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‘Age of Wolf and Wind’ by Davide Zori review
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10 English Words Borrowed from Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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Sartre’s ‘Being and Nothingness’: An Introduction to Existentialism
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How well can GPT-4 simulate an acid trip in 1963?
An experiment with historical simulation
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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Georgian Wine: The World’s Oldest Wine Producer in 4 Great Wineries
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What Is the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence? From Descartes to Turing
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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Native Americans in the Revolutionary War: Who Did They Side With?
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Who Were Charlemagne’s Daughters
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Understanding Australian History Through 3 Artworks
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[Video] Roundtable Discussion with Mary Naples
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Who Are the Klu Klux Klan?
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LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
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The Titans: The Greek Gods Before the Olympians
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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The Statue of Athena Parthenos: Everything You Need to Know
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10 Interesting Facts About Arthur Miller
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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Capitalist Countries vs. Socialist Countries, Explained
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The 10 Most Beloved Urban Parks in the United States
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
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And how does it reflect on us?
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How Can We Prepare for the Worst?
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What Were The Four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece
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Ed Ruscha’s Artists’ Books: An Innovative Approach
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Ancient Greece's Master Sculptor
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7 of the Most Iconic Monuments in Russia
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The Best Eclipses of the Ancient World
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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What Was Jim Crow?
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Origins of Latin Literature
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...and the Master of Roman Comedy
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Musée Rodin to Launch Shanghai Outpost in September
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Cabal of Naples: The True Story of Naples’ Gang of Baroque Artists
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Nixtamalization: How Ancient Americans Bio-Engineered Corn
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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What Is the Ides of March?
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What Was the Most Notorious Trial of the 20th Century? 4 Possible Contenders
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Res Obscura
There should be more cash prizes for solving historical mysteries
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How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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The Long Debate on Assisted Dying
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The West African Squadron: Hunting Slave Ships on the High Seas
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Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew: Sexist or Subversive?
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How Can You Overcome Self-Censorship?
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Chariot Racing in the Ancient World
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...and History's Highest Paid Sports Star!
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Antinous: The Tragic Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover
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Kenjutsu: Discover Centuries of Japanese Fencing Tradition
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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4 Key Characteristics of Symbolist Art
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Vatican Museums Open Ancient Roman Necropolis
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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Overcoming Bias
Arntz-Gray & I Talk Feminism
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Casta Paintings in Colonial Mexico: How Accurate Were They?
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444 Days: The Story of the Iran Hostage Crisis
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What is Digital Art? A Brief History and Tips for Collecting
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Place of Gold: The Complex Story of Johannesburg
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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Patterns in Humanity
The Effects of Immigration in Denmark
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The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Convents as a Refuge in Early Modern Lisbon
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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What’s the Best Time of the Year to Visit Cape Town?
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A Brief History of the Rahbani Music Family
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How Did Andy Warhol Change the History of Cinema?
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Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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Who Won the Battle of Belmont?
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Towton: How Britain’s Fiercest Battle Unfolded
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Battle of Kursk: The Largest Tank Battle in History
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Dr Alun Withey
Should I Stay or Should I go?: Encouraging travel in the early modern period.
Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the...
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Travel today is often portrayed as a healthy activity, good for body, mind…and what’s left of the spirit! A good holiday is generally viewed as a tonic, and holiday company advertisements extol the virtues of ‘getting away’, encountering new places, people and cultures and (if...
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Farmer Discovers Massive Roman Mosaic in Türkiye
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Finding Your Beard Style in the 19th Century
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In the previous post I noted the variety of facial hair styles that were worn by men in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, depending on factors including status, location and age. Rather than each age having one particular style of facial hair that was ubiquitous, the...
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How Did Black Friday Get Its Name?
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Operation Barbarossa: When Nazi Germany Tried to Invade the USSR
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The Merchant’s House Museum Fears ‘Irreparable Damage’
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The Devastating Dust Bowl of the Great Depression
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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King Sennacherib: The Warrior King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
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The Beatles Created a Painting While Touring in Japan
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What Is the Gospel of Truth?
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Is My Life Just a Cosmic Accident? Finding Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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Sokol: An Exercise in Czech Nation-Building
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The three German fears
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St. Petersburg: A History of the City Built on Bones
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The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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African History...
Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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Why Africa's internal political processes explain African history better than external actors.
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What Use is Prehistory to the Historian?
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Thu, 05/30/2024 - 09:19
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Pascal’s Wager: Should you Bet on God’s Existence?
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Who Was Rosa Luxemburg and Why Was She Important?
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Patterns in Humanity
Immigration and crime: Denmark
Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Are immigrants overrepresented in crime? If so, which immigrants? And why?
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Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Economic growth and social transformation in 19th century Somalia.
Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Desert caravans, coastal cities and population movements
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Great Zimbabwe: Center of a Mysterious African Civilization
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Watch TV-CBGB – A Punk Sitcom From 1981
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In November 1982, Billboard reviewed a CBGB-produced cable access show to “include interviews, comedy skits, and live performances”. Stuart Newman, a member of the The Roustabouts, one of the groups featured on the show – along with Idiot Savant, The Hard, Jo Marshall, Shrapnel...
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London Olympics and Tony Blair’s Decision on Parthenon Marbles
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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How Can We Prevent Character Assassination?
Corruption in the Ancient World
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Corruption in the Ancient World
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The Hindenburg Disaster: Oh, the Humanity!
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6 Unsolved Murder Mysteries Involving Historical Figures
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Dreams of Space -...
One, Two (1965)
The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting...
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The next few posts are some of my favorite picture books. The 1st from 1965 is a very basic counting book about spaceflight. I hope that you find it as charming as I do.
DeCaprio, Annie and David Krieger. Illustrated by Nydorf, Seymour. One, Two. New York: Wonder Books. (24 p.)...
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The Dutch Under Nazi Rule: German WWII Occupation of the Netherlands
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The Bumpy Ride to Yerevan: What Can a Road Trip in Armenia Teach You?
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African History...
A history of the Rozvi kingdom (1680-1830)
From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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From Changamire's expulsion of the Portuguese to the ruined cities of Zimbabwe.
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Finland in World War II: A Non-Fascist Axis Power?
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New Woman: The Concept that Challenged Victorian Norms
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A Fabulous Collection of Antique Espresso Coffee Machines
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6 Appalachian Folk Stories That Will Keep You Up at Night
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5 Legendary European Theater Directors You Should Know
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What Are the Top 9 Historical Sites in Budapest?
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8 Facts About the Norse Goddess Freyja
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Is Oedipus Rex the Mother of All Drama?
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Absinthe: From Green Fairy to Moral Panic
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Battle of Poitiers, by Charles de Steuben, 1837, via Wikimedia Commons
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American Abstract Artist Frank Stella Dies at 87
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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What Is Predictive Processing? & How It Explains 3 Visual Illusions
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