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1980s Birmingham – Portraits of A City Under Thee Cosh
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like...
8 months ago
“The City Centre is unrecognisable from the 1980s. Everything is glass. Birmingham doesn’t feel like home anymore.” – Richard Davis We’re back looking at 1980s Britain’s through Richard Davis’s photographs. This time we join him in Birmingham, the country’s ‘shabby not chic‘...
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The Image in The Machine: Typewriter Art in the 1960 and 1970s
“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always...
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“If ‘technology’ is that which is invented after we are born, and ‘stuff’ is that which has always been around, for those born now, computers, the internet and mobile phones are just stuff – in fact, it would be impossible for recent generations to imagine a world without these...
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Les Malheurs des immortels, 1922: Max Ernst and Paul Éluard’s Surreal Collaboration
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by...
2 months ago
Misfortunes of the Immortals (Les Malheurs des immortels) is an early illustrated book by German-American-French artist and founder of the Dada movement Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976). The book, which marks the beginning of his close friendship with French poet Paul...
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6 Must-See English Castles
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The Earliest Trade Networks Between Europe, Asia, & the Pacific
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What Is Conceptual Photography?
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How Divisionism Shaped Modern Painting and Art History
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10 Historic Cities in India That Exist Since Ancient Times
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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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Naturalism, Realism, and Impressionism: Three Movements Explained
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Why Did Friedrich Nietzsche Say ‘God Is Dead’?
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How Has Modern Philosophy Built on Aristotle’s Ideas?
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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How Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat Met And Created Their Two-Heads, Four-Hands Art
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was...
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”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy thought he needed Jean-Michel’s new blood. Jean Michel gave Andy a rebellious image again.” — Andy Warhol’s longtime studio...
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Rome’s Worst Nemesis: What was the Sassanian Empire?
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4 Nazi Massacres in Italy (and Their Memory)
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Open Culture
The Longest Construction Projects in History: Why Sagrada Família, the Milan Duomo, Greek Temples &...
Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less...
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Public-transit projects are the religious building endeavors of twenty-first century America, less because they’re motivated by the belief in any particular deity than by how much time and money they now require to complete. Take New York’s Second Avenue subway, whose less than...
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Viking Ship Technology: Daring and Dangerous Innovations
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What Was Kristallnacht? The Horrors of the Night of Broken Glass
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African History...
Seafaring, trade and travel in the African Atlantic. ca. 1100-1900.
historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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historical links between West Africa and Central Africa. (Africans exploring Africa chapter 4)
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How Did Solomon’s Temple Influence Worship?
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Flashbak
Lower Manhattan in 1973
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May...
7 months ago
These Documerica photographs by Wil Blanche of lower Manhattan, New York City, were taken in May 1973 in as part of the newly created Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which partnered with professional photographers to take pictures of America. The project collected more...
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What Are the Four Waves of Feminism?
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What Was Little Turtle’s War?
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5 Female Hispanic Artists That You Should Know About
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa,...
8 months ago
This is the third part of the fourth part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) look at the how the Roman military system and its manipular legion were able to defeat the Hellenistic military system and its Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and...
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What Are the 7 Most Spoken Languages in the World?
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Freak Shows: The Truth Behind Beauty and the Beast
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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10 Must-See Monuments & Memorials on the National Mall in DC
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How Did the 1979 Iranian Revolution Influence Iran’s Economy?
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Dreams of Space -...
Out of This World (1953)
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of...
a year ago
Happy Friday the 13th (in October too). Don't worry, you have gotten really lucky today.
Out of this World was one of my favorite "discoveries" when I first started collecting these books. It is a massive 160 pages of games, jokes, riddles, and space facts. I last blogged about...
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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What Was Baruch Spinoza’s Concept of Freedom?
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Hitler in Politics: From the Nazi Party to the Reichstag
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Why Is the Ship of Theseus Paradox Still Relevant Today?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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Dreams of Space -...
Building Reading Skills (1951)
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an...
a year ago
Today is a series of school spelling workbooks. What does that have to do with space? They chose an aerospace theme for their series of books and since spaceflight was the trend for children they "branded" them. Truly these are pretty dull books even with a couple of space...
