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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 September. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Wiktopher, adapted Solresol, edited other conlangs.
Niju,...
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Alhambra Palace: A Testament to Spain’s Rich Islamic Heritage
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8 months ago
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Found Photos: Mid-Century Soviets Standing By Their TVs
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV...
10 months ago
In case of fire, 82% of 20th Century Americans surveyed in the pre-Internet era would rescue the TV set. In the Soviet Union, the figure could well have been higher. When we shared found photos of Americans by their TVs (here and here). And now thanks to collectors Anna Pilipyuk...
Dreams of Space -...
Dream to Meet(1958)
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded...
a year ago
A very pictorial Russian book, Dream to Meet, is basically the size of a paperback book but loaded with illustrations. I thought you would enjoy these images.
Lyapunov, B. Illustrated by Seleznev, E. Навстречу Мечте (Dream to Meet.)
Moscow: All-Union Educational Pedagogical...
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What Is First Corinthians About?
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10 Ancient Cities Around the World to Visit
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Who Are the Zapatistas? Unmasking Mexico’s Indigenous Guerrilla Army
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5 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Plagiarism?
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
11 months ago
Is it possible to have a TRULY original thought?
TheCollector
7 Prominent Photorealist Artists in the World Today
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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9 months ago
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What Is the Message Behind Hip-Hop?
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9 months ago
African History...
The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
a year ago
Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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Why Does Nietzsche Reject Morality?
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a year ago
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Which Countries Were Major Players in World War II?
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10 months ago
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4 Feminist Paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi
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9 months ago
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13 Surprising Facts About William Shakespeare
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4 Ancient Greek Federal States You Should Know
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5 months ago
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What Did the Vikings Really Look Like?
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3 months ago
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How Did the Industrial Revolution Transform Social Structures & Living Conditions?
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History Today Feed
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
3 months ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/27/2024 - 09:31
Trying to Understand...
The Wages Of Fear
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
8 months ago
Things are going to get sweaty, soon.
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Why Is Oktoberfest a Vital Part of German Culture?
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2 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look...
7 months ago
This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Classical Wisdom
Ode to a Grecian Tour
Seats Still Available
3 days ago
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6 Must-See National Trust Properties in the UK
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African History...
Taming and domesticating the wild: the War-Elephants of ancient Aksum and Kush
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper...
2 weeks ago
In his 1668 description of the West African kingdom of Benin, the Dutch writer Olfert Dapper reported that “The king shows himself only once a year to his people, going out of his court on horseback, accompanied by three or four hundred noblemen on horseback.”
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Edie Sedgwick: Who Was Andy Warhol’s Protégé Starlet?
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Flashbak
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook, 1976
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine...
6 months ago
The Cocaine Consumer’s Handbook was published in 1976 and 1980. This user guide to knowing cocaine was presented in the tone of an educational reference book. The drug was illegal – still is, of course – and publishing a book on it is risky. But it an effort to produce the...
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Sex Before Sex Education
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
3 days ago
Sex Before Sex Education
JamesHoare
Thu, 12/19/2024 - 12:10
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Was Alexander Great?
3 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
Hundred Rabbits
leleuvia
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We...
over a year ago
We've never been on a tiny island, a place you can run the width of under just a few minutes. We found a place like this, Leleuvia, an island in the Lomaitivi archipelago in Fiji.
This island went through many hands over the years, it now belongs to a resort that too bears the...
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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Where Did the Huguenots Go? (6 Regions They Settled)
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How Did German Expressionism Shape Film Noir?
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African History...
A history of the Damagaram sultanate of Zinder: ca. 1730-1899.
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
a year ago
Politics, Guns, and Trade in the pre-colonial Sahel
TheCollector
What Is the History of Thanksgiving?
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a year ago
Res Obscura
LLM-based educational games will be a big deal
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that...
7 months ago
For the first time, digital games can make qualitative assessments of learning. Here's what that might look like.
