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Aristotle’s Model of Communication: 3 Key Elements of Persuasion
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Who Is the Father of Pentecostalism?
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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What Is the Tallest Wonder of the World?
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Summary of changes for January 2024
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Who Was Robert Mapplethorpe?
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The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
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10 Facts About the Pearl Harbor Attack
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African History...
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The Wrong Stuff
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11 months ago
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
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In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
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10 Essential Works of Greek Philosophy
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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Understanding political violence.
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Mehrgarh: One of the Oldest Cities in the Indus Valley
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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over a year ago
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Babylon’s Mystery Goddess
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Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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London By Tube, DLR and Overground in The Early 1990s
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Challenging the ‘Ugliness’ of Anne of Cleves
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Fri, 03/22/2024 - 09:20
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Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
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2 months ago
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer Jason Guilbeau whose pointing out objects along the roadside, like tractors stuck atop poles, a pavement that turns into a jet’s trail, a tank on a plinth and more reminders of...
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You And Whose Army?
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a year ago
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Federalism in Ancient Greece: The Forgotten Side of Ancient Greek Politics
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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Las Vegas Gallery to Sell $100 Million Leonardo Sculpture
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Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
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4 Facts About Feyerabend’s Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge
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Native American Groups React on Covering Native Displays
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Free French Bombers Over France
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Iakim Volkov’s Wedding: An Illustration of a Complicated History
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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The Life of Tadeusz Kościuszko: A Revolutionary on 2 Continents
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L’Anse aux Meadows: The Viking Settlement of North America
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Who are the Pioneers of the Beat Generation?
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7 Famous Artists Who Destroyed Their Own Works
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How Did Christianity Change the Roman Empire?
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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The Furies: Goddesses of Vengeance and Retribution
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Ancient Town Beneath London’s National Gallery Revealed
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the promise of pancakes
As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had...
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As soon as we'd tied to our mooring ball in Majuro's lagoon, the worries of the previous 24 days had vanished only to replaced by the crushing weight of responsibility. Devine, being worry-free, wanted to have pancakes, sleep and check-in tomorrow, but Devine knows how uptight I...
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A Luta Continua! Mozambique’s Struggle for Independence
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6 Famous Artists Who Loved Cats
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10 Interesting Facts About Haruki Murakami You Should Know
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Smallpox in the New World: History, Victims, & Symptoms
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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The Mystery of Agnes Martin in 7 Facts
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On the contribution of Muslim women in African history.
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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Alexander Gardner: The Man Who Captured the Civil War
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: What Does It Mean?
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Hypnosis: Is it Magic or Science?
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Parmigianino Altarpiece Back On View After 10-Year Conservation
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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Britons Caught in the French Revolution
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7 months ago
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Explore Ancient Rome by Visiting These 6 Sites
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Dr Alun Withey
Cuts, Rashes & Chatter! The Pain of the 18th-century Shave!
Unless there are particular reasons, for example a skin condition, or a faulty razor, shaving today...
over a year ago
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How Did Argentina Lose the Falklands War? Defeat in the South Atlantic
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
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We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
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TheCollector
Can Stoicism Improve Personal and Professional Relationships?
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Global Inequality...
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10 months ago
The decline and fall of the print media.
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
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Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
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Charles Green Shaw Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes (1930s)
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Queen Elizabeth II: Who was Elizabeth Windsor?
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Who Is Ai Weiwei?
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Lucid Dreaming: Can You Wake Up in Your Dreams?
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5 Strange Election Systems Around the World
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The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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7 Ancient Greek Temples You Should Know
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What are Aristophanes’ 11 Surviving Comedies?
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10 Historic Small Towns in Florida for Your Bucket List
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Who Was Tertullian?
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4 Key Techniques of 20th-Century Photography
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What Are the Principal Sources of Emperor Caligula’s Reign?
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Who Won the Battle of Perryville?
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What Is Assemblage? A Look Into 3D Collage Techniques
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Henry I: The Life & Reign of a Notorious English King
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a month ago
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This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of October.
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TheCollector
The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Closes Its College
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Who Was Oswald Mosley?
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Open Culture
Watch The Insects’ Christmas from 1913: A Stop Motion Film Starring a Cast of Dead Bugs
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from...
5 days ago
Kind Reader, Will you do us the honor of accepting our holiday invitation? Carve five minutes from your holiday schedule to spend time celebrating The Insects’ Christmas, above. In addition to offering brief respite from the chaos of consumerism and modern expectations, this...
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Stones River?
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Flashbak
Snapshots of People Posing with Statues : A Cast of Thousands
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves...
3 months ago
Having featured pictures of people meeting statues of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Jackson now delves into his fabulous collection of snapshots to show us people posing with other statues. Most are having a laugh, mimicking the poses, affecting some romantic clinch (groping,...
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Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Fra Angelico
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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African History...
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The political marginalization of the Darfur region since the creation of colonial Sudan has resulted...
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Dune and Greek Mythology: What’s in Common?
