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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over a year ago
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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TheCollector
Emperor Lucius Verus: Life, Death, Reign
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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Oskar Kokoschka’s Strange Obsession With Alma Mahler
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Symbolism and Identity in Northern Renaissance Portraiture
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Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
6 months ago
Robert the Bruce: Born To Be King?
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:11
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
Flashbak
Lee Balterman’s Chicago in the 1950s
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and...
6 months ago
Lee Balterman (1920 – March 16, 2012) was born in Chicago, took night classes in drawing and painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago – the only formal training of his career – and until his death lived and photographed almost daily in Chicago for newspapers,...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for July 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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Slide Rule, released a little slide rule toy(Mastodon).
100r.co,...
Flashbak
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...
TheCollector
Possible ‘Salvator Mundi’ Location and Exhibition Plans Revealed
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TheCollector
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
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Jamestown: The Myth & Mystery of America’s First Permanent Colony
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7 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space (1952)
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite...
10 months ago
Sorry for the delays in posting, I have been on a short vacation. So today is one of my favorite (and obscure) fictional pop-up books about space. A really beautifully illustrated 1952 book with some amazing text to accompany it, The Jolly Jump-ups Journey Through Space!
Clyne,...
TheCollector
Chiaroscuro: The Dramatic Play of Light and Shadow
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TheCollector
Lord Balfour’s Portrait Slashed by Pro-Palestine Activists
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Collectors Pull Lent Works From London’s Barbican
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9 months ago
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Who Was Winston Churchill? The Dark Side of Britain’s Great Hero
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How Saint Helena and the True Cross Changed an Empire
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The Brezhnev Era: Stagnation in the USSR
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11 months ago
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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What Are the Most Interesting Facts About Scotland?
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TheCollector
Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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10 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for August 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
3 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of August.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added new pages: Sointula, Johnstone Strait anchorages, and Central coast anchorages. Updated existing pages: added Yuculta and Dent rapids with...
TheCollector
6 Misconceptions About Biblical Angels
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Samnite Wars: How Rome Conquered the Samnites (History & Aftermath)
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Walter Benjamin: What are the Connections Between Language and Theology?
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TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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TheCollector
Northanger Abbey: Jane Austen’s Gothic Parody
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
How Can We Know Ourselves?
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
3 months ago
The More than Legendary Oracle of Delphi
TheCollector
Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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TheCollector
What Was the Underground Railroad?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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TheCollector
7 Museums to Visit in Athens
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Flashbak
The Spellbinding Corrupted Photos On An Artist’s Stolen Laptop
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her...
3 months ago
Pasedena police called photographer Melanie Willhide to tell her the good news: they’d found her laptop and backup drive. They’d pulled over a car being driven by Adrian Rodriguez and spotted Willhide’s stolen possession on the back seat. “It’s kind of like winning the lottery;...
TheCollector
How Did Belgium Become a Country?
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Alicia Keys Art Show at The Brooklyn Museum
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10 months ago
TheCollector
8 Places to Visit in Vietnam for History Lovers
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TheCollector
From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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2 months ago
Res Obscura
Res Obscura Newsletter: December, 2019
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I...
over a year ago
Note: this was exported from Mailchimp. That's a 1909 painting called "Altar." It's by someone I learned about just this month: the Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911). His paintings and music evoke a mysterious feeling that has stuck with...
TheCollector
First Nations of the Canadian Plateau: A Brief History
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The Remarkable Life of Charles Dickens: Hard Times & Great Expectations
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Food & Diet in Ancient Egypt: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Doherty
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TheCollector
7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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TheCollector
Bordeaux Wine in France: A Historical Primer
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Two Trojan Wars
Secret Origins
a year ago
African History...
a brief note on themes in African art.
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
5 months ago
Cartography, Culture and History in the artwork of the Bamum kingdom.
Trying to Understand...
NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
7 months ago
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
Trying to Understand...
Arming Ourselves Against The Future.
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
a year ago
With a few more books and a few old ideas.
TheCollector
What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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TheCollector
Mao’s Great Leap Forward & How It Killed Millions
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TheCollector
8 Works of Paul Klee You Should Know
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Flashbak
Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane: 1970s East London Before Gentrification
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and...
6 months ago
Brick Lane in London’s East End is in area of flux. From the road where they used mark bricks and brew beer, the place has been sanctuary to immigrants for centuries and is now home to a large Bangladeshi community. In the 17th century, French Huguenots arrived and brought with...
TheCollector
How Did Rachel Ruysch Become a World Famous Still Life Painter?
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TheCollector
What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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TheCollector
What Are Henri Matisse’s Most Vivid Paintings?
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Classical Wisdom
How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
11 months ago
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
TheCollector
10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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TheCollector
A Guide to Madrid for Art Enthusiasts (10 Things to Do)
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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a year ago
Flashbak
Roadside Relics of the USSR
We’re back on the road though the former Soviet Union. This time our guide is French photographer...
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...
TheCollector
10 Facts About the Curious Calvin Coolidge: The Coolest President?
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TheCollector
What is Deus Ex Machina in Film?
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8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is the Tall Poppy Syndrome?
Is it good, bad or relative?
