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![Diversity in Church Architecture in Medieval England](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15609.jpg?v=1715069582)
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Diversity in Church Architecture in Medieval England
Medieval English churches differed in size and layout. Their original and evolving role(s), financial and material resources, and architectural fashions helped determine variability. However, their look ultimately grew from a constant symbiosis...
![Battle of Cowpens](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18756.jpg?v=1719929823)
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Battle of Cowpens
The Battle of Cowpens (17 January 1781) was a decisive battle in the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a detachment of Continental soldiers and Patriot militia under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat...
![Charles A. Eastman on Sitting Bull](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17892.jpeg?v=1714475943)
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Charles A. Eastman on Sitting Bull
In his Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains (1916), Sioux author and physician Charles A. Eastman (also known as Ohiyesa, l. 1858-1939), includes a brief biography of the Sioux chief Sitting Bull (l. c. 1837-1890). While some of Eastman's claims...
![Battle of Kings Mountain](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18840.jpg?v=1720717204)
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Battle of Kings Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain (7 October 1780) was a significant battle of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), fought in the backcountry of South Carolina between large parties of Patriot and Loyalist militias. The battle exemplified...
![Allied Bombing of Germany](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18762.png?v=1720595107)
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Allied Bombing of Germany
The Allied strategic bombing of Germany during World War II (1939-45) involved British and U.S. bomber planes attacking industrial cities, factories, railways, airfields, and dams. Over 600,000 civilians died as a consequence. The campaign...
![Battle of Camden](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18810.jpg?v=1715370486)
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Battle of Camden
The Battle of Camden (16 August 1780) was a major battle of the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). It saw a British army under Lord Charles Cornwallis decisively defeat an American force under General Horatio...
![Childbirth in Ancient Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18722.jpg?v=1715624651)
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Childbirth in Ancient Rome
Childbirth in ancient Rome was considered the main purpose of marriage. Roman girls married in their early teens, and in elite society, some married before they reached puberty. The legal age for marriage was 12 for a girl; 15 was accepted...
![Battle of Waxhaws](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18798.jpg?v=1715370483)
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Battle of Waxhaws
The Battle of Waxhaws (29 May 1780) was a small engagement during the southern theater of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) that nevertheless had a significant psychological impact on the Patriots. During the battle, Lt. Colonel...
![Battle of the Ruhr](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18808.png?v=1716346263)
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Battle of the Ruhr
The Battle of the Ruhr or the Ruhr Air Offensive (March-July 1943) was a sustained bombing campaign by the British and the United States air forces against the industrial heartland of Germany during the Second World War (1939-45). The offensive...
![The Bear Man](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/18793.jpeg?v=1713811743)
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The Bear Man
The Bear Man is a Pawnee legend exemplifying the Native American understanding of the natural world and serving as an origin tale for the Bear Dance, which was performed to awaken the bears in spring from their winter hibernation and also...