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![Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/19010.jpg?v=1717424765)
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Interview: Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance
Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance marks the first multidisciplinary exhibition in Italy to examine the profound impact of Italian Renaissance art on the Pre-Raphaelite movement, which flourished in Victorian and Edwardian Britain (c. 1840-1920...
![Asia Minor](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/253.png?v=1701672543)
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Asia Minor
Ancient Asia Minor is a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey. The earliest reference to the region comes from tablets of the Akkadian Dynasty (2334-2083 BCE) where it was known...
![Pre-Socratic Philosophers](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12885.jpg?v=1712237466)
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Pre-Socratic Philosophers
The Pre-Socratic Philosophers are defined as the Greek thinkers who developed independent and original schools of thought from the time of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) to that of Socrates of Athens (470/469-399 BCE). They are known as...
![Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14368.png?v=1707470523)
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Cultural Links between India & the Greco-Roman World
Cyrus the Great (558-530 BCE) built the first universal empire, stretching from Greece to the Indus River. This was the famous Achaemenid Empire of Persia. An inscription at Naqsh-i-Rustam, the tomb of his able successor Darius I (521-486...
![Pre-Colonial North America](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13977.jpg?v=1702411564)
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Pre-Colonial North America
Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European...
![Phoenician Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchange](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14796.png?v=1717067583)
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Phoenician Maritime Trade and Cultural Exchange
This lesson plan has two parts. During the first part, students will watch a video introducing the Phoenicians and answer the questions on Worksheet #1. In the second part, students will participate in a trading simulation activity which...
![Social, Political & Economic Landscapes in Kautilya's Arthashastra](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/8299.jpg?v=1718005273)
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Social, Political & Economic Landscapes in Kautilya's Arthashastra
The Arthashastra (or Arthaśāstra) is one of the oldest surviving treatises on statecraft. There is considerable debate about the dating and authorship of the text; it underwent compilation, recension, and redaction several times over the...
![Augustus' Political, Social, & Moral Reforms](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/97.jpg?v=1706225951)
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Augustus' Political, Social, & Moral Reforms
Augustus is well known for being the first Emperor of Rome, but even more than that, for being a self-proclaimed “Restorer of the Republic.” He believed in ancestral values such as monogamy, chastity, and piety (virtue). Thus, he introduced...
![Information & Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage & Tourism](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2331.jpg?v=1715697544)
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Information & Communication Technologies in Cultural Heritage & Tourism
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are revolutionizing the ways in which the public interacts, understands, and appreciates the importance of cultural heritage around the world. They are additionally enabling sustainable tourism...
![Cultural & Theological Background of Mummification in Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4843.jpg?v=1634622302)
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Cultural & Theological Background of Mummification in Egypt
Many myths and falsehoods concerning the Egyptian practice of mummification have been promoted to the general public in movies, television shows, and documentaries. While these offerings are entertaining and fascinating to watch, the purposes...