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The History and Beauty of the Moscow Metro
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A Few Spots Left
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12 Surprising Facts About Loki, the Nordic God
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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5 Timeless Financial Tips from Greek and Roman Philosophers
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Who Are the Samaritans in the Bible?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for May 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
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Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of May.
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Why Did the Allies Occupy Germany?
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Alan Turing: The Genius Who Cracked the Enigma Code
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What Is Populism?
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over a year ago
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing we've ever done. We decided to keep a logbook, to better remember it and so it can help others who wish to make this trip.
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Black Panther Party Founder: Who Was Huey Newton?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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Napoleon’s 5 Greatest Marshals: The Best of the Best
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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Thanatos: The Greek God of Death
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Stock Car Racing in 1972
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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a brief note on African agency in its historical contacts with the rest of the world.
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the indigenous and the foreign in Benin art
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5 Populists of the Late Roman Republic
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How Did Francisco Goya Criticize the Spanish Society?
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What Are the Romance Languages?
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Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Story of Magic & Heartbreak
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Is Calvinism a Religion or a Philosophy?
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Are Salvador Dalí’s Composition Techniques?
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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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CrimethInc.
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The “New” Norman Rockwell Turns Toward Civil Rights
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‘After the Flying Saucers Came’, ‘Think to New Worlds’ and ‘How to Think Impossibly’ review
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11 Shocking Facts About the Black Dahlia Case
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How Did Libyan Migration Influence Egyptian Religion?
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6 Revolutionary Works by H. G. Wells
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5 Lost Cities of Ancient Egypt Rediscovered
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In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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7 Works by Margaret Keane You Should Know
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What Makes a Piece of Art a Masterpiece?
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Yuefenpai: 8 Facts About the Iconic Chinese Calendar Advertisements
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The Yule Goat: Photographs of Finland’s Nuuttipukki (1928)
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Who Was Rosalba Carriera?
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Hundred Rabbits
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over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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Modernism: The Genre Explained in 5 Facts and 14 Artworks
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El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
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Was Alexandre Dumas Black?
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Global Inequality...
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What Makes a Celt & Did They Ever Inhabit Britannia?
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Dreams of Space -...
Undersea Base (1974)
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Who Is Theatrical Artist Augusto Boal?
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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a year ago
Three years late, but historians are always late
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The Infamous Nanjing Massacre: Here’s What Happened
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Don't Give Peace Too Many Chances.
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
over a year ago
Nothing is more dangerous than a flawed peace treaty.
Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
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7 months ago
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
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Understanding Gnostic Salvation in Christian Gnosticism
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Was Mark Twain Really a Confederate?
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Plato’s Meno: What is Virtue, and Can it Be Taught?
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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Shays’ Rebellion Explained: A New Governing System for the New US
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On the Spot: Levi Roach
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Two ‘Great Wave’ Prints Fetch Over $800,000 Each
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New British Museum Book Brings Egyptian Pharaohs to Life
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One Way Or Another ....
We're going to get you.
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The First Roman Empress and More...
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Who Were the Telchines? The Malevolent Wizards From Greek Mythology
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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Photographer Ronnie Ginnever shares more of her pictures New York, this time from the late 1970s and...
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Where Are the Best Travel Destinations for Shakespeare Fans?
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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The Story of King Tewdrig & His Role in Arthurian Legend
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A Collection of...
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Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101...
a year ago
Fireside this week! Next week we’ll finally close out the addenda to the How to Roman Republic 101 series with a look at provincial governance, but I don’t think that will be done in time for this week, so I’m throwing a fireside in here in the meantime. That said, I thought it...
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What is the Role of Law in Aristotle’s Politics?
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A $25 Brooch Turns Out to Be a Rare Victorian Treasure
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No Cheers for Authoritarianism
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Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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An Art Lovers Guide to Outdoor Exhibitions in Japan
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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The United States Bill of Rights: History & Overview
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Trying to Understand...
The Past Is Another Country.
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5 months ago
A book review from the future.
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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The Social War (91-87 BCE): Rome vs Italy
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Classical Wisdom
Greece's Forgotten Legacy
Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
a year ago
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La politique de l’épuisement et l’épuisement de la politique.
Another of my essays in French.
3 weeks ago
Another of my essays in French.
Flashbak
Facade: Bill Cunningham’s Tribute To New York Style
In 1968, American fashion photographer Bill Cunningham (March 13, 1929 – June 25, 2016) started a...
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Danish Unknown Royal Family Discovered Thanks to Ring
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIb: Pyrrhus
This is the second part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
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TheCollector
Tom Thomson Painting Attacked by Protesters in Canada
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Flashbak
Groovy Ads That Sold Woolworths’ UK Line of Baby Doll Cosmetics
Here are several examples of the many groovy psychedelic adverts produced in the 1960s to promote...
6 months ago
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History Today Feed
France’s Long March Against Racism
France’s Long March Against Racism
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
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Sun, 12/03/2023 - 01:01
TheCollector
Who Are the Masterminds Behind Chicago’s Iconic Architecture?
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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A Collection of...
Collections: How to Raise a Tribal Army in Pre-Roman Europe, Part I: Aristocrats, Retainers and...
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in...
6 months ago
For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some ‘tribal’ peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. As moderns, we are so familiar with the way that states function that the far older systems of non-state organization and...
TheCollector
What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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How to Revive Wassailing
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j.hoare
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TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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History Today Feed
Arguing with the Dead
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JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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TheCollector
Trailblazing Women: 22 Female Photographers Who Redefined Photography
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5 Quotes by Locke Explained
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
TheCollector
What Is Henry Darger’s In The Realms of the Unreal?
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History Today Feed
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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TheCollector
Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Who Is the Mystery Mummy of Tomb KV55? (4 Theories)
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Who Was Saint Polycarp of Smyrna?
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What Was the Gran Sasso Raid?
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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Flashbak
Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Was Cleopatra a Descendant of Alexander the Great?
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Solving the Victorian Housing Crisis
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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What is Pantheism in Art?
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When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Who Is Zeus? The King of the Greek Gods
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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Who Won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
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The Great Flood
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...and the Noah of Ancient Greece
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Teistele Planeetidele! This seems be be an Estonian translation and reprint of the book To Other Planets (1959).
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Who Invented the Refrigerator?
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projects and pain
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Why Is Socrates’ Legacy Vital?
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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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.
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Uxn, updated Playdate implementation to the latest core,...
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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Classics Friday
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
The Search for the Historical Buddha
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The Search for the Historical Buddha
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