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Who Won the Battle of New Orleans (US Civil War)?
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Did Anne Boleyn Really Ruin Wolsey?
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What Is Banksy’s Real Identity? (5 Scenarios)
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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Newest Banksy Mural Guarded After Vandalism
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
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James Simon: Art Collector & Owner of The Nefertiti Bust
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The Rise and Death of a ‘Mad Monk’: Who Was Grigori Rasputin?
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It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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“Triple Threat at Suez Canal, Panama Canal, & Mexico Attack Freight”
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What Did the Beat Generation Want?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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Why Do People Love or Hate John Calvin?
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What Are the Characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art?
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How the Athenian Empire Caused Its Own Collapse
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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‘Final Verdict’ by Tobias Buck review
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Tue, 07/23/2024 - 09:44
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Jacques Lacan: Explaining the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real
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Plato On Knowledge
What is True?
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there...
3 weeks ago
After a Thanksgiving break I am back with Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age. Even if there are not a lot of illustrations of space flight this book was very important to me at the time. I remember finding it in the school library and then getting my own paperback copy...
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Who Was Martin Luther? (Bio, Ideas, Legacy)
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How Did Astrology and the Zodiac Differ Between Ancient Cultures?
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weird medieval guys
Huge announcement: there’s a Weird Medieval Guys BOOK coming out soon!
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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What Is Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy?
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In Defence of Boring Books
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What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Global Inequality...
The world according to Garegnani
I have not thought of this until I had lunch with Anwar Shaikh today. I have personally known Anwar...
7 months ago
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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Quipu: How Did the Inca Record Information with Cords & Knots?
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5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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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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World’s Oldest Figurative Art Found in Indonesian Cave
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What Was the Ancient Greek Pankration?
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Dr Alun Withey
Beard Fashions and Class
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid...
over a year ago
Over the past few centuries, fashions in facial hair have changed substantially. In the mid seventeenth century many men wore the ‘Van Dyke’ style of a small, pointy beard and moustaches. By the end of the 1600s, beards were in decline, leaving many men with just moustaches. The...
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The Celtic Invasion of Greece & The Unknown Battle of Thermopylae
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Prince Charles III Portrait Defaced by Animal Right Activists
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10 Things to Do in London if You Love Art
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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Why Is Emperor Caligula’s Reign Notorious?
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captain what is this
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on...
over a year ago
After 15 days on the water, we were to get into port. It was the 27th of June, and we'd left Opua on the 12th. We hove-to for the night, waiting for sunrise before entering Savusavu bay. 'Entering a strange harbor at night is for morons and fools,' people told us. We didn't...
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How did the Plague of Athens Revolutionize Carthage?
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8 Great Depression Foods That Defined 1930s America
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Flashbak
Identipop, Build Your Own Popstar, 1969
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and...
10 months ago
With Identipops you could fashion 74 press-out pieces to make ‘thousands of faces – stars and unknowns’. The unknowns are easy to spot – but can you identify all the popstars on the game’s box design? Made in the UKL by Play Value Ltd – they produced similar games, also from the...
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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How Does Mona Hatoum Turn Ordinary Objects into Artworks?
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
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Trying to Understand...
Service to what nation?
Why people should stop talking about conscription.
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Why people should stop talking about conscription.
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
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Constantine and the Queen of Carthage
Dreams of Space -...
Judy Space Puzzles (1970s)
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time...
a month ago
Here is another quick post for you. Space puzzles!
I last shared these in 2016 so it is about time to bring them back.
These were classroom puzzles (although they were probably owned by kids at home too). They were mostly for Kindergarten-2nd grade kids and were "educational" as...
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for February 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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, added back corrected chapters 1-7 to...
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Hungary in WWII: A Lesser Axis Power
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Hendrik Verwoerd’s Life & Death: The Architect of Apartheid
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How Did Lucas Cranach the Elder Support the Protestant Reformation?
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Third Punic War: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
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“Horrible” Painting Found in Cellar Could Be $6 Million Picasso
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Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Liberty: Negative and Positive Liberty
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5 Controversies Surrounding Marina Abramović
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Sophocles' Swansong
Oedipus at Colonus
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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How Did the Guggenheim Museum Emerge as an Iconic Art Institution?
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What is Hecate’s Relationship with Alchemy?
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The Capture of the Ceryneian Hind: The Third Labor of Heracles
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What Was the Medieval Legend of Prester John?
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Flashbak
Moe’s Photos of Jacob Riis House On New York City’s Lower East Side 1977-1983
In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th...
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In 1977, Moe a resident of the Jacob Riis Houses decided to capture his neighborhood from East 10th Street to East 12th Street on Avenue D, Lower East Side, New York City, writes Efrain ‘Kid Love’ Rodriguez. The Summer was hot, the Son of Sam was terrorizing the streets of New...
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Cimabue Fresco Restored to its Original Glory
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for December
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
over 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 December. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Grimgrains, published a tofu from soy flour recipe, and reduced...
African History...
