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The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Adelie, released a program to create slideshows.
GrimGrains,...
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Why Did King James I Attempt to Take Over the Church of Scotland?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
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But some things are more connected than others.
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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Res Obscura
Post-postal
What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
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What did we lose when we stopped writing letters?
African History...
The forgotten ruins of Botswana: stone towns at the desert's edge.
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the...
6 months ago
At its height in the 17th century, the stone towns of the ‘zimbabwe culture’ encompassed an area the size of France. The hundreds of ruins spread across three countries in south-eastern Africa are among the continent’s best-preserved historical monuments and have been the subject...
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Why Did Bruno Latour Claim that “We Have Never Been Modern”?
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5 Captivating Photographs by Steve McCurry
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What Is Marcel Duchamp’s Most Famous Painting?
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Women in Art History: Great Female Artists Who Were Long Overlooked
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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A History Lover’s Guide to Mexico City
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
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Europe turns away from America.
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Weekend Roundup
Featuring Stephen Fry!
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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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The Top 10 Museums to Visit in Madrid
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Calling Time on BC and AD
Calling Time on BC and AD
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Calling Time on BC and AD
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Thu, 07/25/2024 - 09:01
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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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...
over a year ago
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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Banksy’s ‘Girl with Balloon’ Is Stolen, Then Recovered
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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4,000-Year-Old Temple and Theater Discovered in Peru
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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The Paradox of Fiction: Is it Irrational to be Moved by Fiction?
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The Problem of Evil: If God Exists, Why Aren’t We All in Heaven?
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African History...
A history of the south-western Saharan towns of Tichitt, Walata, Wadan and Chinguetti (800-1912)
Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Trade and civilization on west-africa's desert frontier
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Was Catherine of Aragon the Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Photographing The Invisible: Things are Queer by Duane Michals (1973)
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great...
9 months ago
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody’s face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” —Duane Michals Through image sequences, framing, multiple exposures,...
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
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It explains a lot about Ukraine.
Trying to Understand...
Papa To The Rescue.
And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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And stop saying "it's not fair!"
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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The 7 Best Historical Sites in Bangkok, Thailand
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Battle of Okinawa: The Most Intense Battle of WWII’s Pacific Theater
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Pastel Purchased For $1,000 Identified as Lost Degas
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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What Is the Meaning of Utopia?
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Is There Democracy Without Voting? Elections by Lot in Ancient Athens
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‘Look at Me’: Scot Sothern’s powerful photographs of life on LA’s streets
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange...
7 months ago
In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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HEMA: The Modern Study of Historical European Martial Arts
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Arnaldo Putzu and His Fabulous Hand-Painted Covers for Look-In Magazine And Movie Posters
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the...
5 months ago
You might not know the name Arnaldo Putzu (1927 – 2012) but chances are that if you grew up in the 1960s and 1970s you’ve seen his work on movie posters and magazine covers. Born in Rome, Putzu studied at the Rome Academy and discovered a love of portrait painting. After...
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Pope Visits Venice Biennale For First Time
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Exhibition Opening
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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The Brigantaggio: How Did Southern Italy Respond to Unification?
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Vyacheslav Molotov: 6 Facts about Stalin’s Closest Confidant
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February
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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
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Rosemaling in America: Norwegian-American Folk Art (Origins & History)
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The First Anarchist: Who was Pierre-Joseph Proudhon?
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The Stranger by Albert Camus: The Life of an Absurd Man
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The Indigenous Architecture of the Cosmos in the Amazon
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Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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Lou Salomé: Friedrich Nietzsche’s Über-Woman
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Weekend Roundup
The Early Years of Jesus
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Two Colonizers in South Africa: The British vs. The Dutch
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Dreams of Space -...
Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book...
a year ago
Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.
This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
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I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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Dreams of Space -...
Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight (May 1947)
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The...
over a year ago
Continuing with my post from last week, some excerpts from the May 1947 issue of Rockets - The Magazine of Space Flight.
History Today Feed
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Maria Graham and the Valparaíso Earthquake
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Mon, 01/15/2024 - 11:12
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
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Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
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Tue, 08/13/2024 - 09:21
Flashbak
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...
Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
Does Donald J.
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Judith Leyster: The Most Famous Woman of the Dutch Golden Age
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Eastern Enchantment: The Impact of the Arabian Nights on the West
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African History...
**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
a year ago
plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Was Angkor Ever Lost? The Myth of French “Discovery”
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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Who Was Frantz Fanon?
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President Johnson Orders Trousers from Joe Haggar – big enough for his ‘nuts’, ‘bunghole’ and knife
On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a...
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On August 9 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973) ordered a pair of trousers from Joe Haggar of the Haggar Clothing Co. based in Dallas, Texas. Not a shy man, Johnson was known for conducting official business whilst sat on the toilet and...
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Once Overlooked Painting From Botticelli’s Studio Rediscovered
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
Das Neue Universum, Volume 67 (1950)
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older...
a year ago
Das Neue Universum (The New Universe) was a German science annual series aimed at older children.
From the German Wikipedia site (translated) : "The New Universe is a German children's literature series with themes in the fields of knowledge , research , adventure and...
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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Open Culture
Richard Feynman Enthusiastically Explains How to Think Like a Physicist in His Series Fun to Imagine...
“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and...
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“It’s interesting that some people find science so easy, and others find it kind of dull and difficult,” says Richard Feynman at the beginning of his 1983 BBC series Fun to Imagine. “One of the things that makes it very difficult is that it takes a lot of imagination. It’s very...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for November 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 weeks ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of November.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added an article named A Shining Place Built Upon The Sand, and Week 6 to the Victoria to Sitka Logbook.
Rabbit Waves, added a page on Morse Code...
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Patterns in Humanity
When few do great harm
Power laws in criminal behavior
a year ago
Power laws in criminal behavior
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The Vikings in Iceland: Their Story in Sagas and Archaeology
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert...
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“A new civilization, a new science, new needs, new materials required new forms.” – Robert Mallet-Stevens In 1924, French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens (March 24, 1886 – February 8, 1945) published La Gazette Des 7 Arts magazine and founded the Club des amis du...
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These Countries Have the Most World Heritage Sites
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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African History...
Anti-slavery laws and Abolitionist thought in pre-colonial Africa
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
8 months ago
the view from Benin, Kongo, Songhai and Ethiopia.
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Hell in the Bible: Eternal Damnation vs. Annihilationism
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