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How did Mao Lead China, and What did He Leave Behind?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
a year ago
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
j.hoare
Fri, 12/22/2023 - 00:00
Global Inequality...
The abolition of paper and the pompous rule of the present
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version...
11 months ago
China is considered to have been the first country (civilization) to have created the modern version of paper. Paper is listed as one among the four big Chinese inventions (the other three are compass, gun powder and printing). Perhaps it will be the first country to desinvent...
History Today Feed
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
6 months ago
The Publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four
JamesHoare
Fri, 06/07/2024 - 09:29
Classical Wisdom
Rome's Worst General?
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
9 months ago
And the Mystery of the Cursed Gold
TheCollector
9 Queer Artists Who Changed the History of Modern Art Forever
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a year ago
Flashbak
AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
TheCollector
Sotheby’s Sells Harry Potter Watercolor For Record $1.9 Million
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5 months ago
A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, February 23, 2024 (On the Military Failures of Fascism)
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week....
10 months ago
Fireside this week! We’ll pick up looking at some of the successes of Hellenistic armies next week. For this week’s musing, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand a bit on a topic that I raised on Twitter which draw a fair bit of commentary: that fascists and fascist...
Classical Wisdom
[Coming Soon] The Essential Greeks
Begins in Two Weeks
a year ago
TheCollector
8 Marcel Duchamp Paintings You Should Know About
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TheCollector
Hecate vs. Persephone: What’s the Difference?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the USA?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Plato’s Dialogue Crito: Should Socrates Have Escaped His Execution?
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10 months ago
TheCollector
The True History of Illtud of the Arthurian Legends
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Stars of Sun Records: 4 Famous Singers
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8 months ago
History Today Feed
How Mexico Fought Franco
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
9 months ago
How Mexico Fought Franco
JamesHoare
Mon, 03/18/2024 - 11:21
TheCollector
Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
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.
TheCollector
Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Happy Holidays
From Anya, Joel and Frida
12 months ago
From Anya, Joel and Frida
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Roman Empire Podcasts
a year ago
TheCollector
Plato: A Complete Overview of His Life, Work, and Philosophy
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Tips on How to Approach Conceptual Art
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7 months ago
History Today Feed
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
9 months ago
Political Graffiti in Georgian Britain
JamesHoare
Thu, 03/14/2024 - 09:29
TheCollector
Understanding 5 Famous Quotes by Descartes
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7 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Secret of the Stoics
3 months ago
TheCollector
History of Chariots: 10 Types from Ancient Cultures Explained
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a year ago
History Today Feed
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
11 months ago
India’s Kuka Revolt Ends in Death
j.hoare
Tue, 01/16/2024 - 09:58
TheCollector
5 Great Books by Alexandre Dumas
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a year ago
TheCollector
Germans in Southwest Africa: A History of Colonization & Genocide
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a year ago
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Is the Egyptian God Thoth?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Are the Key Influences That Shaped the French New Wave?
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8 months ago
TheCollector
How Does Nan Goldin’s Work Challenge Conventional Photography?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
Italian vs. Northern Renaissance Art: What’s the Difference?
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11 hours ago
TheCollector
Rastafari Philosophical Tenets: Divinity Within & African Redemption
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5 months ago
TheCollector
Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What to do with Columbus?
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
2 months ago
Should We Learn “Outdated” History?
TheCollector
French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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10 months ago
TheCollector
What Is Christian Gnosticism? (History, Tenets, Legacy)
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a month ago
TheCollector
What Is the Book of Galatians About?
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a month ago
TheCollector
Who Won the Battle of Gettysburg?
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11 months ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
Overcoming Bias
Cultural Scenario Probabilities
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative...
3 weeks ago
On Oct 25 I posted on the rankings given by polls on 16 cultural drift scenarios re their relative likelihood, desirability, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
4 months ago
‘The Tame and the Wild’ by Marcy Norton review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/20/2024 - 09:18
TheCollector
6 Facts About Johannes Itten, the Famous Bauhaus Teacher
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Top 10 Places to Visit in Athens, Greece
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9 months ago
TheCollector
The Fowler Museum in L.A. Returns Seven Valuables to Ghana
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10 months ago
TheCollector
10 Essential Movies to Watch to Understand Film Noir
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Alexander Become ‘the Great’?
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Did Aristotle Say About Meaning and Language?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
2 months ago
What Makes Good Historical Fiction?
JamesHoare
Tue, 10/15/2024 - 10:18
TheCollector
How Has the Tower of London Changed Over Time?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Wise Men & Witches: Magic in the Bible
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6 months ago
African History...