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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9 months ago
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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a year ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic, Part IV: The Senate
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the...
a year ago
This is the the fourth part of our our planned five part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc) on the structure of the Roman Republic during the third and second centuries, the ‘Middle’ Republic.’ Over the last few posts we looked at the role of Roman magistrates who carried out a...
History Today Feed
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
5 months ago
The Extraordinary Rise and Inexplicable Decline of Lit & Phils
JamesHoare
Thu, 07/18/2024 - 08:00
TheCollector
What Are the Seven Wonders of the Natural World?
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4 months ago
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Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves: “I Like Her Not”
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
On the Nature of the Gods: Cicero
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human...
a year ago
Do the gods exist? If so, what is their nature? And how do they interact with the world of human beings, if they care about them at all?
Trying to Understand...
No Way Out
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
a year ago
Some of the world's problems have no solution.
Trying to Understand...
And Now for Something Completely Different.
Am I me? Are You you? ?
a year ago
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5 Important Examples of Religious Art From Christian History
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Alexander McQueen: 5 Fashion Collections Inspired by Art
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a year ago
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum Launches AI “Art Explorer”
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3 weeks ago
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9 Interesting Facts About Claude Monet
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7 months ago
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Why Is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?
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How Foreshadowing Shapes Cinema and Storytelling
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9 months ago
African History...
A General History of Iron Technology in Africa ca. 2000BC-1900AD.
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of...
4 months ago
The smelting and working of iron is arguably the best known among the pre-colonial technologies of Africa, and the continent is home to some of the world's oldest sites of ironworking.
Classical Wisdom
Why Don’t We WANT To Be Wrong?
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
10 months ago
How can we develop our Many-sidedness?
Dreams of Space -...
Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power (1963)
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some...
11 months ago
A very nice 1963 book about rocket propulsion. It was written for the "little engineer" and has some very nice illustrations of the construction of rockets.
Coombs, Charles. Illustrated by Foor, R. H. Lift-off: The Story of Rocket Power. New York: William Morrow and Co. (96 p.)...
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What Animals Appear in Shakespeare’s Plays?
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The Lebanese Civil War: A Complex & Devastating Conflict
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5 months ago
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The Met Returns Looted “Golden Boy” Statue to Thailand
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7 months ago
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Trench Warfare in World War I: Rot, Rats, Ruin
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a year ago
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Pandora’s Box: A Greek Myth about Curiosity (and More)
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a year ago
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What Is Trompe L’Oeil?
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12 months ago
Hundred Rabbits
Wood stove installation
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that...
over a year ago
It was our dream to have a little wood stove aboard Pino. After researching stoves, we decided that the best model was the cast iron Sardine from Navigator Stoveworks.
Our Espar forced air diesel heater broke on our last passage, and we decided not to replace it. There are few...
Patterns in Humanity
Constructing Missing Crime Tables
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results...
a year ago
Here I take the raw data from the National Crime Victimization Surveys and construct summary results missing from recent reports.
TheCollector
Diego Velazquez Royal Portrait Heads to Auction
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a year ago
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3 Key Ideas from Aristotle on Politics
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a year ago
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What Does It Take to Become a US President?
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
What is Love? And From Where did it Come?
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
10 months ago
All the ways to say LOVE, according to the Greeks
TheCollector
The Mind & Body Problem in the Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza
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a year ago
History Today Feed
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
3 weeks ago
Who was Thorkell the Tall?
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
5 of George Washington’s Right Hands: All the General’s Men (& Woman)
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3 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Nature in Greek Myth
Magical and Medicinal
9 months ago
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Dragons Across Cultures & Mythologies: Here Be Dragons!
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a year ago
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Who Was Johann Gottlieb Fichte?
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How Did Averroes Influence the West?
