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When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils New Public Sculpture in London
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IIIa: Peak Pike-Phalanx
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
Classical Wisdom
The Furies
Vengeance or Justice?
3 months ago
TheCollector
What Is the Historical Context of Easter?
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Classical Wisdom
The Fall of a Republic
Cato and Caesar
a year ago
Flashbak
Cold Snapshots – Vintage Holiday Fun in the Snow and Ice
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection...
a year ago
If you’ve not seen little people on vintage Christmas cards, please do. It’s a terrific collection of images. A dip into Robert E. Jackson’s sublime collection of snapshots never disappoints. And when you’ve seen the cards, you should enjoy his pictures of revellers rocking...
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Weekend Roundup
Free Will: A Fairy Tale?
a week ago
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
JamesHoare
Mon, 12/09/2024 - 09:58
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Arguing with the Dead
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
10 months ago
Arguing with the Dead
JamesHoare
Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
TheCollector
Pizan’s The Book of the City of Ladies: The West’s 1st Feminist Text?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
8 months ago
‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ by Ramie Targoff review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/16/2024 - 07:00
TheCollector
Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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5 months ago
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What Role Did Women Play in World War II?
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a year ago
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How Can Stoicism Help Overcome Adversity?
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11 months ago
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Ernest Shackleton & Endurance in the Antarctic
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a year ago
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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7 months ago
African History...
a complete history of Mombasa ca. 600-1895.
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
3 months ago
Journal of African cities: chapter 13
TheCollector
Collectible Toys Worth $1000s: Rare Finds With High Prices
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3 months ago
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Weekend Roundup
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
2 months ago
The Ancient World’s Greatest War
TheCollector
8 Controversial Artworks Created by Women Artists
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9 months ago
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Gods Vs Titans
...and the Origins of the Universe
a year ago
...and the Origins of the Universe
Classical Wisdom
Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
7 months ago
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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
Taking A Subway Ride Through New York City In 1981
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was...
10 months ago
1970s New York City was where Fernando played truant, chopper gangs hogged the sidewalks, sex was sold, women raged in raucous nightclubs, gay rights found its voice, Madonna joined her first band, BLADE used trains as his canvas and In 1981, 22-year-old Christopher Morris was...
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
3 months ago
And some bits and pieces.
Flashbak
How The Charlie Brown Christmas Special Got Jazz And Came Alive
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news...
a year ago
“We’re living in times where so much is done to manipulate us. And things last for, what, a news cycle? A few minutes? This [album] is something that’s lasted 50 years. And not only lasted, but grown … I think there’s just a humanness” — Jerry Granelli, drummer with the Vince...
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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5 months ago
Wrong Side of...
Inside the Catholic State
The world that created Caravaggio
a month ago
The world that created Caravaggio
Flashbak
Kurt Vonnegut’s drawings and other doodles
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The...
7 months ago
“My own means of making a living is essentially clerical, and hence tedious and constipating. The making of pictures is to writing what laughing gas is to the Asian influenza.'” – Kurt Vonnegut, Fates Worse Than Death Kurt Vonnegut liked to draw. Other writers, notably J.R.R....
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Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
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What Was the Biggest Art Theft in History?
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11 months ago
Flashbak
At Home With Candy, Andy and the Bearandas, A Terrifying Children’s Comic From 1966
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical...
6 months ago
In 1966, Candy and Andy lived with their parents, Mr and Mrs Bearandas above a toy shop in a typical English village called Riverale, going about the place in their rainbow-striped Mini. For a year, their everyday lives were documented in 154 comic books ( ‘the comic full of fun...
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How Socrates Perceive Life, Death, and the Afterlife?
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9 months ago
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History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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2 months ago
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Franz von Stuck: German Symbolist Painter & “Prince of Art”
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a year ago
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History of Tea: The Drink that Conquered the World
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Performance is Over
Even if the artists don't realise it.
a year ago
Even if the artists don't realise it.
TheCollector
How Russia Became the World’s Biggest Country
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a month ago
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10 Banned Literary Classics You Might Not Know
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6 months ago
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How Ancient Writing Was Developed For Use in Religion & Magic
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10 months ago
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Harry Houdini’s Death: Was It Really by Sucker Punch?
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a year ago
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Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
a year ago
Saint Nicholas Becomes a Myth
j.hoare
Wed, 12/06/2023 - 10:52
Overcoming Bias
Hail Jeffrey Wernick
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional...
2 weeks ago
I started to write about prediction markets in 1988, and not until 1999 about using conditional markets to make org decisions.
TheCollector
The Myth of Midas and the Golden Touch: A Story of Riches and Regret
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10 months ago
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10 Historic Christmas Towns in the US to Visit
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a week ago
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The Life of Aldous Huxley — Author of “Brave New World”
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11 months ago
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Attritional Warfare: Stalemate on the Western Front During WWI
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5 months ago
Res Obscura
Wilfrid Voynich: Bookseller, Revolutionary, Amateur Cryptologist... Suspected Spy?
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
a year ago
The first in a series on the extraordinary lives of the Voyniches
Classical Wisdom
Do We NEED to Hear Opinions We Don’t Like?
I Dare You...
5 months ago
African History...
A history of the Gonja Kingdom: (1550-1899)
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
a year ago
State and society in nothern ghana after the Mali empire's decline.
TheCollector
How Were the Conditional Biblical Prophecies Fulfilled in the Bible?
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a month ago
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Anne Brontë: The First Feminist Novelist?
