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Weekend Roundup
Animals of the Ancient World
7 months ago
Animals of the Ancient World
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
4 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
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7 Fascinating Facts About the Vestal Virgins
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3 months ago
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for September 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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When Was the First Crusade?
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7 months ago
Trying to Understand...
What's Left ... And What's Left?
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
a year ago
A (probably-doomed) attempt at a bit of clarity.
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Jericho: An Ancient City Filled with Secrets
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a year ago
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From Reverence to Revulsion: The Life of Robert Mugabe
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a year ago
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Do You Believe in Magic?
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
8 months ago
Marcus Aurelius and Ephesia Grammata
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The Battle of Zama: How Scipio Gave Rome the World
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a year ago
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Charles Baudelaire’s Theory of Art: Is Beauty Universal?
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a year ago
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The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
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5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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3 months ago
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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6 months ago
History Today Feed
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
4 months ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
JamesHoare
Fri, 08/23/2024 - 08:40
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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a year ago
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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10 months ago
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The Many Roads to Rome
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
6 months ago
The Ancient Romans VS the Modern Chinese
Trying to Understand...
The Threat of Back to Normal
Global power has always been distributed.
a year ago
Global power has always been distributed.
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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2 months ago
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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6 months ago
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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3 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
a month ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
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5 Celebrities Accused of Being Communists During the Second Red Scare
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
10 months ago
The End of Britain’s Weeks-Long General Elections
JamesHoare
Mon, 02/12/2024 - 10:39
History Today Feed
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
2 months ago
The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
JamesHoare
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 08:31
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
2 months ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
TheCollector
La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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5 months ago
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Civil Rights & Social Change: The Fight for Equality in US Elections
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2 months ago
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 months ago
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Spartan Training
The Ultimate Regime
4 months ago
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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3 months ago
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Germany’s 7 Most Important Historical Landmarks
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6 months ago
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The Theory of Self-Image: The Concept of the Looking-Glass Self
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9 months ago
Open Culture
Read J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Letter From Father Christmas” To His Young Children (1925)
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The...
a week ago
J.R.R. Tolkien is best known for the sweeping fantasy landscapes of Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. Apart from being a celebrated author, the Oxford University professor of Anglo-Saxon was also a devoted father who doted on his children. In 1920, a few short years after Tolkien...
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8 Things You Should Know About Gustave Moreau
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a year ago
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7 Lost Books of the Christian Bible: What Were They About?
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4 months ago
History Today Feed
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
2 months ago
The Ballad of the Inquisition’s Greatest Witch Trial
JamesHoare
Thu, 10/17/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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a week ago
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Pioneering Folklore: Who Was John Lomax?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
A Wasting Asset?
Europe turns away from America.
a month ago
Europe turns away from America.
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The MoMA Became the Latest Target of Climate Activists
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a year ago
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What Is Gnosticism?
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4 months ago
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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a year ago
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What is Impasto? A Guide to the Impasto Painting Technique
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3 weeks ago
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Face to Face Exhibit Offers Face Time With Fayum Portraits
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9 months ago
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What Are the Best Museums in Trieste, Italy?
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10 months ago
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Who Won the Battle of Cold Harbor?
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10 months ago
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6 Women Artists of the Dutch Golden Age You Should Know
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8 months ago
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Work Begins on Naples’ New Archaeological Museum
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6 months ago
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The Legacy of Emperor Pedro II: Brazil’s Golden Age
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a week ago
Flashbak
Édouard Manet’s Illustrations of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’, 1875
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French...
a month ago
The French poet and essayist Charles Baudelaire (1821-67) introduced Edgar Allan Poe to French readers in 1847. Baudelaire, who saw Poe as a “sacred soul” and something of a kindred spirit, translated many of the American writer’s words into French, including Poe’s poem The...
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Thefts From Heritage Sites in the U.K. Are Rising
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9 months ago
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How Did the Watergate Scandal Impact Presidential Elections?
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2 months ago
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Who Is the Real Banksy? Rumors Behind the Street Artist
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a year ago
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The “Good Italian” Myth in Postwar Italy: Dangers of Erasing the Past
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a year ago
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6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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3 months ago
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How Did the Opium Wars Impact China?
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a year ago
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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a year ago
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
3 weeks ago
Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/12/2024 - 09:28
TheCollector
Iraq Receives an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture from The Met
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
You And Whose Army?
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
a year ago
NATO would do well to stay out of Ukraine.
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Isadora Duncan: 12 Facts About the Pioneer of Modern Dance
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8 months ago
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Why Are There So Many Different Translations of the Christian Bible?
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
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
9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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a year ago
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Marble Head of Apollo Discovered in Greece
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8 months ago
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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9 months ago
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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a year ago
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Get to Know Meret Oppenheim Through 7 Works
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a year ago
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Grey Art Gallery at NYU Gets New Space and Name
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a year ago
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Great Photos: Le Mariage des Diables Blancs, May 22 1954
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched...
6 months ago
On May 22 1954, tightrope walkers Berthy Omankowsky and Roger Decugis married on a rope stretched high above the Place du Capitole in Toulouse, France. The wedding of two members of the Franco-Czechoslovakian (Diables Blancs) White Devils Company was overseen by Father Robert...
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New York’s Jewish Museum Workers Ratified Their First Contract
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a year ago
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The First Stoic
Zeno of Citium
6 months ago
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What Was Pope Innocent III’s Role in the Medieval Crusades?
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11 months ago
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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9 months ago
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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5 months ago
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Sequoyah: The Man Who Created the Cherokee Written Language
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4 months ago
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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8 months ago
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What’s the Best Time of Year to Visit the Parthenon?
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6 months ago
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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5 months ago
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Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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6 months ago
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Chichen Itza?
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
8 months ago
‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
JamesHoare
Wed, 04/24/2024 - 09:46
TheCollector
How Did Johannes Vermeer Depict Women?
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8 months ago
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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4 months ago
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
France Saves Europe.
Again. In a manner of speaking.
9 months ago
Again. In a manner of speaking.
Classical Wisdom
How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
TheCollector
4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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a month ago
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7 Wars That Nearly Happened (But Didn’t)
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a year ago
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6 Surrealist Techniques You Probably Haven’t Heard of
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a month ago
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Gap Week: December 1, 2023
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of...
a year ago
No blog post this week, folks, as I am both fiercely busy and – by the time this goes up – out of town. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next week, with the next big topic I want to tackle being what a shield wall is and how it actually functions on a … Continue reading Gap...
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The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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8 months ago
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An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
7 months ago
An Exhibition on Rational Dress for Victorian Women
JamesHoare
Sun, 05/19/2024 - 00:00
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Aristotle's Poetics
The Science of Art
6 months ago
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