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Popham Colony
The Popham Colony (1607-1608 CE, also referred to as the Sagadahoc Colony) was an English settlement established in the present-day town of Phippsburg, State of Maine, USA, in August 1607 CE. The expedition which founded the site was comprised...
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Site of Fort St. George of the Popham Colony
Site of Fort St. George, the fortified element of the early 17th-century CE Popham Colony (1607-8 CE) in what is now Phippsburg, Maine
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Jamestown Colony of Virginia
The Jamestown Colony in Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in North America founded in 1607. It was the third attempt of the Virginia Company of London to establish a permanent trade center in the Americas following the failures...
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The Home of the Fish
The Home of the Fish is a Sumerian poetic monologue, most likely from the Ur III Period (2047-1750 BCE), in which the speaker tries to coax various fish into a newly built home. The meaning of the poem depends on whether the speaker is sincere...
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Teaching From Home: Free Resources for Teachers and Parents
Schools are closed in most countries and everyone has to adapt to a new reality of online learning. It is not easy for students, teachers and parents alike. Learning and teaching from home require a different approach. Ancient History...
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European Colonization of the Americas
The European colonization of the Americas was the process by which European settlers populated the regions of North, Central, South America, and the islands of the Caribbean. It is also recognized as the direct cause for the cultures of the...
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Odysseus’ Ten-year Journey Home
A map illustrating the journey home of the Achaean warrior-king Odysseus after the Trojan war. His travel from Troy to Ithaca (and his wife Penelope) took innumerable twists and turns and lasted ten years. Ever since Homer's Odyssey was written...
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Home of Tchaikovsky in Klin
The last home of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). He lived here in Klin, outside Moscow, from 1884. Today, the house is a museum dedicated to the composer.
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Home of Richard Strauss, Garmisch
The former home of the composer Richard Strauss (1864-1949) in Garmisch, Bavaria.
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Sibelius and his Wife Reading at Home
A 1915 photograph taken by Eric Sundström of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) and his wife reading at their home Ainola, north of Helsinki. (Helsinki City Museum)