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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue...
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Friends, Readers, Countrymen, lend me your eyes! As sadly expected, the hiatus is going to continue through October. I am making good progress on my writing, but still need to keep focusing. I am currently, I believe, on track for us to go back to normally scheduled posts in...
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10 Historic College Towns in America You Should Visit
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
10 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of February.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added gimballed stove, open pantry, Little Ninj and LPG fume detection system. Updated galley refit and Western Canada(includes tidal/current...
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What Was the Ecological Impact of the Columbian Exchange?
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Did the French Revolution Spark Modern Democracy?
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Who is Mierle Laderman Ukeles?
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Empress of the Blues: Who Was Bessie Smith?
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In the Night Garden: The Magical World of George Shiras
George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and...
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George Shiras (1859 – 1942) began photographing in 1889, and was the first to use camera traps and flash photography when photographing animals. Shiras, a lawyer who became a politician, borrowed a hunting technique he learned from the Ojibwa tribe called jacklighting, when fire...
African History...
The complete history of Kano (999-1903)
journal of African cities chapter 9
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journal of African cities chapter 9
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7 Largest Cities in the Ancient World
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Open Culture
A Simple, Down-to-Earth Christmas Card from the Great Depression (1933)
The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great...
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The Smithsonian sets the scene for this Christmas card sent in 1933, a few years into the Great Depression. They write: Despite the glum economic situation, the Pinero family used a brown paper bag to fashion an inexpensive holiday greeting card. They penned a clever rhyme and...
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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William Blake’s Cottage to Be Preserved as a Museum
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Why Does Urs Fischer Burn His Sculptures?
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7 Rococo Artists You Need to Know
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The Jaguars of Yuruparí: Shamans of the Amazon Rainforest
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Speculation Grows Over a $4.7 Million Tax Bill Paid With Goyas
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Twenty Drawings by Kahlil Gibran, 1919
“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and...
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“Speak to us of Beauty” – Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet In 1919, Lebanese-American artist, poet and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) published the collection Twenty Drawings, the first and only time a selection of his paintings had appeared in print....
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Why Is Nan Goldin Considered a Trailblazer in Modern Photography?
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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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,...
Trying to Understand...
Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
a year ago
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Stonehenge Central Altar Stone Came From Scotland, Not Wales
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Dreams of Space -...
Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely...
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Cosmonaut-2 was a Russian pamphlet for older children about Gherman Titov. It has some lovely illustration about the 2nd manned Russian space launch. At age 25 Titov remains the youngest man to fly in Earth orbit. Vostok 2 was launched on August 6, 1961.
Cosmonaut-2, 1964. 38 p....
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The Many Faces of King David: Warrior, Poet, Adulterer
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Charles Darwin: 5 Key Facts About His Life and Work
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Exploring Open Primaries: How They Work and Which States Use Them
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How Jacopo Tintoretto Defined the Renaissance in Venice
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Trying to Understand...
Let's Be Enemies
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
a year ago
Since it seems to be the fashion these days.
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Is Divorce in Christianity Really Allowed?
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What Was the Oregon Trail? History and Legacy
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
8 months ago
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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
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Reacting to the French Revolution: Edmund Burke and the British Pamphlet War
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5 Important Stories About Thor the Norse God of Thunder
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History Today Feed
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Mon, 11/27/2023 - 12:04
Classical Wisdom
Do Individuals Move the Course of History?
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
2 months ago
Or Do They Just Ride the Wave?
Flashbak
The 25 Best Bedroom Bands Ever – 1980s Volume 1
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the...
9 months ago
For Those About to Rock We Salute You – ACDC, 1981 You had it all – the hair, the sticks, the pointy guitar, the hair, the band, the drive, the tights, the most piercing scream outside a Pee Wee Herman meets Cher Christmas convention. And you also had the hair. In the 1980s …...
Res Obscura
How well can AI imitate a 17th century doctor?
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
10 months ago
Arcadio Huang is ill in 1710s Paris. Can GPT-4 and Gemini find a cure?
Global Inequality...
Should poor countries remain poor?
Stock vs flow approach.
9 months ago
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Who Won the First Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War?
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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SoHo And New York City In The 1980s
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,”...
4 months ago
Gérard Monger has been taking photos for more than 56 years. “I wanted to become a photojournalist,” he tells us, “but I became a computer scientist. I lived for a long time in the suburbs of Paris, Colombes and then Maisons Laffitte. Now I live in the center of France in Nevers....
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Art Basel Paris Kicks Off in Grand Palais
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Fake News & the Information Age: Challenges in Modern Elections
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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...
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
4 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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The Incredible Story of Cadmus: The First Hero of Greek Mythology
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Freedom of Speech in the United States: An Overview
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How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Global Inequality...
Russia’s apocalyptic messianism
Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Questions raised by Nikolai Berdyaev
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Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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Afghanistan Historic Monuments Destroyed in Earthquakes
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How Did Romania Become a Country?
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10 Curious Facts About Johnny Cash
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How Did Aristotle Influence Western Thought?
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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...
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Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Tale of Brotherly Love
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The Last Viking: The Life of King Harald Hadrada
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La Llorona: Latin America’s Vengeful Ghost in Film & Literature
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Dreams of Space -...
The Great Experience (1963)
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't...
a year ago
I have been collecting these books for such a long time that it is rare to come across one I haven't seen. I know there are still many out there but my language skills are poor enough that I rarely find the many books that exist in other languages. So I present today The Great...
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Should You Believe in Something Just Because It’s Logical?
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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.
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A Brief History of Iceland (From Discovery to 21st Century)
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What Is the History Behind Hanukkah?
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How Did George Orwell’s Life Influence his Literature?
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Can the Real King Arthur Be Identified as Athrwys of Gwent?
