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The Early History of Clove, Nutmeg, & Mace
The spices clove, nutmeg, and mace originated on only a handful of tiny islands in the Indonesian archipelago but came to have a dramatic, far-reaching impact on world trade. In antiquity, they became popular in the medicines of India and...

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World with Dr. Bob Brier
Join World History Encyclopedia as they sit down with Dr. Bob Brier to chat all about his new book Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Welcome. Thank you so much for joining me today...

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50 Impressionist Paintings that Changed Art Forever
From the 1860s, a group of young avant-garde artists in Paris forged an entirely new style of painting, one that came to be known as impressionism. In this gallery, we present 50 paintings that made a major contribution to changing both the...

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Whole and Ground Nutmeg
Whole and ground nutmeg.

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Mace Surrounding Nutmeg Seed
Mace surrounding nutmeg seed.

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Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was formed in 1602 by the Staten-Generaal (States General) of the then Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. The company was granted a 21-year charter with rights to trade exclusively in Asia and to...

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World
Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World by Bob Brier.

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Two Adventures of Thor that Deserve to Be on Screen
The story of the trip in Giantland with Loki and the story of the fishing of the World Serpent, as told in the Prose Edda with comments.
Articles on Norse myth here: https://member.worldhistory.org/user/irinamaria.manea/

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European Discovery & Conquest of the Spice Islands
Clove, nutmeg, and mace are native to only a handful of tiny islands in the middle of the vast Indonesian archipelago – cloves on five Maluku Islands (the Moluccas) about 1250 km (778 mi) west of New Guinea, and nutmeg on the ten Banda Islands...

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Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World with Dr. Bob Brier
It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of dazzling items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the...