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![Mondamin](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18124.jpg?v=1699924990)
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Mondamin
Mondamin (also given as Mon-Daw-Min, The Gift of Corn, and The Origin of Corn) is a tale from the Ojibwe Nation on how the people received corn from the Great Spirit through the vision quest of the young man, Wunzh, and his acts of selflessness...
![Bison Skull Pile, 1892](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18332.jpeg?v=1704848364)
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Bison Skull Pile, 1892
Bison skulls piled at Michigan Carbon Works in Rougeville, outside of Detroit, Michigan, USA, 1892. The bones were processed for various commodities such as glue, dye, and fertilizer. Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library...
![New Testament Text-Types](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14715.jpg?v=1697910069)
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New Testament Text-Types
The books of the New Testament were written in the 1st century CE. As Christianity spread in the 2nd century CE, many copies were made, some by non-professionals. Early manuscripts are considered to be closer to the original than later manuscripts...
![The Book of Enoch Manuscript](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14629.jpg?v=1631780501)
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The Book of Enoch Manuscript
The backside of P.Mich.inv. 5552, showing portions of the Book of Enoch in Greek. Part of the Chester Beatty Papyri, most likely originated in Egypt, 4th century CE.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Library
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Bf 109 in Flight
A Messerschmitt Bf 109 (ME-109), the principal German fighter plane of the Second World War (1939-45). Taken at Thunder Over Michigan airshow in 2006.
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To what extent is Polybius our best guide to Hellenistic history?
EDIT TEST To call Polybius our best guide to Hellenistic history might be misleading for a few reasons. Firstly, Polybius' Histories are by no means perfect; for a start, as they have come down to us they are incomplete. To term it 'the...
![Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13279.jpg?v=1618714805)
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Origins of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy
The Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, Iroquois Five Nations, or the Iroquois League, was one of the most powerful Native American polities north of the Rio Grande. They arrived in the historical record in the 16th-century...
![Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1111.jpg?v=1699640886)
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Interrelations of Kerma and Pharaonic Egypt
The vacillating nature of Ancient Egypt's associations with the Kingdom of Kerma may be described as one of expansion and contraction; a virtual tug-of-war between rival cultures. Structural changes in Egypt's administration led to alternating...
![Interview: Korea-Japan Relations Through the Prism of Archaeology](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7685.jpg?v=1706214610)
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Interview: Korea-Japan Relations Through the Prism of Archaeology
Ancient East Asia was dominated by the three states known today as China, Japan, and Korea. The complex chain of successive kingdoms created a rich web of events that archaeologists have sometimes found difficult to disentangle; a situation...
![Interview with Greg Woolf](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/145.jpg?v=1710067743)
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Interview with Greg Woolf
Join World History Encyclopedia as they talk to author and professor Greg Woolf all about his book Rome: An Empire's Story, Second Edition, published by Oxford University Press. Kelly (WHE): Do you want to just tell everyone what the book...