The complete history of Gondar: Africa's city of castles (1636-1900)
Journal of African cities chapter 8
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Journal of African cities chapter 8
TheCollector
How Is Ben Black Elk Associated with Mount Rushmore?
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Martha Washington: Get to Know the First First Lady
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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Liberalism, Democracy, and Pragmatism in John Dewey’s Philosophy
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Patterns in Humanity
The Rise of the West
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people...
a year ago
I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
TheCollector
5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Flashbak
Strange And Terrible: Hunter S. Thompson And The Hell’s Angels (1965)
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain...
6 months ago
In my own country I am in a far-off land I am strong but have no force or power I win all yet remain a loser At break of day I say goodnight When I lie down I have a great fear Of falling. – Ballade du concours de Blois by François Villon … Continue reading "Strange And...
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Rudolf Otto and His Revolutionary “Idea of the Holy”
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Vincent Van Gogh’s Self-Portraits: The Artist Through His Own Eyes
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What Is Gnosticism?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom...
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For his series Met mijn gezin (With My Family), made in 1973, Dutch photographer Hans Eijkelboom rang the doorbells of strangers’ houses. Having waited the man of the house to leave, Eijkelboom would ask the woman who answered the door to pose in a family portrait with him in the...
Classical Wisdom
Three Cabins Left
Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
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Emperors, Conquerors, and Saints
TheCollector
Explore Montmartre Through Van Gogh’s Eyes: Views of Paris
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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...
Flashbak
Before Banksy: London Graffiti in the 1980s
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the...
a year ago
It’s not all Banksy. In the 1980s, graffiti in London was less well organised and loved by all the right people. Most of of it got washed off walls or knocked down as the buildings it decorated made way for flats. Most of it wasn’t all that good. And because London graffiti was a...
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Narmer Palette: Decoding Its Iconography & Importance
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History Today Feed
Putting Pirates on Trial
Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
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Putting Pirates on Trial
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Wed, 02/21/2024 - 00:00
TheCollector
6 Popular Netsuke Designs and Their Meanings
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History Today Feed
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
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Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
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The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/16/2024 - 06:00
Classical Wisdom
The Secret Life of Latin
Still A Living Language?
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
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An Ottoman Winter in Toulon
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:30
TheCollector
What Did the Art of the Third Reich Look Like?
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How Did the Babylonian Exile Shape Judaism?
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The Good and Bad in Nolan’s Oppenheimer (Critic’s Review)
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Ancient Egyptian Structure Discovered Near Giza Pyramids
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7 Breathtaking Paintings Inspired by Shakespeare’s Plays
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
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Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/02/2024 - 10:00
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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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...
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What Are the Most Spoken Indigenous Languages in Mexico?
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The Reconstruction Era: Integrating the American South After the Civil War
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Hundred Rabbits
the rock of polynesia
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's...
over a year ago
Niue, pronounced 'New-ay', a rock in the Pacific, one of the largest coral islands on earth. It's the first country to offer free, state-funded, wireless internet to all its residents and has a goal of being completely solar powered— uuuh... wow?
We'd also heard that the school...
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5 Deadliest Sword Designs
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The Tale of Sinuhe: What Happens in the Ancient Egyptian Story?
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A Collection of...
Collections: On the Reign of Alexander III of Macedon, the Great? Part II
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost...
7 months ago
This is the second and final part of our look at Alexander III of Macedon (Part I), who you almost certainly know as Alexander the Great. Last week, we looked at the sources for Alexander’s life, the historiography (that is, the history-of-the-history) of his modern reception and...
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6 Facts about the Ancient Olympic Games
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7 Notable Kings of Israel and Judah From the Bible
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Wallis Simpson: A Look Beyond Scandal
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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Jacksonville Confederate Monument Removed
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African History...
A muslim kingdom in the Ethiopian highlands: the history of Ifat and Adal ca. 1285-1520.
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most...
6 months ago
During the late Middle Ages, the northern Horn of Africa was home to some of the continent's most powerful dynasties, whose history significantly shaped the region's social landscape. The history of one of these dynasties, often referred to as the Solomonids, has been...
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Battle of the Jaxartes (329 BCE): Alexander’s Spectacular Victory
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African History...
The Dahlak islands and the African dynasty of Yemen
a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
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a complete history of a cosmopolitan archipelago in the red sea (4th-19th century)
TheCollector
3 Most Notable Democratic Presidents in US History
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Cecil John Rhodes: Life and Legacy of a British Imperialist
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Classical Wisdom
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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In Search of Homer Trip Opening
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On the Spot: Alice Hunt
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
JamesHoare
Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
3 months ago
On the Spot: Alice Hunt
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Tue, 09/03/2024 - 10:40
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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What Was the Edo Period of Japan Best Known For?
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Frida Kahlo: 6 Facts About Her Life, Art, & Legacy
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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10 Curious and Strange Laws From Around the World
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Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale
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5 Creatures from Slavic Mythology Represented in Art
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What Is The Critical Pedagogy Movement?
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a year ago
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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How to Explore the Galapagos Islands for Its Natural Wonders
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