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How Did Frederick the Great Transform Prussia?
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Bragi Boddason: The Viking Skald Who Became a God
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How Did the Israelites Escape Egypt?
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5 Top Fighter Aces of World War I
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Dr Alun Withey
Health and the Habitual Traveller in the 19th Century
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’...
over a year ago
Recently I’ve been contributing to a new series of stories, drawing on the archives of Lloyds’ Register – a fantastic archive, with a wealth of sources on many aspects of maritime, but also broader social, history. The full series can be found here:...
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Who Was Gabriele D’Annunzio?
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A Christmas Carol in Context: Dickens’ Beloved Festive Fable
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What Was a Peasant’s Life in Medieval England Like?
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What Was Operation Downfall?
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10 Iconic Historic Landmarks in California You Should Visit
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A Collection of...
Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an...
a year ago
This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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The British Museum to Tighten Security and Collection Records
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What Is the Historical Context of Psalms?
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Dreams of Space -...
Planet Trip (1960)
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester...
a year ago
To continue out journey through this wonderful space quartet by William Nephew and Michael Chester is Planet Trip. The next logical step to them was exploring the solar system. They started with Mars and the books ends with Venus.
Nephew, William and Michael Chester....
African History...
Mansa Musa and the royal pilgrimage tradition of west Africa: 11th-18th century
Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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Why Africa's caravans of gold stopped travelling to Arabia.
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10 Times Ivan the Terrible Really Was Terrible
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The Two Slayings of Holofernes: Artemisia vs. Caravaggio
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How Norse Mythology Inspired Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
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Bruno Latour’s Irreductions: The World as a Network of Relations
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A Collection of...
Fireside Friday, July 12, 2024
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for...
5 months ago
Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the start of the Imperator Teaching Paradox series ready for this week, but it has been a bit stubborn and I do not want to derail my book writing/revising schedule in order to push it out before it is ready. So that will almost certainly...
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How Should We Treat Our Enemies?
And how does it reflect on us?
a year ago
And how does it reflect on us?
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How to Steal From Homer
Duplicative Language in Ancient Greece and Rome
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What Are Plato’s Arguments Against Democracy?
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Exploring Francis Bacon’s Black Triptych Series
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Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Fetch $26,000
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Napoleon’s Hundred Days: The French Emperor’s Brief Return to Power
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Why Did Socrates Focus on Self-Knowledge and Introspection?
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How Did German Expressionism Change The History of Cinema?
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Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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Flashbak
Posters From London’s Psychedelic UFO Club – 1966-1967
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s...
a year ago
“In the Roundhouse, the UFO, and the Middle Earth Club in London everyone seems to get it, and it’s as if we are all in on the same joke” – Andy Summer on London’s UFO Club Founded by Joe Boyd and John Hopkins, London’s psychedelic UFO Club was small and short-lived, running...
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10 Terrible Catholic Popes
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Flashbak
Isaac Asimov’s Books of Dirty Limericks
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction...
8 months ago
Isaac Asimov (c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) is remembered for his prolific science fiction writing, impressive ‘lamb chops’ – of which he said: “They became a permanent feature of my face, and it is now difficult to believe early photographs that show me without sideburns”...
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Impeachment: What Does It Take to Remove a US Politician From Power?
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US President or American Caesar?
US President or American Caesar?
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Thu, 09/26/2024 - 08:00
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Devon
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Great or the Greatest? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
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Rationalism Vs. Empiricism 101: Which One is Right?
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein And His Wife Marie: A Love Story
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was an American self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He left a vast archive of poetry, apocalyptic paintings, paintbrushes made with his wife’s hair, drawings, notebooks, audio tapes and hundreds of sculptures made from chicken bones,...
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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Byzantine Bishops at War with Women
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How to Give a Speech
Secrets from Cicero
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What Is Samsara in Hinduism?
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for June
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 June. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, improved the Uxntal reference sheet and improved the Uxntal...
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Why Socrates Matters
New Event: November 22
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A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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Trying to Understand...
This Changes Everything!
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
11 months ago
Well, it depends what you're trying to do.
Classical Wisdom
What is TIME? And Dates?