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
11 months ago
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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Top 10 Historic Sites to See in New York City
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Plato’s Philebus: What Is False Pleasure?
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But they forget the people and the Street.
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cairo, Egypt?
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures?
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The Homeric Hymn to Demeter
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Archangels of the Apocrypha: Here’s What You Need to Know
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Patterns in Humanity
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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First Nations of the Canadian Atlantic Provinces: A Brief History
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Is Calligraphy Considered Art?
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History Today Review of the Year
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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Trying to Understand...
Getting Used To Being Weak.
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It's worse than you probably imagine.
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Writing A Book From Start to Finish
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Who Is the Archangel Michael? Analyzing an Angel
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The 21st Amendment: The Only Amendment That Repealed Another
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6 Key Artists of the New Objectivity Movement
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Well, a few, anyway. And a bit.
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What Is a Nantucket Sleighride?
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A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
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7 Famous Artists Who Had Unexpected Day Jobs
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10 Terrifying Japanese Yōkai (Supernatural Creatures)
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The Tragic Life of Kermit Roosevelt & the Burden of Legacy
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Moses’ Wife: Who Was Zipporah?
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10 Presidents Who Changed the US
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Dreams of Space -...
Техника Молодежи (Youth Technology) Issue 4 (1973 )
“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
A re-run from a few years ago....
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“ХОРОВОД КОСМИЧЕСКИХ ЛАБОРАТОРИЙ ‘Round Dance of Space Laboratories’
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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History Today Feed
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Tue, 11/19/2024 - 08:35
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What Are the Primary Sources of Information About Emperor Nero?
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What Is a Film Auteur?
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History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
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The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
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Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
History Today Feed
China’s Communist Comic Books
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
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Thu, 12/05/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Is the Earth Flat? The Bizarre Belief That Refuses to Die
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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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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Frank Film: Watch the Oscar-Winning Animation That Peers Inside Your Head, 1973
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank...
10 months ago
Frank Film is a 1973 American animated short by husband-and-wife animators Caroline and Frank Mouris. The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film and was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996. It’s an autobiographical narrative – Mouris narrates his path...
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5 Facts About Ukko, Finland’s Axe-Wielding God of Thunder
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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
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
JamesHoare
Tue, 11/12/2024 - 09:16
African History...
The Swazi kingdom and its neighbours in the 19th century: from the rise of Zulu to the British
an island in the maelstrom
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an island in the maelstrom
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What Came First, Blues or Jazz?
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9 Fascinating Facts About the Eastern Front in WWII
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Maurice Sendak Illustrates William Blake’s Songs of Innocence
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s...
8 months ago
In 1967, Maurice Sendak (June 10, 1928–May 8, 2012) created eight illustrations for William Blake’s Songs of Innocence (1789). The booklet’s 275 copies were given to friends of the publisher, The Bodley Head, as Christmas gifts to mark the company’s 80th anniversary. The idea...
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Dreams of Space -...
Collier's Encyclopedia Space Articles (1959)
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their...
a year ago
This is a pamphlet distributed to schools to convince student and teachers to buy their encyclopedia. It was also a nice "free" classroom supplement for teachers trying to teach about the coming space age.
This last essay is actually from 1952, it is a nice...
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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Cubism and Collage: How Picasso and Braque Revolutionized Art
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What Do Bernini’s Borghese Sculptures Represent?
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Get to Know Yoshimoto Nara and the Japanese Neo-Pop Movement
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Classical Wisdom
Dionysus
The God of Wine!
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“The Whole World Is Watching”: The 1968 Chicago Riots at the DNC
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Remedios Varo: A Female Surrealist Painter Who Isn’t Frida Kahlo
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10 Art Techniques You Should Know
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Line in the Sand: 5 Defenders of the Alamo
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African History...
Join me on Notes
"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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"On the Zanzibari envoy to 11th century china and the recent Swahili-Persian DNA study"
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Top 7 Dutch Golden Age Artists to Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Does Marcus Matter?
11 months ago
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Fascists vs. Communists: Spanish Civil War’s Outside Influences
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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10 Pieces of Legislation Affecting America’s Indigenous People
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Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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What Happened When Vesuvius Erupted in 79 CE?
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Why Do the Rastafari Believe That Haile Selassie Was a God?
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The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
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What is Dialectic? From Heraclitus to Marx
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7 of the Most Popular Hats in History
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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Why Are the Black Hills Sacred to the Lakota Sioux?
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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
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Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/08/2024 - 08:38
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7 Famous Cubist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
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Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
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?
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Discover Caravaggio’s Saint Matthew Series
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The 3 Greatest Nubian Kings of Egypt
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A Complete Guide to Fresco Painting
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9 Times Virginia Woolf Made a Lasting Impact on Art
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Women Fight for Fairness at Academies of Art
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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Hidden History
Pennsylvania Dutch Shoofly Pie
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one...
a month ago
(A diary in honor of my native state of Pennsylvania, which may or may not decide the outcome of one of the most consequential US elections in modern history.) The story of a Pennsylvania Dutch classic dessert is as colorful as its unusual name… In 1517, Martin Luther began a...
