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Ice Age Drawing of a Bison
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Ice Age Drawing of a Bison

Ice Age drawing of a bison, on limestone, about 13,000-14,000 years old. Found in Montastruc, France. Over, 100,000 years ago the first fully modern humans in southern Africa began to create works of art. These people then migrated to...
David Hume
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David Hume

David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, writer, historian, and important figure in the Enlightenment. Hume presented a positive view of human nature but a sceptical view of religion's usefulness. His Treatise of Human Nature was...
The Twelve Longest Discovery Expeditions in the Age of Sail
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The Twelve Longest Discovery Expeditions in the Age of Sail - Exploration, Science, and the Expansion of Global Knowledge

The Age of Sail (c. 1400–1860 CE) witnessed a dramatic expansion of long-distance maritime exploration, driven by commercial ambitions, imperial competition, strategic interests, and the pursuit of geographic knowledge. Powered by wind and...
Map of Trade Networks of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean
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Map of Trade Networks of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean - Empires, Merchants, and Maritime Routes of the Ancient World

The Late Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean (c. 1500–1200 BCE) was marked by an unprecedented level of diplomatic and commercial interdependence among regional powers. Great kingdoms, including New Kingdom Egypt (c. 1550–1077 BCE), the Hittite...
Four Noble Truths
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Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths are the foundational tenets of Buddhism, which spark awareness of suffering as the nature of existence, its cause, and how to live without it. The truths are understood as the realization which led to the enlightenment...
Moon Idol from Central European Bronze Age
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Moon Idol from Central European Bronze Age

Clay figurine found in Chorvátsky Grob, Late Bronze Age. Slovak National Museum, Bratislava. Moon idols (Mondidole), also known as 'firedogs' (Feuerböcke), were clay figurines shaped like a dog or wolf, whose elongated, backward bending...
French Revolution
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French Revolution

The French Revolution (1789-1799) was a period of major societal and political upheaval in France. It witnessed the collapse of the monarchy, the establishment of the First French Republic, and culminated in the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte...
Some Active Trade Routes in the Bronze Age Mediterranean
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Some Active Trade Routes in the Bronze Age Mediterranean

A map detailing some of the active maritime trade routes in the Aegean during the Middle and Late Bronze Age.
Bronze Age Mediterranean Invasions & Migrations
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Bronze Age Mediterranean Invasions & Migrations

A map of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean indicating the various invasions and migrations of the period.
Table 1 - Chronology of the Greek Dark Age
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Table 1 - Chronology of the Greek Dark Age

Simplified chronology of the Greek Dark Age
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