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Interview: Rome Strategy of Empire by James Lacey
In this interview, World History Encyclopedia sits down with author James Lacey to chat about his new book Rome: Strategy of Empire published by Oxford University Press. Kelly: Can you tell us a little...
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A History of Modern Time - From Railroad Time to Atomic Clocks
The rapidly expanding 19th-century rail network not only 'annihilated space,' in the parlance of the day, but also altered the definition, use, and perception of time. Moreover, like much else...
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Hindenburg Zeppelin Tethered
The LZ 129 Hindenburg, a German Zeppelin airship, which carried passengers between Europe and the Americas. The Hindenburg measured a massive 804 feet (245 m) in length with a maximum internal frame diameter of 135 feet...
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Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Long Island
The Delaware Regiment of the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island during the American Revolutionary War. Painting by Domenick D'Andrea, commissioned by the US National Guard Bureau, c. 2004.
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Dakota Scaffold Burial
Dakota scaffold burial, illustration from page 159 of A Further Contribution to the Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 1881.
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Egyptian stela of Sehetepibre and others
On this sandstone stela, there are 10 lines of hieroglyphs inside the border line. The stela mentions the name of the guard of the bureau of fields, Sehetepibre (born of Ite). From the Tombs of The Courtiers...
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Sweat Lodge
Sweat lodge, Kiowa camp on the Washita, illustration from the Annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880.
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James Mooney, American Ethnographer
James Mooney (l. 1861-1921), American ethnographer who helped preserve the literature, language, and culture of the Cherokee nation. Plate 1 in The Swimmer Manuscript by James Mooney and Frans M. Olbrechts, Smithsonian...
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Native American House Burial
Native American house burial, illustration from page 175 of A Further Contribution to the Study of Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of Ethnology, 1881...
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Provincial Troops at the Siege of Louisbourg, 1745
The Siege of Louisbourg, painting by Domenick d’Andrea and Rick Reeves. Depicted here are New England provincial soldiers at the 1745 Siege of Louisbourg during King George's War (1744-1748). National...
