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Which Reforms Shaped Ancient Sparta?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
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Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
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Dr Alun Withey
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5 Masterpieces of Early Irish Art
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8 Things to See in Tokyo: A Guide For Art Enthusiasts
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Repatriation Efforts Across Europe and the US
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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Hume on Personal Identity: Who Are We?
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Like everybody who has studied Marxism from a relatively young age I encountered many quotes of, or comments on, James Burnham's “The Managerial Revolution”. I was quite familiar with Burnham’s ideas but I have not read the book. I don't think that I would have read it, now in...
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10 Must-See Historic Sites to Visit in Madrid
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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Which Countries Speak Mandarin Chinese?
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The Silla Burial Mounds: Treasures of Korea’s Ancient Past
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Giorgio Agamben’s Notes on Dante’s Divine Comedy
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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Hundred Rabbits
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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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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100r.co, added propeller maintenance, Maple Bay, Telegraph Cove,...
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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Did This Psychoanalytical Cult Kill Jackson Pollock?
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African History...
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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What Are the Strengths of Determinism?
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Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
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Does Free Will Exist?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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Everything You Need to Know About Claude Monet’s Water Lilies
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Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
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Are There Still Lepers? The History of Leprosy in 5 Chapters
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History Today Feed
Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Is Happiness a Ghost? Seeking Fulfillment Through Philosophy
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Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
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How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
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Hitler’s Health Issues & Medical Ailments: 8 Facts
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How Jazz Became a Secret Weapon in Cold War Berlin
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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What Is Your True Self According to Carl Jung?
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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Richard Teschner And His Magical World of Puppets And Dreams
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Erich Sokol For Playboy : Beautiful Women And Desperate Men (NSFW)
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Alfred the Great and the Most Important Battle in English History
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
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Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Grand Experiment Gone Wrong
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London Markets In The 1960s an 1970s
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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L’Ornement Polychrome by Albert Racinet – A Gorgeous Book Of World Art (1869–73)
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Albert Racinet (1825–1893) created his L’ornement Polychrome as a visual record of the decorative arts from antiquity to the late nineteenth century and represents the work of cultures all over the world. He published a second series which included later works, too. Raninet...
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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British Museum Receives Its Most Valuable Gift Ever
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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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Chicago’s Union League Club to Sell Monet Painting
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Understanding Henri Cartier-Bresson Through 7 Photographs
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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8 of the Greatest Fighter Planes of World War II
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Who Was Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi?
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Brutus: The Rise & Fall of the Senator Who Assassinated Julius Caesar
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Apologies for running a fireside so quickly after the gap week, but with the end of the semester coming as the job market gets busier, I haven’t had time to finish the next post on shield walls just yet. That will come out next week for sure though, as it is close to done. For …...
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Pompeii: Frozen in Time or an Ever-Evolving Landscape?
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The Vela Incident: Nuclear Bombs vs. Asteroid Collisions
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What Is the Role of First Ladies in US Elections?
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Fireside Friday, May 31, 2024 (Academic Departments)
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What the Moon Is Like (1963)
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a year ago
Happy 2023, this book is 60 years old this year and still seems as fresh as ever since we are exploring the Moon again.
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4 months ago
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Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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Frank Stewart’s Portraits of The American Journey – A Story of Jazz And Justice
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Classical Wisdom
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a year ago
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“Protector of the Indians”: Who Was Fray Bartolome de las Casas?
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7 African Myths About Animals
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Can We Choose NOT to Be Harmed?
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Middle Kingdom Pyramids: The Lesser Known Pyramids of Ancient Egypt
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Arrows – Love And Punishment in Vintage Snapshots
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some...
5 months ago
The latest submission for collector supreme Robert E. Jackson focuses on arrows in snapshots. Some have been drawn on the printed photo with pen, others form part of the image itself. The use of bows and arrows by humans predates recorded history and is common to most...
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The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
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A history of the Majeerteen Sultanate: 1700-1927.
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Maritime trade and diplomacy in the northern Horn of Africa.
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London’s National Portrait Gallery Opens First Francis Bacon Show
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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What Would a Day in the Public Baths of Ancient Rome Look Like?
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African History...
The empire of Kong (ca. 1710-1915): a cultural legacy of medieval Mali.
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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Audrey Flack, Pioneer of Photorealism, Dies at 93
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Can an international economic system exist in the world of nationalisms?
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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4 Techniques of 19th-Century Photography You Should Know
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Emma Willard’s Time Maps
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Could Fetch $1 Million
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The Boxer Rebellion Explained: Uprising in China
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The obscurantist nature of East European nationalisms
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Volksgeist: Who Was Johann Gottfried Herder?
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Are Protests the Best Way to Say Nay?