6 months ago
Is it good, bad or relative?
Open Culture
Hear the Evolution of Electronic Music: A Sonic Journey from 1929 to 2019
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not...
a week ago
It’s easy to get the impression that enthusiasts of electronic music listen to nothing else. (Not that it isn’t true for some of them, who tend to relegate themselves to smaller subgenres: consult Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music for a map of the sonic territory.) And it’s...
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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11 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIa: How a Legion Fights
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second...
10 months ago
This is the first part of the second part of our four? four part look at the great third and second century BC contest between the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander and the Roman legions. Last time, we looked at the Hellenistic army as a complete system, incorporating...
TheCollector
The Dallas Museum of Art Laid Off Eight Percent of Its Staff
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a year ago
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Jock of the Bushveld: An Enduring Tale of Friendship
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Things You Can Learn From Cynic Philosophers
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9 months ago
Global Inequality...
Powerful, but within the orbit of the empire
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
11 months ago
A review of Clinton Fernandes’ “Subimperial power“
TheCollector
Stuck in God’s Knowledge: Foreknowledge & Free Will
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Tyrannical Hell or Harmonious Utopia?
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
11 months ago
Plato’s Vision of an Ideal State
TheCollector
Jormungandr: Get to Know the Midgard Serpent
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Germanus of Auxerre and His Connection to Arthurian Legends
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Footsteps of Finn MacCool: The Landscape of Giants in Ireland
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TheCollector
What Ancient Rituals Do We Still Celebrate at Halloween?
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7 Famous Works by Henri Rousseau
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Sufism in South and South East Asia
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TheCollector
8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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5 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the History and Meaning of Music?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Depression in Europe: Here’s What Happened
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8 months ago
TheCollector
Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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TheCollector
19 Surprising Facts about the History of Potatoes
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10 months ago
Dreams of Space -...
Cosmodrome (1987)
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is...
a year ago
Cosmodrome is a paper cut-out book that you could use to build a cosmodrome. Admittedly it is published in 1987 so it is way out of scope for my blog. But it has some great visuals and so I think it is worth sharing. I have never had the nerve to cut this out and build it. Most...
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
a year ago
an island in the maelstrom
History Today Feed
The Great Fire of Smyrna
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
3 months ago
The Great Fire of Smyrna
JamesHoare
Fri, 09/13/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
The Battle of Grunwald: A Gamechanger for Eastern Europe
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
6 months ago
‘Spice’ by Roger Crowley review
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/18/2024 - 09:03
TheCollector
What Was the Pilgrimage of Grace?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Why Was the Gutenberg Printing Press Important?
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6 months ago
Flashbak
Libby Hall: Remembering The Photographer and Collector of Dog Photography
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive...
7 months ago
Libby Hall (1941-2023) was a friend. When she died last year at age 81, she let behind an archive that speaks of her talent as a street and press photographer, writer and collector, most notably of vintage dog photographs which now live at London’s Bishopsgate Institute. “Mine...
TheCollector
Discovery in Spain Could Change View on Ancient Gender Roles
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Strangest Art Movements You Need to Know
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
The Mysterious Phaistos Disk
And the Palace where it was found...
a year ago
And the Palace where it was found...
A Collection of...
Collections: The Mediterranean Iron Omni-Spear
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron...
a year ago
This week, on a bit of a lark, we’re going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking...
History Today Feed
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
6 months ago
Ronald Reagan’s European Tour
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/04/2024 - 10:11
TheCollector
11 Facts About The Unique State of Maine
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Art for Change: A Brief History of Protest Art
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6 months ago
TheCollector
The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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6 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
History Today Feed
The Death of Caspar Hauser
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
The Death of Caspar Hauser
j.hoare
Sun, 12/17/2023 - 00:00
African History...
The role of firearms in African military history, and the guns of the Benin kingdom.
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
a month ago
"The Zulus appeared almost to grow out of the earth.
TheCollector
Emma Of Normandy: The Unsung Queen of the Medieval World
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Why Is Boston Called Beantown?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Marcus Licinius Crassus, and How Did He Die?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Is Right & Wrong a Matter of Perspective? Moral Relativism Explained
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Which US President Served the Shortest Time in Office?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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2 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Jenne: 250BC-1893AD
Journal of African cities chapter 6
a year ago
Journal of African cities chapter 6
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
4 months ago
Ancient Advice on Health & Fitness
Classical Wisdom
Seamus Heaney
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
a year ago
A Lifetime of Ancient Poetry
TheCollector
How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Changing Seasons
3 months ago
TheCollector
Walter Benjamin’s Theses: Is Progress Inevitable?
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a year ago
Dreams of Space -...
The Hero's Ride (1963)
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an...
2 months ago
This was a reprint of a 1961 Russian book translated into Estonian in 1963. It is mostly an anthology of stories for children but with space art on the cover and a couple of space illustrations within I needed to share it.
Jarunkova, Klara. Illustrated by Eesti Riiklik...
TheCollector
Rastafarianism: Religion or Philosophy?
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10 months ago
History Today Feed
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
6 months ago
On the Spot: Kristin Semmens
JamesHoare
Mon, 06/17/2024 - 11:14
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