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The Pre-WWI Alliance System - Triple Entente v. Triple Alliance
The alliance system in Europe was one of the causes of the First World War (1914-18), although it did not make war inevitable. In the first decade of the 20th century, the Triple Entente powers of Great Britain, France, and Russia stood against...
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Native America: Pre-Columbian America
Hear about what American was like before Whitey showed up in all of its diverse complexity. But I'll also talk about the Age of Exploration, Whitey's arrival in America, and the great Columbian Exchange.
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Interview: Costa Rica's Jade Museum
The Jade Museum (Spanish: Museo del Jade y de la Cultura Precolombina) in San José, Costa Rica houses the world's largest collection of ancient jade from the Americas. With nearly 7,000 pieces in its collection, the artifacts at the Museum...
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The Artist Project: Pre-Columbian Gold - Teresita Fernández
Teresita Fernández on Precolumbian gold "We know that this represents greatness, and yet we only have a handful of examples to point to it." The Artist Project is a 2015 online series in which we give artists an opportunity to respond...
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Ancient Greek Science
Ancient Greek science is a modern term for the application of systematic inquiry into the individual, the world, and the universe, which began in Ionia in the 6th century BCE with Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) and continued through the...
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English Raid on Grand Pre, 1704
The English raid the Wabanaki settlement at Grand Pre in Acadia in 1704 during Queen Anne's War. By Hezekiah Butterwort, 1885.
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Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance Exhibition
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi.
San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.
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Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance in Forlì
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi.
San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.
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Pre-Raphaelites Exhibition
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance, exhibition installation view, photo by Emanuele Rambaldi.
San Domenico Museum, Forlì, Italy.
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Archelaus (Philosopher)
Archelaus of Athens (l. c. 5th century BCE) was a Pre-Socratic philosopher in ancient Greece who claimed the first cause of existence was the opposition of cold and heat which caused the separation of the universal essence to produce a plurality...