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What’s the Best Time to Visit Niagara Falls?
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What Were The Pentagon Papers?
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Helen Keller’s Letter on Why Book-Burning Nazis Will Never Defeat Ideas, 1933
“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often...
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“History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them’ – Helen Keller Helen Keller is best known for her campaign to help the disabled and support for...
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Classical Wisdom
Do You Need Children to Care About the Future?
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
4 months ago
Shady Trees or Empty Branches?
History Today Feed
Putting Mothers on Death Row
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
4 months ago
Putting Mothers on Death Row
JamesHoare
Thu, 08/22/2024 - 09:47
Flashbak
Animals Behaving Horribly On Vintage Christmas Cards
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards...
a year ago
The British love for animals is clear in this weird and wonderful collection of Christmas cards produced during the Victorian era. There are dead birds, massive insects being tortured by small children and any number of humanised animals eating each other, eating people and...
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What Are the Top 7 Sights to See in Milan?
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The Men Who Sacked Rome: Who Were the Vandals?
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Classical Wisdom
Can you REALLY be offended on behalf of someone else??
Lessons from Borat
a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Astronomy
Ursa Major
a year ago
Flashbak
Listen To The 1985 Gig When R.E.M. Were Raw, Real and Unscripted and Ready To Fight The Crowd
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the...
a year ago
Not everyone was into R.E.M. when they were raw and unscripted. The indie act who became one of the world’s biggest bands of the late 1980s and early ‘90s started local and unplanned. As Robert Dean Lurie writes in Begin the Begin: R.E.M.‘s Early Years: R.E.M. began their live...
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Trying to Understand...
I Have No Brain But I Must Scream.
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
a year ago
But why aren't people in other countries listening?
Trying to Understand...
No Cheers for Authoritarianism
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
a year ago
Remind me what it was, exactly ....
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Valkyries: Get to Know the Norse Demons of the Dead
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Here Are Alfred Hitchcock’s 20 Greatest Films
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Oldest Ancient Temple Unearthed in Cyprus
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Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare: What’s the Difference?
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Charles Green Shaw’s Cocktail Book of Rhymed Recipes – c. 1920s
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it...
3 weeks ago
“Art, since its inception has never depended upon realism. Why, one cannot help wondering, should it begin now? – Charles Green Shaw This great little book created by Charles Green Shaw (May 1, 1892 – April 2, 1974) in the late 1920s or early 1930s (given the styling, it’s a...
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News from the Front: The Reflections of a Russian Anarchist in Rojava : On the Collapse of Assad,...
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in...
2 weeks ago
The toppling of the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria was many years overdue. Yet the tragedies in Syria are not over. Israel has bombed hundreds of locations around the country and seized a considerable amount of land in the southwest, while Turkish proxy forces are threatening...
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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African History...
Historical links between Africa and Armenia (ca. 600-1900)
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus...
a year ago
Travelers, merchants and scholars from Nubia, Ethiopia and Armenia who visited the southern Caucasus and North-eastern Africa.
History Today Feed
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
a month ago
The Female Detectives of Victorian Britain
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:37
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A History of Speakeasies in the USA: In the Spirit of Secrecy
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Trying to Understand...
The Coming Of Neo-Tribalism.
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
7 months ago
Of honour, gangsters, nomadic tribes and of course identity politics.
African History...
Acemoglu in Kongo: a critique of 'Why Nations Fail' and its wilful ignorance of African history.
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies...
2 months ago
There aren’t many Africans on the list of Nobel laureates, nor does research on African societies show up in the selection committees of Stockholm.
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The Tempest: Shakespeare’s Tale of Magic, Power, and Forgiveness
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
a year ago
Sappho, Latin Literature, and more...
History Today Feed
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
3 months ago
On the Spot: William Dalrymple
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/24/2024 - 08:00
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
a year ago
Sacred Flames and Divine Philosophers
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Who Won the Battle of Antietam?
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Russia’s Greatest General? Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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History Today Feed
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
10 months ago
‘Reading It Wrong’ by Abigail Williams review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 08:20
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Canada?
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The Federalist Papers: History & Summary
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
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7 of the Biggest Palaces Ever Built
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How Important Was Theseus for Athens? Theseus: Get to Know the Mythical King of Athens
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
6 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
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How Did Emperor Nero treat Christians During His Reign?
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The Story of Atlas and His Eternal Burden: The God Who Holds the World
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Classical Wisdom
Oops! I did it again...
Getting our events straight...
a year ago
Getting our events straight...
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10 Must-Visit Historic Ski Towns in the US
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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Rediscovered Quentin Metsys Madonna Heads to Auction
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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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Who Was Vortigern?
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What Are the Tallest Trees in the United States?
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Mary Queen of Scots: Biography & Facts
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African History...
State and society in southern Ethiopia: the Oromo kingdom of Jimma (ca. 1830-1932)
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its...
11 months ago
Modern Ethiopia is a diverse country comprised of many communities and languages, each with its history and contribution to the country's cultural heritage. While Ethiopian historiography is often focused on the historical developments in the northern regions of the country, some...
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A History Lover’s Guide to New Mexico
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Why Is Turkey so Important on Thanksgiving?
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Creating Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa – An Illustrated History
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who...
7 months ago
“At 110, everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign my … Continue reading "Creating...
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Tadeusz Kościuszko: 6 Facts You Didn’t Know
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10 Small but Historic Countries You Didn’t Know About
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Afterlife of the Roman Republic
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate...
a month ago
This week we are taking a look at what ended up being the ‘runner-up’ in the latest ACOUP Senate poll (we’ll also do the winner, “The Problem with Sci-Fi Body armor” before year’s end, worry not), the “Afterlife of the Roman Republic,” which is to say a look at the continued...
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