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
a year ago
The Creation of the Calendar for the New Year
weird medieval guys
Why medieval artists drew ancient Romans in medieval clothes
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
a year ago
Or, how the French stole Julius Caesar in 1200 AD
TheCollector
Basil Zaharoff: How to Play Both Sides, Sell Weapons and Get Rich
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Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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Top 10 Museums to Visit in New York City
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Edward Longshanks & the Conquest of Wales
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What Jewelry and Adornment Did the Celts Wear?
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What Did Ralph Waldo Emerson Think of Poetry?
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A Collection of...
Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a...
2 months ago
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres...
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The Year's Midnight.
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
over a year ago
Kindness can be a revolutionary act.
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“I Have a Dream”: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr.
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Did Nietzsche Hate Christianity?
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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.
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...
Classical Wisdom
Does Marcus Matter?
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
a year ago
Was the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius a serious philosopher... or just a glorified diarist?
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Seneca On Clemency
A Letter To Emperor Nero
a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Jack the Ripper? 6 Likely Suspects
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Flashbak
Why Jimi Hendrix Preferred Linda McCartney To 19 Naked Women
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician....
a year ago
Jimi Hendrix was a megastar. At his short-lived peak, he was the world’s highest earning musician. But record companies were uncertain how to sell the man behind the music who was banned by the BBC. For the album Are You Experienced, photographer Karl Ferris snapped the band with...
TheCollector
When Was the Battle of Iwo Jima?
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Patterns in Humanity
Historical Accounts of African Cannibalism
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
10 months ago
A short chronology of references to cannibalism in Africa
TheCollector
What Is the Didache?
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Why Are There Two Virginias?
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Dust Bowl Troubadour: Who Was Woody Guthrie?
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Battle of Chaeronea: Philip II vs. Athens and Thebes
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History Today Feed
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
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On the Spot: Penelope J. Corfield
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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 10:38
TheCollector
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Moving Past Apartheid?
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Trying to Understand...
Externalising Our Hatreds.
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
a year ago
It's Ukraine and Gaza. Again.
Flashbak
Art of the Avant-Garde in Soviet Russia : Highlights from the George Costakis Collection
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.”...
a year ago
“I was dazzled by the flaming colors in this unknown work, so unlike anything I had seen before.” – George Costakis These abstract and spellbinding images are from Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia : Selections from the George Costakis Collection, as described in a catalogue of...
Flashbak
Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a...
3 months ago
Away from the “peace and love” at Woodstock in 1969, New York City’s Harlem was the venue for a series of shows that became known as Black Woodstock. Held at 3pm on Sundays in Mount Morris Park between 29 June and 24 August, 1969, as many as 300,000 people attended the festival...
TheCollector
Authoritarian vs. Democratic Socialism: What’s the Difference?
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Patterns in Humanity
Mental Health and Social Stratification
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and...
a year ago
In this post I summarize some research on the importance of mental health for social outcomes and discuss some of the implications for social stratification.
African History...
Voices of Africa's past: a brief note on the autobiographies of itinerant scholars.
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
6 months ago
an african description of turn-of-the-century Europe.
TheCollector
A History Lover’s Guide to Santa Fe
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10 Zany Facts About Benjamin Franklin You Probably Didn’t Know
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A Collection of...
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part Ib: Subjects of the Successors
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the...
11 months ago
This is the second part of the first part of our four part look at the context between the Hellenistic army and its Macedonian phalanx and the Romans with their legions. Last week, we looked at the weapons, organization and fighting style of the Macedonian phalanx, the infantry...
TheCollector
May’s Marquee Art Auctions Kick Off in New York
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Wrong Side of...
The Scottish Play
Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
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Canon Club podcast: Macbeth
African History...
A history of Women's political power and matriliny in the kingdom of Kongo.
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which...
a year ago
In the 19th century, anthropologists were fascinated by the concept of matrilineal descent in which kinship is traced through the female line. Matriliny was often confounded with matriarchy as a supposedly earlier stage of social evolution than patriarchy. Matriliny thus became a...
TheCollector
5 Iconic Photographs by Ansel Adams
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Looted Van Gogh Artwork Retrieved in Ikea Sack
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Bouquets, Veils and White Dresses: Where Did Western Wedding Traditions Come From?