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
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Is Nietzsche Associated with Moral Nihilism?
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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
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/17/2024 - 06:00
TheCollector
Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” That Almost Weren’t
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What Are Artist’s Books? (With Key Examples)
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10 Historic Towns in Texas Perfect for Retirement
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Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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Millions of Cats: Wanda Gag’s Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send...
11 months ago
“I aim to make the illustrations for children’s books as much a work of art as anything I would send to an art exhibition. I strive to make them completely accurate in relation to the text. I try to make them warmly human, imaginative, or humourous — not coldly decorative — and...
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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What Pets Did the Ancient Romans Have?
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Top 10 Depictions of Witchcraft in Art
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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Who Were the Top Allied Commanders of World War II?
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What Is Hegel’s Dialectic Method?
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Father of the Turks
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What Is the History of Valentine’s Day?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator II, Part II
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the...
a week ago
Last week, we started our nitpicking of Gladiator II (2024) by looking at the problems with the films chronology and its portrayal of the Roman army of the early third century, both in its equipment and in its battle tactics. This week, we’re going to move forward to the main...
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Consumerism in Pop Art: Was It Celebrated or Criticized?
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Hidden History
The Ocarina
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was...
2 months ago
The Ocarina, also sometimes called the “sweet potato flute”, is an ancient instrument that was developed in Meso-America, and was resurrected in 19th century Europe. When we hear the word “flute”, most of us think of a long thin wooden or metal tube with holes along its length...
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8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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Buckingham Palace To Exhibit Unseen Renaissance Drawings
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Alexandre Dumas: The Life & Legacy of a Great Novelist
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Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Imperial Chinese Porcelain Bring Novelties to Market
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Classical Wisdom
Gladiator Combat
Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
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Fact or Hollywood Fiction?
History Today Feed
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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‘The Life & Death of States’ and ‘Vienna’ reviews
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 01:00
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Weekend Roundup
Julius Caesar
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How Did Luciano Garbati Reimagine Medusa?
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Capturing Alaska: Who Are 6 of Alaska’s Most Celebrated Painters?
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Who Was Mithridates the Great?
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African History...
How Africans wrote their own history: Debates and dialogues between four west African historians in...
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
a year ago
Facts, myths and royal propaganda.
Classical Wisdom
Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
a year ago
...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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7 Facts You Need to Know About Brutalism
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Artists Expressed Concerns on Banning TikTok in the U.S.
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What Is Skepticism? (A Philosophical Approach)
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Niko Pirosmani: Get to Know the Tragic Hero of Georgian Art
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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Classical Wisdom
Early Bird is Ending
Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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Enroll in the Essential Greeks Now
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J.S. Bach’s Life and Travels in Germany
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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Dreams of Space -...
Moon Base (1959)
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base"...
a year ago
Number 2 in Nephew and Chester’s space quartet.: Moon Base. Just saying the phrase "moon base" brings me a sense of excitement and nostalgia. In fact one of my treasures is my talking Dr. Evil Doll that says "Welcome to my moon base".
Nephew, William and Chester, Michael....
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
JamesHoare
Thu, 11/07/2024 - 09:38
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What Do We Mean by Aboriginal Languages?
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Mummification: The Ancient Egyptian Art of Embalming the Dead
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Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
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Writing Templates From A Beautiful German Printing Book, c. 1880
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and...
2 months ago
Created by Peter Federmann, these writing templates were for painters, stonemasons, architects and drawing schools. They were printed and published by J. Veith of Karlsruhe, Germany around 1880 as ‘Schriften Vorlagen zum Praktischen Gebrauche für Maler, Steinhauer, Architecten...
Classical Wisdom
Why Did Rome Fall?
& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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& Which Lesson Should We Take Away?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
9 months ago
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Why Has Stoicism Gained Popularity in Modern Times?
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Philip II of Macedon: The Man Who Made Alexander “Great”
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Open Culture
How Medieval Islamic Engineering Brought Water to the Alhambra
Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim...
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Between 711 and 1492, much of the Iberian Peninsula, including modern-day Spain, was under Muslim rule. Not that it was easy to hold on to the place for that length of time: after the fall of Toledo in 1085, Al-Andalus, as the territory was called, continued to lose cities over...
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Juan Pujol Garcia: Who Was Agent Garbo?
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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...
6 months ago
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...
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What is Virtue According to Nietzsche?
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Trying to Understand...
Rules, Rules Rules
Because that's all they can do.
9 months ago
Because that's all they can do.
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Maelgwn Gwynedd: Historical King of the Arthurian Legends
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Get to Know Tamara de Lempicka Through 8 Works
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Classical Wisdom
The Myth of the Minotaur
Journey Into the Labyrinth
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Journey Into the Labyrinth
Classical Wisdom
Should We Be More Naked?
Is modesty too modern?
a year ago
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured...
7 months ago
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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