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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a year ago
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The First Italo-Ethiopian War: When the Colonizers Lost
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7 months ago
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11 Greek Mythological Creatures
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11 months ago
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Forgotten Sandro Botticelli Piece Seized by Italian Authorities
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a year ago
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5 Inspirational Women From the Second World War
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8 months ago
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Josephine Baker: An American Dancer in the French Resistance
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a year ago
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10 Facts About the Temples of Angkor
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7 months ago
Flashbak
Henri Van Der Stok’s Zodiac Stars And Gods
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he...
3 months ago
Dutch artist Henri van der Stok (1870-1946) was born in Indonesia and settled in the Hague, where he was a member of the city’s Pulchri Studio. He created these brilliant woodcuts of planetary gods and zodiac signs. As John Couthlart notes, van der Stok’s work trails that of...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Uncovering 5 Portraits From the Renaissance
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Chili Pepper’s Fiery History: The Berry That Conquered the World
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a week ago
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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11 months ago
History Today Feed
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
a year ago
Why the Oracle of Delphi Still Beguiles
j.hoare
Wed, 12/13/2023 - 10:08
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
a year ago
James Joyce and Jewish Philosophy
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Was Emperor Nero Universally Hated During His Reign?
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The Khrushchev Thaw: Relaxation of Soviet Repressions
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11 months ago
African History...
a brief note on the African exploration of the Old world
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
a year ago
plus: the African discovery of north-western Europe.
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Simon the Zealot of the Twelve Disciples: Bio, Legacy, and Death
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Flashbak
Fernando’s Story – The life And Times of A Boy Growing Up In NYC’s East Village in the 1970s
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in...
a year ago
In the mid-1970s, Rich Allen began taking pictures of children playing truant and messing about in the empty lot a New York City’s 76 E. 3rd St. The Hell’s Angels lived directly across the street. They wanted the lot for themselves. (You can read more about that here.) One of the...
Trying to Understand...
Little People With Agency.
No, not that Agency.
3 months ago
TheCollector
17 Crazy Facts about the History of Chocolate
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10 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Calm in the Face of Crisis
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
5 days ago
Putting the Greek Back into Stoicism
Dreams of Space -...
Utazas a vilagurbe/ Into Space (1978)
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the...
a year ago
A little out of my defined time period but too good not to share. This pop-up book was part of the burst in Russian children's publishing in 1978. It was originally published in Russian but I have seen copies in English and this one in Hungarian. The pop-ups are wonderful and...
Hidden History
The Assassination of Malcolm X
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two...
2 weeks ago
Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference based their strategy on two ideas; the idea that nonviolent civil disobedience, in the tradition of Thoreau and Gandhi, was the only method that the civil rights movement should use, and the idea that white...
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The Trevi Fountain: Inside the History of Rome’s Iconic Tourist Site
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What Are the Best-known Post-Impressionist Paintings?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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a year ago
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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Winnie Mandela: Mother of the Nation?
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8 months ago
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What Is Catholic Social Teaching? 7 Key Themes
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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11 months ago
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When They Were Kids: What Were US Presidents Like as Children?
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Why Do I Care What Others Think? A Philosophical View of Self-Esteem
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6 Female Pre-Raphaelite Artists You Should Know
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5 Ancient Roman Medical Practices Still in Use Today
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7 months ago
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Who Was Carolee Schneemann? 8 Facts About the Legendary Performance Artist
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4 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Imperator, Part IIIb:
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at...
3 months ago
This is the second half of the third and final part of our three-part (I, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at Paradox Interactives ancient grand strategy game, Imperator: Rome, which covers (inter alia) the period of the collapse of the Roman Republic, which we generally call the Late...
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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a year ago
African History...
The colonial myth of 'Sub-Saharan Africa' in medieval Islamic geography: the view from Egypt and...
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10 months ago
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Did Bruce Lee Invent Mixed Martial Art?
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11 months ago
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Top Aces of World War II: 7 Talented Fighter Pilots
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