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8 Fashion Trends of the Roaring Twenties
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Automata & AI: A Historical & Cultural Comparison
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Interview With Joseph A. Miller on Figurative Art
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George Washington’s The Revolutionary War Letter on Sale
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Understanding the Theology of Cosmic Horror in H.P. Lovecraft’s Works
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Overcoming Bias
Love And War And Status
“All is Fair in Love and War” - common saying
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TheCollector
The Myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha: The Great Flood in Greek Mythology
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What Was ‘The Malleus Maleficarum’, or ‘The Hammer of Witches’?
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Who Were the Legendary Mountain Men of the Old West?
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Who Were the Twelve Disciples & What Happened to Them?
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Trying to Understand...
So They Want Negotiations, Now.
Have they any idea what they are talking about?
a year ago
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Hundred Rabbits
hello fujisan
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and...
over a year ago
It's 8h00 pm on a cold dark winter night, we are outside of Shimizu harbor motoring in circles and waiting for a response from Shimizu Port Control. The temperature is 4 °C, the wind is blowing hard and our clothes are wet and caked with salt. We’re tired and hungry, waiting for...
TheCollector
Marilyn Monroe: The Fascinating Life of a Pop Icon
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Open Culture
Binge-Watch Classic Television Programs Free: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Lone Ranger, Dragnet, That...
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music...
3 weeks ago
Earlier this week, we featured the 99-year-old Dick Van Dyke’s performance in Coldplay’s new music video, full of visual references to the sitcom that made him a household name in the early nineteen-sixties. And a household name he remains these six decades later, though one does...
History Today Feed
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
Measuring the Shape of the Earth
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
TheCollector
6 Inventions to Thank the Aztec, Maya, & Inca For
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7 Key Beliefs and Practices From Hasidic Judaism
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Flashbak
Found Vintage Photobooth Pictures
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,”...
5 months ago
“Collecting the photobooth strip (approximate size 8 inches by 1.5 inches) has been an adventure,” says vintage photography collector Robert E. Jackson. “If you see or own an amazing photobooth, you can pretty much figure it used to be part of a 4-pose strip. The individual...
TheCollector
How Did Near Eastern Cultures Influence Greek Art?
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African History...
Self-representation in African art: the wall paintings of medieval Nubia. (ca. 700-1400)
an African portrait of an African society
a year ago
an African portrait of an African society
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10 Must-See Exhibitions in Europe This Year (2025)
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Why Was the Statue of Christ the Redeemer Built?
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Battle at Chosin Reservoir: Turning Point in the Korean War
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Derek Jarman’s Home In Dungeness: Where Jesus Walked In The Garden
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s...
8 months ago
Before a run of Derek Jarman’s (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) The Garden at New York’s Metrograph theater, the British director spoke about his own garden and his house at Dungeness on the coast of Kent in England. Jarman made The Garden on the grounds of his seaside...
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10 Women Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for October
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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
TinyBASIC, implemented TinyBASIC in Uxntal.
Left, added a...
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A History of the United States Senate
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Fiction vs Fantasy: What’s the Difference?
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A Day In The Life Of C.S. Lewis – Author of The Chronicle of Narnia
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in...
10 months ago
“I am a product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstairs indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles. Also, of endless books.” ― C.S. Lewis In his 1955 book Surprised by joy : the...
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Windows In Time: The New York City Years, 1975 – 1980
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late...
4 months ago
We are delighted to share reader Philip Flip Collier’s photographs of New York City in the late 1970s to 1980. Upon graduating from The New England School of Photography in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974, he immediately took to the streets. Here he tell us his story of living in...
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Is Plato’s Republic a Feminist Work?
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What is the History of Christmas? A Journey Through Time
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Operation Paperclip: What the US Did With Nazi Scientists After WWII
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Honesty: What's In It For Me?
First, do lots of harm.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein vs. Gottlob Frege: Between Logic and Language
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Ancient Marble Floor Restored Underwater in Italy
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6 Aspects of the Egyptian God Thoth
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Socrates and the Soul
And the Immortal Soul
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Why Visit Aqaba? Jordan’s City of Contrasts
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Why Uruguay Legalised Duelling
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How Did the Assyrians Shape the Ancient Near East?
