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Hanji
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Hanji

Hanji is the name of the handmade paper produced in ancient Korea from the 1st century BCE. Made from mulberry trees its exceptional quality made it a successful export, and it was widely used not only for writing but also interior walls...
Béla Bartók
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) was an innovative Hungarian pianist and composer most famous for his classical works for piano and orchestra, string quartets, and songs, many of which present traditional Hungarian and other European folk themes...
Edward Winslow
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Edward Winslow

Edward Winslow (l. 1595-1655 CE) was a member of the separatist congregation (later known as pilgrims) which sailed aboard the Mayflower in 1620 CE to establish the Plymouth Colony in modern-day Massachusetts, USA. He became one of the more...
17th-century Japanese Tea Vendors
Image by Kanō Osanobu & Kanō Masanobu

17th-century Japanese Tea Vendors

A print showing Japanese tea vendors. Edo Period, c. 1846, print from a 1632 original. Copied by Kanō Osanobu and Kanō Masanobu. (From Poetry Competition of Artisans, vol.2)
Noisette Rose
Image by New York Public Library

Noisette Rose

Rosa Noisettiana, aka Noisette rose, print by Pierre Joseph Redouté, published in 1817-24. Print Collection, The New York Public Library.
Mourt's Relation
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Mourt's Relation

Mourt's Relation (published 1622 CE) is an account of the first year of the Plymouth Colony founded by the pilgrims who arrived in Massachusetts in November 1620 CE aboard the Mayflower. Its original title was A Relation or Journal of the...
Miguel Hidalgo
Image by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs

Miguel Hidalgo

Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811), Catholic preist and leader of the Mexican independence movement, print portrait by an unknown artist. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public...
Parson's Cause
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

Parson's Cause

The Parson's Cause was a legal and political controversy that arose in the British colony of Virginia in the early 1760s. In response to the royal veto of the Two Penny Act, a policy passed by Virginia's House of Burgesses, a young lawyer...
Why Did Hitler Hate Jewish People?
Article by Mark Cartwright

Why Did Hitler Hate Jewish People?

The leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) identified Jewish people as enemies of the state, presenting them through relentless propaganda as responsible for Germany's economic and cultural decline. Basing this propaganda on White...
Ten Legendary Female Viking Warriors
Article by Joshua J. Mark

Ten Legendary Female Viking Warriors

In 2017 CE, Uppsala University archaeologist Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson published her study of a Viking grave discovered in Birka, Sweden in the 1800's CE which she and her team had revisited. She claimed that what was formerly understood...
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