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Frida Kahlo Exhibition Heads to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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Amerigo Vespucci & The Naming of the Americas
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Twice-Stolen Titian Sets Artist Record at Auction
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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Pandas and Politics: What Is Panda Diplomacy?
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6 Demons in Tibetan Buddhism
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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‘Outposts of Diplomacy’ by G.R. Berridge review
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The Problem with Catholic Popes: Linus and the Petrine Succession
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The Wild Universe of Fletcher Hanks – The Outsider Comic Book Artist (1939-1941)
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5 Famous Artists Who Were Inspired by Alphanumerics
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3 Beautiful Places in the North of England Tourists Tend to Neglect
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
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Fenrir: Who Was the Norse Wolf Destined to Kill Odin?
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Rat Collection by Banksy Comes Up for Auction
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Keynes’ uneasy relationship with income distribution
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10 Historic Towns in Nevada Worth Visiting
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A complete history of Zeila (Zayla): ca. 800-1885 CE.
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Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
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“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
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Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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The Louvre As a Civil Party in the Case Against Its Former Director
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5 Alluring Female Portraits Painted by Gustav Klimt
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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Bernhard Leitner’s Soundcube, 1969 – The Art of Seeing Sound And Hearing With Your Whole Body
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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,...
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What Is Alice in Wonderland Syndrome?
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Interrail: The Trans Europe Express
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The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
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$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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Understanding JS Bach in 5 Compositions
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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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.
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Landslide Victories: A Look at Pivotal Elections in US History
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7 European Powers Involved in the Scramble for Africa
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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The Defining Style of the 1930s: What Is Art Deco?
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Interview with Nicolas Party: Pastels, Rosalba Carriera, & More
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4 Works by Franz Kafka That You Should Know
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
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During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
Wrong Side of...
The Tears of Strangers are only water
On the limits of empathy
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Trying to Understand...
Everything is (Somewhat) Connected.
But some things are more connected than others.
a year ago
But some things are more connected than others.
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8 Unsolved Disappearances From History
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Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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A Collection of...
Comes the Hiatus, 2024!
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards...
3 months ago
Dear Readers! As I’ve noted during the summer, I was planning on a one to two month hiatus towards the end of this year in order to allow me to focus on finalizing the manuscript of my book project, a study of the cost of fielding armies in the third and second centuries BC. That...
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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3 Modern Christian Ethicists You Must Know
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Hunter Biden Did Know Who Acquired His Art
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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Dreams of Space -...
Johnny's Space Trip (1954)
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures...
a year ago
A re-run--
Back to the imaginative past and Johnny's Space Trip. This 1954 fictional book captures the spirit of doing it for yourself as Johnny and his friends build (and dream of) a spaceship for a journey from their backyard. It is pure fantasy but as you will see there is a...
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The Rise & Fall of Pre-Columbian Empires & Their Cultures
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, October 27, 2023 (On Politics in Strategy)
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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Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
7 months ago
Ireland and Palestine: United by Partition?
JamesHoare
Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:47
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Mother of Rome
9 months ago
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What Makes Alberto Giacometti’s Sculptures So Special?
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The Church Under the Tang Dynasty: A Forgotten Outpost of Christianity
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History of the Automobile: How Did We Get to Electric Vehicles?
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Phillips 2023 Sales Dropped Down 15 Percent from 2022
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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KAWS Show Shut Down by Protestors
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Alphonse Mucha: The Father of Art Nouveau in 7 Works
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
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What does Aristotle say in De Interpretatione?
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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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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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An Introduction to the Ethics of Care
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Who Are the Most Important Christian Figures After the Bible?
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Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
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11th-Century Coins Found by Metal Detectors Valued at $5.6M
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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4 Norse Myths That Inspired Cinema
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Where Did Paul Cezanne Live?
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
JamesHoare
Thu, 09/05/2024 - 00:00
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
10 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
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Decoding Titian’s Poesie Series
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Classical Wisdom
Xerxes the Great
More than a Villain
a year ago
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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Text Art: How Do Text and Art Mix Together?
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8 Sneaker Trends to be on the Look-out For in 2024
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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What Is Traditional Lakota Art of the Great Plains?
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How the CCP is Closing China
How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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How the CCP is Closing China
JamesHoare
Mon, 05/13/2024 - 10:47
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Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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What Are the 6 Tallest Mountains in Alaska?
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How Can We View Tecumseh From an Indigenous Perspective?
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Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War: Power and Proliferation
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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Rise and Legacy: Who Was Harry Truman?
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‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
11 months ago
‘American Journey’ by Wes Davis review
j.hoare
Wed, 01/17/2024 - 09:43
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What Is the Philosophy Behind Zen Gardens?
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5 Transformative Leaders That Shaped British History
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The Prado Museum Shows Paintings in Different Light
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5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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A Modern Sacred Band? Homosexuality in Nazi Germany
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1968 in America: One of the Most Tumultuous Years in US History?
