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![Letters & Post in the Ancient World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3840.jpg?v=1717893783)
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Letters & Post in the Ancient World
Letters and their delivery via a state communication system was a feature of many ancient cultures. The writing medium may have differed but the Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Incas all had the means to send messengers and...
![Jesuit Influence on Post-medieval Chinese Astronomy](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12509.jpg?v=1640201402)
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Jesuit Influence on Post-medieval Chinese Astronomy
Ancient China had seen little Western contact before the 16th century CE, the language, culture and science all being allowed to develop independently of foreign influence. By the time European Jesuit missionaries arrived in the 16th century...
![Map of Celtic Peoples in the Post-Classical Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10810.jpg?v=1629491401)
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Map of Celtic Peoples in the Post-Classical Period
A map showing the spread of Celtic-speaking peoples in Europe, and their migrations in the Post-Classical Period.
![Forward Observation Post, Pointe du Hoc](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/19034.png?v=1717404049)
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Forward Observation Post, Pointe du Hoc
The forward observation post belonging to the German gun battery at Pointe du Hoc, located between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach during the D-Day Normandy Landings of 6 June 1944.
![Post Kushan India](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3955.jpg?v=1618593355)
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Post Kushan India
A map showing the political situation in the Indian Subcontinent following the fall of the Kushan Empire
![Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2469_ci_preview.jpg)
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Post-World War I Recovery: Crash Course European History #36
In which John Green looks at Europe's attempts to recover from the devastation of World War I and forge a lasting peace. The peace did not last. Today we're talking about the economic cultural recovery of the 1920s, and the economic depression...
![Mitla](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3677.jpg?v=1620412203)
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Mitla
Mitla, located in the eastern portion of the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, was an important site of the Zapotec civilization. Gaining prominence from the early Post-Classic period (c. 700-900 CE), Mitla became the most important Zapotec...
![Dacia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/331.png?v=1708431027)
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Dacia
Dacia was a region inhabited by the Dacians in the north of the Danube (modern Romania). The kingdom of Dacia was the creation of Burebistas (c. 80-44 BCE), who conquered and united several other Dacian principalities. Burebistas practically...
![Paul Cézanne](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15335.png?v=1716265152)
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Paul Cézanne
Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) was a French post-impressionist artist. Although he struggled for recognition in his own lifetime and often lacked confidence in his work, the artist's unique style, use of light and colour, and his interest in geometric...
![Vincent van Gogh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15458.png?v=1709238783)
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Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist artist whose paintings are amongst the most popular and recognizable in history. His dramatic brushwork, exuberant palette, and mastery at capturing moments in time and light revolutionised...