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The Mid-19th Century California Gold Rush
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The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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King Stephen of Blois: England’s Anarchist King
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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Lipka Tatars: Muslims in Poland?
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‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky on Politics & Media
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Women’s War Breaks Out
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The Lost Years of Jesus
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Can Art Be Harmful? Art and Image from Plato to Modernity
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Highlights From Free Drawing by Franz Čižek & Herman Kastner (1925)
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The Golden Age of Medieval Nostalgia
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Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
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Arthur Schopenhauer’s Idealism: Is Our World Just a Dream?
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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The Allure of Medieval Churches
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The Story of the Calydonian Boar Hunt in Greek Mythology
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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Lost Caravaggio Painting Unveiled at the Prado
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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How Slavery in Ancient Rome Drove Farmers to Poverty
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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7 of the Most Historically Important Sites in Japan
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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Olafur Eliasson to Turn Urban Billboards into Abstract Art
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Jean Lannes: The French Achilles of the Napoleonic Wars
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How Iran Won the West
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Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
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The Metropolitan to Return Pieces to Cambodia
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Giorgio Vasari: 11 Facts About The Father of Art History
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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What is Theodor Adorno’s Negative Dialectics?
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Alexander the Not-Feeling-Great: How Did Alexander the Great Die?
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Russia/Ukraine is not a sports competition.
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Luck and Cheating in Roman Gambling: The Die is Cast
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Which President Was the Only One to Resign from Office?
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a brief note on Africa in 16th century global history.
the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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Why Did the Germans Struggle in the Battle of Crete?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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Get to Know the Nazca People and the Mysterious Nazca Lines
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Pandemic Literature From Homer to Covid-19
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The Jungian Persona: What Are the Masks We Wear?
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8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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Dreams of Space -...
Rocket Divers (1962)
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The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
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Catching Nessie on Film
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What is Plagiarism?
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African History...
A complete history of Madagascar and the island kingdom of Merina.
State and society on Africa's largest island.
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State and society on Africa's largest island.
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A Quick Trip Guide to Washington DC’s Museums
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Dreams of Space -...
Man-Made Moons (1960)
Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant...
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Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education,...
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Who Were Queen Victoria’s Children?
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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Patterns in Humanity
Man the Hunter
Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
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Are our stereotypes about hunter-gatherer societies outdated? Seems not.
Overcoming Bias
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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Tue, 01/30/2024 -...
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‘The Wild Men’, ‘The Men of 1924’ and ‘A Century of Labour’ review
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But the future worries me.
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The Ancient World’s Greatest War
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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How Did Claude Monet Capture the Passing of Time?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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‘Churchill’s American Network’ and ‘Mirrors of Greatness’ review
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Dreams of Space -...
Space Witch (1959)
Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's...
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Here is a Halloween space book post for you. I have done posts for Christmas, Easter and Yuri's Night but never one for Halloween.
Space Witch is a pleasant story about a witch who wants to expand her frightening to creatures on other planets. She constructs a "space broom" and a...
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Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor of Rome
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
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To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
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The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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A Widow’s Vengeance in the Wars of Religion
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Wed, 12/20/2023 - 00:00
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Francisco Goya’s Descent Into Madness: The Disturbing Black Paintings
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Stolen Picasso and Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp
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Who Is the Archangel Gabriel?
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Wuxing: What Are the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy?
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Who Are Hecate’s Parents?
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Bronze Age Town Found in Saudi Arabian Desert
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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Is Christine de Pizan the Western World’s First Feminist Author?
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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‘The Picnic’ by Matthew Longo review
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Photos of Iggy Pop And The Stooges Playing NYC Club Ungano’s in 1970
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In August 1970, American photographer Bud Lee (1940-2016) took photographs of Iggy Pop and the Stooges performing at brothers Nick and Arnie Ungano’s basement club on New York’s West 70th Street between Amsterdam and West End Avenues. The ban were celebrating the release of their...
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The Feather Thief: The Story of Dead Birds, Museum Heist, and a Flute
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, January 12, 2024
Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a...
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Fireside this week! The semester has started up in earnest and I am pushing hard to try to finish a draft of something I have promised by the end of the month (so this may not be the only Fireside this month). That said, it seemed like a good time to discuss trade, the sea and...
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Global Inequality...
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Provinces
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This is the second and (in theory) last addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V, A1). Having discussed how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which were not part of the Roman Republic itself, we now look at how the Romans...