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7 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Lorenzo de’ Medici (The Magnificent)?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
Jansenism: The 17th Century Heresy That Divided the Church
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9 months ago
Flashbak
Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
yesterday
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Weekend Roundup
The Secrets of Crete
a year ago
TheCollector
The Sand Creek Massacre: A Horrific Tale of Betrayal & Greed
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Continental vs Analytic Philosophy: Definitions & Differences
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3 months ago
Res Obscura
"He spoke of computers with some awe"
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
9 months ago
Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
The Dallas Art Fair Decides on 2024 Exhibitions
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11 months ago
TheCollector
The Battle of Oriskany: A Civil War in New York
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6 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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10 months ago
Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
History Today Feed
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
8 months ago
‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
JamesHoare
Tue, 04/02/2024 - 10:24
TheCollector
Operation Market Garden: Success and Failure for the Allies
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Notable Books by Ernest Hemingway
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5 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Africa's Scientific Manuscripts
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
a year ago
plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
African History...
a brief note on Madagascar's position in African history
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
a year ago
plus, early industrialization in the Merina kingdom.
History Today Feed
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
2 months ago
Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
JamesHoare
Mon, 10/21/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
Cinco de Mayo: 5 Facts About the Mexican Celebration
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a year ago
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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11 months ago
Flashbak
Magnifying The Moment: Joni Sternbach’s Pictures of NYC Subway Passengers 1976–1981
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage....
a month ago
“Part of the reason I was drawn to the Subway was that it was a perfect unchoreographed stage. Chance brought me together with a crowd of unknowns. It was up to me to parse them out and magnify the moment.” – Joni Sternbach on her pictures of NYC Subway Passengers in the 1970s ...
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Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
7 months ago
Jack the Ripper: Dark Tourism and the Gutter Press
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/23/2024 - 11:14
TheCollector
Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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3 weeks ago
TheCollector
What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Troubled History of the Polish-Ukrainian Friendship in the 20th Century
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12 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
5 months ago
Flashbak
Omega: The Last Days of the World – Camille Flammarion’s Visions of A Dying Planet (1883)
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical...
7 months ago
‘The most deadly pestilence would have carried far less terror to the heart than the astronomical prediction on every tongue; it would have made fewer victims, for already, from some unknown cause, the death-rate was increasing. At every instant one felt the electric shock of a...
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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9 months ago
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Seneca's Tragic Plays
Stoic or Not?
8 months ago
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William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
9 months ago
William Adams: English Advisor to the Shogun
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/21/2024 - 10:21
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Evolutionary Success, from the Top of the Food Chain
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part I: Divisa in Partes Tres
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical...
5 months ago
This is the first part of a three-part (if I can keep it) series, examining the historical assumptions of Imperator: Rome, a historical grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive, set during the rise and collapse of the Roman Republic from 304-27 BC and covering the broader...
TheCollector
Philosophy of War: 3 Influential Theorists
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a year ago
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6 Crazy Facts about Cape Town
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a year ago
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Did Andy Warhol Immortalize Marilyn Monroe?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Works by Barbara Kruger on Gender and Feminism
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a month ago
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Complete Kelmscott Press Book Collection Sells Out at Auction
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3 days ago
TheCollector
Top 11 Film Noir Masterpieces You Should Know
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a year ago
TheCollector
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Issues With Object Provenance
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces of news.
11 months ago
And some bits and pieces of news.
TheCollector
The Fallen Angels of Enoch: Vicious Villains or Virtuous Victims?
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a year ago
TheCollector
5 Famous Women Still-Life Painters
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2 months ago
History Today Feed
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
11 months ago
The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
j.hoare
Mon, 01/01/2024 - 13:07
African History...
A history of Horses in the southern half of Africa ca. 1498-1900.
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies...
a month ago
Horses and humans have shared a long history in Africa since the emergence of equestrian societies across the continent during the bronze age.
Classical Wisdom
The Immortals
...and the feared Persian Army
a year ago
...and the feared Persian Army
Dreams of Space -...
Happy Journeys (1961)
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about...
11 months ago
Here is wishing you Happy Journeys (1961) in 2024.
Happy Journeys was a 1961 children's book about the future and ways someone might travel. The illustration were double page full color paintings of a exciting and strange future that might be around the corner. I see in this...
TheCollector
Ancient Rome Vs Pontus: The Mithridatic Wars (88-63 BCE)
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a year ago
TheCollector
10 of Judith Leyster’s Best Dutch Golden Age Paintings
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a year ago
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Norman Rockwell Works Dispute Finally Over?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
TheCollector
What Are Djinn? (Powers, Tales, & Etymology)
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4 weeks ago
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
7 months ago
One I bought fifty years ago.
TheCollector
Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
The Roman-Jewish Wars: Jewish Resistance vs Roman Might
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
7 months ago
Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
JamesHoare
Mon, 04/29/2024 - 11:05
History Today Feed
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
12 months ago
‘Theoderic the Great’ by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer review
j.hoare
Tue, 12/26/2023 - 00:00
Flashbak
Manhattan in 1990 – NYC Before the Clean-Up
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some...
10 months ago
At the start of the 1990s, New York City was tired and rough By the decade’s end it had lost of some of its edge – and maybe a little of its spark – but was cleaner, safer and more tourist friendly. These photograph of the city – via Watchman – show us Manhattan in … Continue...
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The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
5 days ago
Rum and Reform: The Party on Norfolk Island
JamesHoare
Tue, 12/17/2024 - 09:12
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50 Years of Cyprus Divided
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
5 months ago
50 Years of Cyprus Divided
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:24
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Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
African History...
a brief note on Trade and Travel in the ancient Sahara and beyond.
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
a year ago
uncovering the origins of Carthage's aethiopian auxiliaries.
TheCollector
Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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When Was D-Day?
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a year ago
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