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Jackie Wang’s Carceral Capitalism: Is Capitalism Compulsory?
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Dreams of Space -...
Robert Goddard: Father of the Space Age (1963)
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What Ere Iyaric and “I and I”? Rastafarian Resistance Through Language
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The Yellow Trade in Counterfeit Coins
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Who Won the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Caspar David Friedrich Sketchbook to Remain in Germany?
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The Life of Lu Xun: Writing on China at a Crossroads
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What Are the Most Important Symbols in Alice in Wonderland?
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5 Female Philosophers That You Should Know
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What is Objectivism? Ayn Rand’s Philosophy
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goji no chaimu
After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was...
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After a long 21-day passage, seeing the shape of the island of Chichijima in the distance was unreal; this was our prize, our first step onto Japanese soil. We used to make many trips to Japan by plane, but getting there by our own efforts — by sailboat — is a lot slower and...
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Why Is Joan of Arc a Feminist Icon in Modern Times?
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Christian Ethics vs Secular Ethics: What’s the Difference?
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What Are Carl Jung’s Anima and Animus Archetypes?
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8 Historical Places to Visit in Kent
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A Brief History of Blackface (& Its Legacy)
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John Cassavetes: Who Was The Godfather of American Independent Cinema?
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Summary of changes for February
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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 February. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Uxn, started working on a fantasy console called Uxn, and...
Dreams of Space -...
Women's Day -August (1953) Part 1
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over a year ago
Women's Day magazine also got involved in the spaceflight fad in the early 1950s. This 1953 (August) issue had a number of space related articles including: Will Your Child Visit The Moon? The article makes the case to the mothers of America that travel into space and the Moon is...
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Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
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What Was the Vickers Wellington Bomber?
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVb: Antiochus III
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Unveiling Romeo and Juliet: A Guide to Shakespeare’s Timeless Tragedy
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5 Illustrated Stories by Shaun Tan That You Should Know
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Summary of changes for October
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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 October. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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How Many Presidents Served Two (Full) Terms?
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A Civil War Vateran Created The Esoteric Fraternity and the Cult of Solar Biology in 1890s ...
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10 History-Rich But Affordable US Cities You Can Move to
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Why Did Vincent van Gogh Cut Off His Ear?
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10 Can’t-Miss South American Films
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New York City’s NIGHT Magazine – 1978-79
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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
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How did Alexander the Great Untangle the Gordian Knot?
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5 Quotes from Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations Explained
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Arguing with the Dead
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Wed, 01/31/2024 - 10:37
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What Was the Religion of the Ancient Phoenicians and Carthaginians?
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Flashbak
Photographer Photobombs Families In Their Homes (1973)
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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...
Open Culture
The Scene That Reveals the Beauty of Classic Hollywood Cinema
1939 is widely considered the greatest year in Hollywood history. Back then, writes 1939: The Year...
yesterday
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Marcel Breuer’s Iconic Work: From Bauhaus to Brutalism
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Was Cardinal Wolsey an Animal Lover?
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Who Were the 43 Group?
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Which Famous Artworks Have Inspired Filmmakers?
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What Makes Salvador Dali So Famous?
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A Historical Overview: What Was Japan’s Tokaido Road?
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6 of the Greatest Latin American Writers of All Time
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Stained Glass Sold At Sotheby’s is Stolen From Notre Dame?
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How Did Babylon Shape the History of the Ancient Near East?
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Dreams of Space -...
Gumby and Pokey Coloring Book (1966)
Since part of this blog is reliving the joys of my childhood I need to talk about Gumby and Pokey....
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A Brief History of Cartography: The Importance of Maps in Civilization
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Discordianism: 4 Facts about the Bizarre Religious System
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Beautiful Birds from Isaac Sprague’s Natural History 1839-1842
The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac...
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The images below are watercolour sketches by Isaac Sprague from the 1840s. “Isaac Sprague (1811–1895) was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, and apprenticed with his uncle as a carriage painter. He was a self-taught landscape, botanical and ornithological painter. Sprague served...