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Who is Adrian Piper? The Most Important Conceptual Artist of Our Time
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The Months: Gardens of Art by Eugène Grasset
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French...
2 days ago
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière to create 12 original works of art to be used as a calendar. Grasset’s woodcuts show women in fashionable costumes of the period each bearing a sign...
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secrets of the Scythians
10 months ago
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...
2 days ago
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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10 Historical Places to Visit in Sussex
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Dreams of Space -...
A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am...
3 months ago
An apology to my long time followers. I had stopped posting months ago when I got too busy. I am also having to work much harder to find /create new posts. So let me try every 2 weeks for a while and see how I do.
A Visit to the New York World's Fair was the official World's Fair...
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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Hundred Rabbits
Dry Toilet Installation
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer...
over a year ago
The work is done. Building a dry toilet was more work than we had anticipated, but we still prefer it over the ready-made models. We learned tons doing it, and now our toilet is perfectly suited to our space. The pandemic has pushed more people into boat and van living (to travel...
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Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent’s Myth & History
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Snapshots of People Meeting Abraham Lincoln
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me...
10 months ago
“I see you have erected a very fine and handsome platform here for me, and I presume you expected me to speak from it.” ― Abraham Lincoln The most famous statue of Abraham Lincoln (12 February 1809 – 15 April 1865) is the ginormous one sculpted by Daniel Chester French...
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What Is Voguing?
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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What Defined the Roaring Twenties?
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5 Interesting Aspects of Medieval Mongol Culture
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6 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays In French
And some associated reflections.
a month ago
And some associated reflections.
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
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The Last Question: Hear Leonard Nimoy Read Isaac Asimov’s Best Short Story
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than...
6 months ago
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) liked one of his stories above all others – more than the 500 or so stories he wrote or edited, including the bestselling I, Robot, the Foundation series and Lecherous Limericks. The story is The Last Question. First published in the...
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Who Was Vivienne Westwood?
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7 Ways in Which Ancient Egypt Influenced Greece
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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What Is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)? Origins & History
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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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Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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Who Was African American Lawman Bass Reeves?
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Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
8 months ago
Kapo Trials: How Israel Judged the Jewish Collaborators
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
3 months ago
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Anarchism & Revolution: Who was Mikhail Bakunin?
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Was Henry VI England’s Most Unfortunate King?
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Cruising New York City With Video Blogger Nelson Sullivan In The 1980s
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos...
10 months ago
“Thanks to his scrupulous attention, Nelson’s left behind a treasure trove of late-night videos that, even more than the Warhol diaries, trenchantly capture the party years in all their gleeful decadent fun.” – Michael Musto on New York City video blogger (vlogging) Nelson...
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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Italian Police Thwart “Tomb Raiders” at Etruscan Burial Site
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Children’s Drawings of Gladiators Discovered in Pompeii
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African History...
Roads and wheeled transport in African history.
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
12 months ago
Why the kingdoms of Kush and Dahomey used wheels while Asante did not.
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Renovations Continue at Houston’s Rothko Chapel
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The Enigmatic Harper Lee: 10 Facts
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Did Jesus Christ Really Exist?
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Andrew Jackson: The People’s President and the Rise of Populism
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Sigyn: Get to Know Loki’s Mysterious and Dutiful Wife
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
8 months ago
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where goods flow in abundance (“after the productive forces have…increased…all the springs of co-operative wealth flow more abundantly”, Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program
A Collection of...
Collections: The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s...
5 months ago
It is once again the week of July 4th and so, as is customary here, I am going to use this week’s post to talk about the United States or more correctly this week about the political philosophy the United States was founded on: liberalism. Now an immediate clarification is...
African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
a year ago
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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British Museum to Digitalize Its Collection
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Dreams of Space -...
Yuri's Night is April 12th!
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri...
a year ago
Dream About Gagarin (1961)
Celebrating "Yuri's Night." This is the celebration of Yuri Gagarin 1st manned flight into space in Vostok 1, which completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. So this book is also from 1961 suggesting that children should dream of this...
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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Hidden History
A Tale of Kale (And Cabbage, and Brussels Sprouts, and Broccoli, and Cauliflower…)
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may...
a month ago
These vegetables (and Kohlrabi, and Collard Greens, and Gai Lan, and Bok Choy, and Red Cabbage) may be familiar in the kitchen, but they do not exist anywhere in nature—and they are all the same species of plant. The Brassica is a very large and diverse family of plants, with...
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
Hundred Rabbits
North Pacific Logbook
The passage from Japan (Shimoda) to Canada (Victoria) took 51 days, and it was the hardest thing...
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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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
a year ago
Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
j.hoare
Thu, 11/23/2023 - 10:33
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What Five Philosophers Have to Say About Physical Exercise
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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