A history of the Lozi kingdom. ca. 1750-1911.
state and society in south-central Africa
9 months ago
state and society in south-central Africa
TheCollector
The Scramble for Africa: How Europe Conquered a Continent
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5 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
Classical Wisdom
How important are dreams?
Should we pay attention to them?
10 months ago
Should we pay attention to them?
TheCollector
Why Is Blues Music More Than a Genre?
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2 months ago
Classical Wisdom
The Ancient World's Greatest Disaster
And Most Mysterious...
2 months ago
TheCollector
10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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TheCollector
The Soldier with a Secret: Who Was Sarah Emma Edmonds?
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4 days ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
a year ago
Essential Greeks Course Begins Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Dolly Wilde: The Tragic Story of Oscar Wilde’s Niece
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TheCollector
8 Women Artists Who Were Inspired by Conceptual Art
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TheCollector
How Did Philosophy Help Develop Artificial Intelligence?
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
Who Was Douglas Adams? The Iconic Science Fiction Writer
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Candles and Kalshnikovs.
Please help us not to understand.
3 weeks ago
Please help us not to understand.
TheCollector
George Herbert Mead on the Birth & Evolution of the Self
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5 months ago
Flashbak
Find the Girls on the Negatives: The Shocking Origins of Beautiful Photos Found in a Thrift Store
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format...
5 months ago
In 2015, Meagan Abell was shopping in Richmond, Virginia when she spotted four sets of medium-format negatives protected in plastic sleeves in a box of vintage photographs. Abell bought the negatives, scanned them and saw the beautiful pictures of two young women standing on a...
TheCollector
13 English Words with Greek Origins
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a year ago
TheCollector
Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago
TheCollector
William II: The English King…Who Was Murdered by His Brother?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
What Were the Salem Witch Trials of 1692?
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a year ago
Flashbak
Nick Cave’s Script For Gladiator 2
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the...
a year ago
Before Ridley Scott’s Gladiator 2, Nick Cave wrote his original sequel to Gladiator (2000) at the behest of the film’s star, Russell Crowe. It’s not known is David Scarpa, who wrote Scott’s version, read Cave’s script first, but if he did there will be no allegation of...
History Today Feed
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
3 weeks ago
‘The Tafts’ by George W. Liebmann review
JamesHoare
Mon, 11/25/2024 - 11:01
TheCollector
What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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5 months ago
Overcoming Bias
Capitalism, Govt Causes Culture Woes?
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
2 months ago
Many have noticed a key time coincidence.
Flashbak
Fixing Time In 1970s and 80s England: Ian Macdonald Shows Us A Changing World
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at...
3 months ago
Ian Macdonald’s black-and-white film photography from the 1970 and 80s shows us children’s at school, heavy industry, steel works, Redcar blast furnace, Smith’s Dock Shipyard, houseboats and life in Cleveland and Teesside, England. “The blast furnace has a drama and beauty to...
Classical Wisdom
The Art of Pompeii
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
5 months ago
Plato, Alexander the Great and more!
TheCollector
A Brief History of Mount Everest
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a month ago
TheCollector
Ancient Remains of Two More Victims Discovered at Pompeii
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4 months ago
TheCollector
Malta & Its Role in World War II: A Crucial Fortress Island
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Was Mussolini Removed From Power?
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4 months ago
TheCollector
The Berlin Crisis of 1961: Why The USSR Built the Wall
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7 months ago
TheCollector
The Origins of the Democratic Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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2 months ago
TheCollector
What Are the 8 Most Popular Churches in Venice?
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9 months ago
CrimethInc.
Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia : A Deeper Look into the...
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the...
a week ago
On the one-hundred-year anniversary of the uprising in Georgia against Soviet annexation, the struggle for independence from Russian rule remains the chief force driving the popular mobilization that has been growing over the past several months. Yet today’s movement points to a...
Flashbak
El Lissitzky’s Soviet Pressa Exhibition in Cologne, 1928
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned...
3 months ago
At his peak, El Lissitzky (23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941) was arguably the most renowned artist of the Soviet avant-garde, more so than his friend Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin, and Alexander Rodchenko. A trained architect, El Lissitzsky was the artist the USSR’s...
TheCollector
Egyptian Sun-god: Who Is Ra?
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
5 months ago
The Essential Greeks Starts Tomorrow!
TheCollector
Cannister Shells’ Devastating Effect: Nightmare of the Infantry
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was England’s Black Prince?
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Bayonets Revolutionized Warfare
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7 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
Who Was the First US President To Be Impeached?
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3 months ago
TheCollector
Dutch & Flemish Vanitas Paintings: A Theme for the North’s Golden Age
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a year ago
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