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What’s the Context of Good Friday? From Passover to Crucifixion
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Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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What Was the Importance of the Dragon in Early Medieval England?
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:29
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‘A Great Disorder’ by Richard Slotkin review
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Patterns in Humanity
The Dark Ages
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A quantitative assessment of Europe's decline, slumber and awakening
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...
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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...
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Who Were the Top Axis Commanders of World War II?
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5 Actions of the American Indian Movement
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When and Why Did People Start Using Coins?
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Trying to Understand...
I Hate My Job And I Want To Cry.
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11 months ago
Tried chopping wood and carrying water?
Res Obscura
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Margaret Mead, John von Neumann, and the prehistory of AI
Dreams of Space -...
Skyjets for Fliers of Tomorrow (1954)
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African History...
a brief note on the Intellectual history of Africa
the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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the Jabarti diaspora of North-Eastern Africa.
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Doctors Against Genocide Cancels Event at Holocaust Museum
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Trying to Understand...
A Postcard From The Far Side of Despair.
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Performance Art: 8 Famous and Influential Women
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How Did Railways Help Standardize Time in Britain?
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Wilfred Owen: Britain’s Tragic War Poet
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How Did Impressionism Get Its Name?
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The African diaspora in Portuguese India: 1500-1800.
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Sailors, Merchants and Priests.
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How Did Guy Fawkes Influence Shakespeare?
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What Is Intuition & Can You Trust It?
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4 Novels by John Steinbeck You Should Read
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How Did the Marshall Plan Help Further US Interests?
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Billy the Kid: The Incredible Story of America’s Favorite Outlaw
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How Did Comuna 13 Transform Medellín?
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Summary of changes for July
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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 July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
Nasu, implemented the export of .theme files, and theme...
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A Brief History of Guacamole (And It’s Not What You’d Expect!)
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Centaurs and Snake-Kings
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A Halloween event for the Mythologically inclined...
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Fireside Friday, November 15, 2024
Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a...
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Hey folks, Fireside this week! For the musing this week, I want to talk about, at least for a humanities field, what ‘research support’ from a university means and why it is valuable, but before we get to that, I just want to make a note going forward. In particular, there have...
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Norse Pantheon: 10 Fascinating Gods and Goddesses
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Angels in the Bible: Ambassadors From Another World?
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West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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Valhalla & the Other Afterlives in Norse Mythology
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Summary of changes for January
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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 January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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What Does Erich Fromm Argue in ‘The Art of Loving’?
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Fate and Free Will
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The 6 Finest Gothic Cathedrals in France
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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The UN Declaration of Human Rights
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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What Is the Legacy of Genghis Khan’s Promiscuity?
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Fall of Constantinople (1453): The Siege That Changed the World
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How Did the Crusades Affect Christianity?
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Stop Making Sense.
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There are no "why"s in our world.
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7 Outrageous Cases of Art Vandalism That May Shock You
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Was Honorius’ Letter Really Sent to Britain?
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Historical links between the Ottoman empire and Sudanic Africa (1574-1880)
travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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travel and exchanges between Istanbul and the states of; Bornu, Funj, Darfur and Massina.
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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The Irish Migrations That Transformed Britain in the Dark Ages
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8 Great Women Sculptors You Need to Know
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What Criticisms Are Directed Towards Anti-Natalism?
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Who Was Julian?
Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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Rome’s Last Pagan Emperor
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What is Speciesism According to Peter Singer?
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On Seneca: Anger, Fear, and Sadness
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The Year Without a Summer: The Eruption of Mt Tambora
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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Ancient Greece and Persia: Foes, Friends, or Both?
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‘Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife’ and ‘God’s Own Gentlewoman’ review
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But striking poses is fun and easy.
TheCollector
What Made Sir Joshua Reynolds an Iconic Portrait Artist?
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11 months ago
Patterns in Humanity
Out-of-Europe: History of Migrations to the United States
Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid...
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Following the Renaissance period, a transition started occurring in West Europe, with rapid advancements in science and technology happening in the 1400s. With improvements in cartography, ship and other maritime technology, and an increased desire to understand and discover...
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What Are the Main Themes of Modern Essentialism?
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The Greek Revolution: How Greece Was Freed From the Ottomans
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