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Sex Before Sex Education
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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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...
a year ago
“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 Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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The Appian Way: Rome’s Greatest Achievement?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
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Silvio Berlusconi’s Worthless Art Collection
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Flashbak
London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra...
4 months ago
Today, I’m gonna take my bike ‘Cause once again the Tube’s on strike The greedy bastards want extra pay For sitting on their arse all day! – London Underground by The Amateur Transplants Peter Marshall shows us pictures of stations on the London Underground, Docklands light...
A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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Who Was Achilles? Greek Mythology’s Greatest Warrior
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
a week ago
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah from Anya, Joel and Frida at the End of the World!
Dreams of Space -...
The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel (1954)
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed...
a year ago
Another illustration intensive book. This one is only 3" tall and 2 " wide so you might have missed it :) . It was a premium with Mickey Mouse Weekly magazine. Evidently the magazine came with some pages that you could fold up into a tiny book. The others I have found evidence of...
CrimethInc.
2024: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire : The Year in Review
It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead....
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It’s time to take stock of the year have just lived through and get oriented for the year ahead. Here, we review the events of 2024 and our own contributions to the fight for a better world.
A year that began amid genocide in Palestine and war in Ukraine and Sudan is concluding...
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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weird medieval guys
No, the King doesn't own all the swans in Britain
So who does?
a year ago
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What Is The Kuleshov Effect & Why Is It So Efficient?
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Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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Neanderthal Nonsense: Debunking Myths About Our Ancient Cousins
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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The Philippine-American War: The US’s First “Vietnam”
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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Battle of the Historians
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What Was Emerson’s Vision for the American Scholar?
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Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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Utagawa Hiroshige: 10 Works From the Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
4 months ago
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
TheCollector
What Are Nietzsche’s 4 Most Famous Quotes?
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Global Inequality...
The ideology of Donald J. Trump
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Classical Wisdom
ICYMI: Emperors, Conquerors and Saints
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New Cabins *NOW* Available
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
a month ago
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
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,...
11 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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How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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What Was the Berlin Conference?
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Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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When the US Senate Put Comic Books on Trial
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Classical Wisdom
Does Karma Exist?
Does what goes around come around?
8 months ago
Does what goes around come around?
TheCollector
Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Flashbak
Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a...
10 months ago
In 1969 Bernhard Leitner (born 1938) created his Soundcube, an experiment into how sound moves in a defined space and its effects on the human body. The Soundcube, a “sound-space object”, is a room of 64 loudspeakers in which the sound becomes a form of architecture. For Leitner,...
TheCollector
How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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How Free Are We? Louis Althusser on Ideology & Subjectivity
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What’s the Best Time to Visit the Colosseum?
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When Did the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain Really Begin?
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Global Inequality...
Universities as factories
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students...
8 months ago
I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
TheCollector
Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
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How Did the English Longbow Win So Many Battles?
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How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
3 months ago
How to Rescue the Reputation of the Nasty Normans
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/09/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
What Are the Most Interesting Facts About England?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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10 Powerful Roman Emperor Names Still Used Today
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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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What Do Anti-Natalists Say About Existence and Consent?
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5 Female Heroes of World War II
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Folk Champion: Who Was Pete Seeger?
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
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TheCollector
Was Jesus a Radical?
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African History...
When Africa discovered Europe
*my article for New Lines Magazine
a year ago
*my article for New Lines Magazine
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
12 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
What Were Vincent van Gogh’s Composition Techniques?
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George Cassiday: Who Was the Man in the Green Hat?
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Harold Lloyd’s Amazing Christmas Tree
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to...
a week ago
For American actor Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) Christmas was the time to illuminate his home in Beverly Hills, California, with a magnificent tree. His granddaughter Suzanne says preparation began around Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday in November), when her...
TheCollector
10 Historic Landmarks in Argentina You Should Visit
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Classical Wisdom
Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
2 months ago
Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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7 months ago
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...
a month 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...
TheCollector
U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Patterns in Humanity
Does poverty cause violent crime?
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
7 months ago
An examination of the association between poverty and violent crime
Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
4 weeks ago
At 6:30-8p ET today, I’ll be talking with Regan Arntz-Gray on
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Is the History and Significance of May Day?
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
7 months ago
‘The Undesirables’ by Sarah Wise review
JamesHoare
Wed, 06/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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The Story of the Antichrist Pope
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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
TheCollector
Popular Religion in Ancient Egypt: Everything You Need to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
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Weaving the Women of the Ancient World
TheCollector
How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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The Mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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Medical Practice in the Pre-Conquest Americas: From Coca to Brain Surgery
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What’s the Meaning of Life for Confucianism?
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Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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Who Was the Real Mona Lisa?
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The History of Humans in the Antarctic
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
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10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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What’s the Creation Myth in Norse Mythology?
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What Inspired Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog?
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The Forgotten Second Saint Patrick of the Dark Ages
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Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
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Secrets of the Sirens
The Original Femme Fatales?
a year ago
The Original Femme Fatales?
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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Thomas Gainsborough: 7 Facts You Need to Know
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Rare Exhibition of Roman Marbles Heads to North America
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Brushing for Britain
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
Brushing for Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/06/2024 - 10:37
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Plato and Atlantis
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TheCollector
What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that...
7 months ago
“Education cannot prosper in any community unless…the best and most cultivated talents of that community can be brought in to exercise the way.” – Emma Hart Willard Emma Willard (February 23, 1787 – April 15, 1870) was a trailblazing American educator who founded the first...
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Fall of Berlin: How WWII Ended in Europe
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Historic Copenhagen Stock Exchange Catches Fire
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Res Obscura
Kikkuli!
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
a year ago
Why do some people from the distant past become memes?
Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
9 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
5 Women in Philosophy of Mind You Should Know
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How Did the Capetian Dynasty Turn France Into a Superpower?
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What Were Julius Caesar’s Greatest Achievements
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Andrew Jackson’s Early Life: Lawyer, Slave Trader, & Military Hero
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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5 Female Artists From South America That You Should Know
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The Early Anarchism of William Godwin
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Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
a month ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
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