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Why Did Socrates Never Write Down His Teachings?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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The Congress of Vienna: How Europe Was Redrawn
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Breaking Through To The Other Side: The Flammarion Engraving, c.1888
The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in...
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The so-called ‘Flammarion engraving’ is a wood engraving by an unknown artist that first appeared in French writer Camille Flammarion’s L’Atmosphère: Météorologie populaire (1888) in a chapter called ‘The Shape of the Sky’. The image is of a man crawling under the edge of the...
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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What Are the 4 Main Jewish Sects?
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Nature Aided in the Creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza?
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How the Iroquois Confederacy Inspired the US Women’s Rights Movement
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Facing the Other: Emmanuel Levinas on the Face-to-Face Encounter
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Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
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The Zimmermann Telegram: Mexico & Germany as WWI Allies?
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NY Denny Gallery Shuts Down After Ten Years
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
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I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar for at least ten years. But only today it struck me that I was meeting a hero of my early intellectual life, although the difference in age between Anwar and me is not that great....
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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The Rise of Fascism in Italy & The Two “Black Years”
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Who Are the 144,000 and the Great Multitude in the Book of Revelation?
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War, Peace, And That Other Thing.
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Understanding political violence.
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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10 Myths About the Greek God Poseidon
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Top 10 Depictions of the Annunciation in Art
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6 Empires that Conquered Ancient Egypt
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The legacy of west African travel to Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
a year ago
How the British Council Made a Soft Power Superpower
j.hoare
Mon, 12/11/2023 - 11:26
History Today Feed
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
a year ago
‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/05/2023 - 11:12
CrimethInc.
Festivals of Resistance : A Call for Gatherings the Weekend Before Trump Takes Office
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance...
2 weeks ago
Along with others around the country, we invite you to join us in organizing festivals of resistance on the weekend of January 18, immediately before Donald Trump takes office. This is a crucial opportunity to engage in outreach, education, and action ahead of what it is sure to...
Classical Wisdom
Philosophy and Children
Event: THIS Saturday
9 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space with Terry (1952)
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a...
a year ago
Mara. Sky-Hi: A Trip Into Space With Terry. Personal History Agency : NY. 22 p. 1952
It came in a nice gift box with a space quiz. It is a little bit of an odd astronomy book. The illustration are very beautiful and if you notice each planet has smaller people in the picture to...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 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 August. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added Heriot Bay, Ballet Bay Octopus Islands, and...
TheCollector
Mysterious Gustav Klimt Portrait Sells for $32 Million
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8 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Ukraine and the end of "Europe."
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
over a year ago
Nation-states were the problem: supranationality was not the answer.
TheCollector
5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Flashbak
A Look at London in 1975 with English Eccentrics and Mr Whippy
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by...
7 months ago
It’s 1975 on Flashbak. We’re in and around London in the company of David Rostance. Let’s begin by shopping for a Mr Whippy ice cream on Gypsy Hill, south of the River Thames. Or maybe a cider or Brandy Alexander lolly is more to your taste? You can see the full range of British...
Classical Wisdom
Should Death Concern Us?
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
a year ago
How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
TheCollector
Who Were the 6 Most Famous Artists of the Protestant Reformation?
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TheCollector
Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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TheCollector
Slavoj Zizek on the 2 Types of Violence
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TheCollector
8 Techniques in Persuasion from Antiquity
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TheCollector
Who Are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
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A Brief History of Money Throughout World History
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TheCollector
Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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What Is Philosophical Intelligence? (And How to Practice It)
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TheCollector
September 1, 1939: The Invasion of Poland
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Flashbak
Through the Looking Glass with Robert Cumming – Pictures
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no...
11 months ago
American artist Robert Cumming (October 7, 1943 – December 16, 2021) appreciated fun. He saw no point in trying to achieve anything else in life. As he put it: “If it’s not fun, there’s no point!” A new book of his conceptual photographs illustrates the point. Above, you can see...
TheCollector
$18-Million Monet Heads to Auction
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TheCollector
Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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TheCollector
Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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Classical Wisdom
History as Tragedy?
