
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Nefertiti: The Enchanting Story of the Lady of the Two Lands
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Classical Wisdom
How to Celebrate the Love of Learning
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
a year ago
Give a Graduate the Greatest Gift!
African History...
a brief note on the history of Africans exploring their own continent
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
a year ago
plus: Ancient Egypt in Africa.
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Jindřich Štreit’s Villge People : Photographs of the Czechoslovak Countryside
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5...
3 months ago
“I try not to present villages in a romantic way’ – Jindřich Štreit Jindřich Štreit (born 5 September 1946 in Vsetín) is a Czech photographer best known for his documentary photography. He concentrates on documenting the rural life and people of Czech villages. His...
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record...
3 months ago
You can see American artist Bob Pepper’s (October 23, 1938—January 16, 2019) illustrations on record and paperback covers for Elektra Records’ Nonesuch and Checkmate labels, notably on Love’s 1967 Forever Changes album. Ballentine books’ Adult Fantasy series and game artwork made...
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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African History...
a brief note on European and African perspectives in travel literature
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
10 months ago
A Hausa explorer of western Europe.
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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9 Interesting Facts about Medusa
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What Are the 5 Tallest Buildings in New York City?
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Hundred Rabbits
tools ecosystem
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In...
over a year ago
How did the Hundredrabbits ecosystem come into being? It's a long story, but here's a summary.
In 2016, we left Canada, armed with our two iPhones and 2 MacBooks Pros. We didn't know the wattage of any of the devices we owned, and even less about the amount of solar needed to...
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Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Betrayed By Culture
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
2 months ago
Like most humans ever, I love my culture.
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