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Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German Enlightenment thinker who is widely regarded as one of the most important philosophers of any period. His most famous works of critical philosophy include The Critique of Pure Reason, which challenged...
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Poverty Point
Poverty Point is an archaeological and historic site in Louisiana, USA, dated to c. 1700-1100 BCE, enclosing one of the most significant Native American mound sites from Pre-Colonial America. It was once the location of a grand complex of...
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Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan (l. c. 1735-1802) was an American frontiersman and soldier, most famous for leading a corps of riflemen during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Continental Army and...
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Weapons in the American Revolution
The American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) was a long and bitter conflict fought between Great Britain and its thirteen North American colonies over the Americans' liberties and, eventually, for the independence of the United States. The...
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Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri
Butte de Mort, Sioux Burial Ground, Upper Missouri, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1837-1839.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC.
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Kentucky Rifle
Long Rifle, also known as a Kentucky Rifle or Pennsylvania Rifle, first used during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783) but prominent during the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. By John Spitzer, c. 1810. Walters Art Museum...
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Salisbury Cathedral
Ground plan of the Salisbury Cathedral showing the development of the layout of churches during the medieval period. Despite the complex layout with multiple aisles, transepts (G, H, O, P) and end (R) and side-chapels (W, X, 3-5), it preserves...
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Noah's Ark Representation
A life-size model of what Noah's Ark may have looked like. From the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Kentucky, USA.
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Factory near Pontoise by Pissarro
An 1873 oil on canvas, Factory near Pontoise, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. The artist, unlike most other impressionists, was very interested in capturing industrial architecture like this sugar-beet...
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English Civil War Reenactment Battle Display! BIGGEST EVER! Military Odyssey 2013 | HD Video
English Civil War Reenactment Battle Display! BIGGEST EVER! Military Odyssey 2013: The biggest and most impressive English Civil War Battle display I've ever seen! For my video camera is use a Canon EOS 60D DSLR Camera (Canon Digital...