A Different View of Thucydides
5 months ago
A Different View of Thucydides
TheCollector
8 Famous Books That Helped Economies Thrive With Tourism
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
9 months ago
The US Treasury’s Money Laundering Machine
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:20
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
History Today Feed
How ASEAN Lost its Way
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
11 months ago
How ASEAN Lost its Way
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/24/2024 - 09:53
TheCollector
Religious Symbolism & Traditions of Easter Beyond the Bunny
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TheCollector
What Is Voguing?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso: 6 Notes on Friendship and Rivalry
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TheCollector
4 Villains From the Arthurian Legends Who Really Existed
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TheCollector
5 Quotes by Sartre Explained: What These Words Mean for Us Today
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TheCollector
Sri Lanka’s Top 6 Must-See Historic Sites
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TheCollector
Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
TheCollector
A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The East African Campaign of WWI: Germany vs The Allies in East Africa
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Classical Wisdom
Where did the time go?
Important Notice
4 weeks ago
TheCollector
Understanding Egyptian Astrology: What Is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign?
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TheCollector
Was Spinoza an Atheist? The Theological-Political Treatise
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Flashbak
‘F*ck You, Philadelphia’ – When Blondie Opened For Rush In 1979
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres...
a year ago
When on January 21st, 1979, Rush needed an opening act for the Philadelphia leg of their Hemispheres tour, Blondie got the call. Georgia-based southern rockers Stillwater couldn’t play. So would the New Yorkers deliver what 18,000 fans of the Canadian rockers packed into the...
TheCollector
What Are the Five French Republics?
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TheCollector
Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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TheCollector
10 Norse Goddesses You Need to Know
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Flashbak
Eating At The Montreal Restaurant ‘Famous for Its Little Pig’ – 1938-1972
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a...
3 months ago
For nearly four decades from 1938, Jean-Paul Cuerrier (1918-1997) took pictures of diners feeding a pig at the table at Au Lutin Qui Bouffe restaurant in Montreal, Canada. Patrons would take home the photo as a souvenir. The typical posse was for one diner to feed the piglet milk...
TheCollector
What Was the First Triumvirate?
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TheCollector
TheCollector Sits Down with Romulo Royo (Video Interview)
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TheCollector
When Birds Outsmarted the Army: What Was the Emu War?
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TheCollector
John Ruskin: His Key Ideas that Defined an Artistic Era
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a year ago
Res Obscura
Why I love etymologies
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words...
7 months ago
Telephones popularized "hello," "lox" is 8,000 years old, and other reasons why the history of words matters
TheCollector
What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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TheCollector
Nietzsche’s Crusade Against the Philosophers
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TheCollector
What Is the Origin of Cowpox (& How Did It Cure Smallpox)?
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A Collection of...
Collections: How Many People? Ancient Demography
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is...
a year ago
One of the first questions anyone asks about past societies is, ‘how many people were there?’ It is one of those basic bits of information and generally speaking those of us who teach these societies are usually prepared with an estimate to answer the question. But what we often...
TheCollector
What Is Theodicy?
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TheCollector
Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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5 months ago
Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
We might not be in this mess.
a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 2
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight...
over a year ago
Another article that appeared in this August 1953 issue is about the current fictional space flight programs on TV: Rocket-Bye Baby.
TheCollector
The Fifteenth Amendment: Expanding Voting Rights After the Civil War
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a month ago
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 3
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an...
over a year ago
From the same 1953 Women's Day issue comes my final posting from this "space packed" issue. For an early Christmas present to yourself or a craft project to make the perfect present for someone else, here are the plans for making some nifty space helmets!
TheCollector
Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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TheCollector
7-Foot Hermes Statue Found in Ancient Roman Sewer
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5 months ago
Open Culture
99-Year-Old Dick Van Dyke Sings & Dances in a Touching New Coldplay Video, Directed by Spike Jonze
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music...
a week ago
There’s one thing right with our world, and it’s Dick Van Dyke. Appearing in a new Coldplay music video, Mr. Van Dyke dances barefoot and sings knowingly a little off-key—before reflecting on a century of life on this planet. What is love? Is he afraid of dying? What does luck...
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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TheCollector
Serpentine Installs 19-Foot Pumpkin Sculpture by Yayoi Kusama
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TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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3 weeks ago
History Today Feed
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
8 months ago
Was Portugal’s Carnation Revolution Inevitable?
JamesHoare
Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:56
TheCollector
5 Infamous Pretenders in Russian History
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TheCollector
5 Feminine Beauty Ideals in Art History
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TheCollector
The Nemean Lion: Heracles’ First Labor & the Birth of a Hero
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Global Inequality...
There is no exit for dictators
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an...
a year ago
In an interesting paper he tweeted yesterday, Kaushik Basu discusses, using a mathematical model, an old problem: how rulers once they are in power cannot leave it even if they wish to do so, because their road to power, and in power, is littered with corpses that will all...
