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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Gods From Space: When London Taxi Diver George King Met Jesus And Other Aliens
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5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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The Enigmatic Archeology of Chichen Itza: A World Wonder
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Battle of Cynoscephalae: Macedonian Phalanx vs Roman Legion
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The Theft of the Ghent Altarpiece
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Hey folks, this week is a bit of a gap week as I am heading out to the annual meeting of the Society for Military History (and, indeed, by the time you read this, I will be there). Normally, I post the abstract of my conference talk for these sorts of things, but since I …...
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Theory of Colours: James Sowerby’s ‘A New Elucidation’ (1809)
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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Founder of Arianism: Who Was Arius?
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Historical Figures in Ridiculous Frippery: Ruff Love For Old Masters
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Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
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‘Bluestockings’ by Susannah Gibson review
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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10 Films for Photography Enthusiasts
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Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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What Is Relational Aesthetics?
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Human Civilization’s First Cities: 7 of the Oldest
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What Is Agnes Pelton Best Known For?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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Alexander Hamilton: From Orphan to Founding Father
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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British Imperial Presence in China: Opium, Porcelain, & Manipulation
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Trees are Sanctuaries: Wandering – Notes and Sketches by Hermann Hesse, 1920
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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What Is the Symbolism in Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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Teenagers at Home In the 1980s and 90s In 38 Photos
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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Max Thalmann: Passion, Cathedrals And America In Woodcuts
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Does Nietzsche Believe in Free Will?
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Anarchism Explained: Why Should the State be Abolished?
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The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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Napoleon’s Forgotten First Battle: La Maddalena, 1793
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Human Sacrifice in the Pre-Columbian Americas: Fact vs Fiction
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The Pilgrim as a Historian
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What Is the History of the Hudson’s Bay Company?
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Sybil Ludington: The Girl Who Rode Twice As Far As Paul Revere?
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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A Brief History of Mount Everest
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Augusto Pinochet’s Brutal Rule: A Look Inside His Regime
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Benjamin Franklin: All About His Personal & Private Life
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I have seen, and read about, of many instances when the police would clear universities of students who were demonstrating. The police would come in on the orders of the authorities unhappy with student-created oases of freedom. It would come, armed, beat up students, and end the...
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Sufism: Mystical Islam in Africa
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