Classical Wisdom
Religion in the Olympics
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
4 months ago
The Olympics: Do they Unite or Divide Us?
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triump, Part IIb: Handfuls of Maniples
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great...
10 months ago
This is the second part of the second part of the second part of our four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Romans and the heirs of Alexander, asking the question, “What can defeat a Macedonian sarisa-phalanx?” Last time, we started looking at...
TheCollector
How Did Christianity Affect Japanese Immigration to America?
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What Language Did the Ancient Romans Speak?
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TheCollector
The Banana Wars: How the US Plundered Central America
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Magic Motion Martian Book (1964)
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a...
a year ago
A pleasantly strange space book about Martians visiting the earth. The "magic motion" consisted of a little lenticular piece inside each page so if you moved your head the image would move. Not very exciting but it did make for a fun story.
Miller, Albert G. Designed by Paul...
TheCollector
10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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TheCollector
Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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TheCollector
Investors Trying to Acquire Ex San Francisco Art Institute Building
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TheCollector
Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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Hundred Rabbits
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...
over a year ago
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...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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TheCollector
Gala Dalí: Salvador Dali’s Mysterious Muse
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a year ago
TheCollector
Grand Egyptian Museum Partially Opens to the Public
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2 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Soothing the injured spirit of the Temple
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
2 weeks ago
The case for giving back the Elgin Marbles
History Today Feed
History Today Review of the Year
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
History Today Review of the Year
j.hoare
Thu, 12/28/2023 - 00:00
TheCollector
Tate Modern Reopens Its 10th Floor Viewing Platform
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TheCollector
The History of the Ancient Olympics: Footraces in the Nude
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TheCollector
Father of Emperor Caligula: Who Was Germanicus?
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TheCollector
Who Painted it? Dutch Women Artists and Misattribution
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12 months ago
TheCollector
Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Things To Come : The 1950s Science Fiction Book Club Newsletter
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science...
6 months ago
Things To Come was the monthly newsletter (originally bi-monthly) of publisher Doubleday’s Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC). The short, typically four-page issues promoted the book club’s coming selections and best of volumes from Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science...
TheCollector
7 Historical Places to Visit on the Isle of Skye
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9 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Rise of Extractive Politics
It's about having small expectations.
a year ago
It's about having small expectations.
History Today Feed
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
a year ago
Medieval Icelandic Feasts
j.hoare
Thu, 12/21/2023 - 06:00
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
TheCollector
What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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History Today Feed
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
2 months ago
‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/22/2024 - 09:11
African History...
A general history of African explorers of the Old world, and a 19th century Bornu traveller of...
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old...
2 months ago
This article provides a brief outline of over sixty African explorers who traveled across the ‘Old World’ from the classical period to the turn of the 20th century.
TheCollector
What Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
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Open Culture
The Story Behind the Making of the Iconic Surrealist Photograph, Dalí Atomicus (1948)
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks,...
2 days ago
With his cane, his famous waxed mustache, and his habit of taking unusual animals for walks, Salvador Dalí would appear to have cultivated his own photographability. But taking a picture of the man who stood as a living definition of popular surrealism wasn’t a task to be...
Trying to Understand...
Unlike For Like.
BRICS and how international institutions work.
a month ago
BRICS and how international institutions work.
TheCollector
Geneva Exhibition Shows Rare Picasso Works
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TheCollector
Who Was Elena/Eleno de Céspedes?
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5 months ago
TheCollector
6 Must-See Spanish Castles
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TheCollector
Sorites Paradox: Why Traditional Logic Is Not Omnipotent
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TheCollector
Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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4 months ago
Flashbak
Save The Robots: Life At New York’s Best Illegal Nightclub In The 1980s
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz...
2 months ago
Save the Robots was an underground after hours club in New York City’s Lower East Side. Deb Diz Fearon was living in the building at 25 Avenue B, Manhattan before the ‘Robots’ moved into the basement. “We were the tenants that got kicked out so Save The Robots could move in,” she...
Open Culture
Watch the Sex Pistols’ Christmas Party for Kids–Which Happened to Be Their Final Gig in the UK...
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a...
4 days ago
I’m not sure the Sex Pistols had “available for children’s parties” on their press release, but on a cold and grim Christmas in 1977, that’s exactly what happened. While many Britons were settling in for a warm yuletide, the Pistols decided to host a party/benefit for the...
History Today Feed
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28
9 months ago
‘Remembering Peasants’ by Patrick Joyce review
JamesHoare
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 09:28