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Warriors Fight a Wolf & Giant Snake
"Warriors Fight a Wolf and Giant Snake" by Ernst Alpers. The modern relief depicts the Norse god Thor battling the wolf Fenrir and Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent. Hannover, Germany. 1867 CE.
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Why Rome Fell
Why Rome Fell: Decline and Fall or Drift and Change? by Dr. Michael Arnheim, Wiley Blackwell, 2022.
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Blackbeard's Fight to the Death
A 1920 illustration showing the fight to the death between the pirate Blackbeard (aka Edward Teach) and Lieutenant Robert Maynard. In the battle at Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina on 22 November 1718, Blackbeard was finally killed by five...
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Fetterman Fight
The Indian battle and massacre near Fort Philip Kearney, Dacotah Territory, December 21, 1866, illustration decpiting the Fetterman Fight during Red Cloud's War from Harper's Weekly, v. 11, no. 534 (1867 March 23), p. 180. Library of...
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The Fight of the Revenge
A 20th century CE painting by Charles Dixon showing the battle in the Azores of 1591 CE when a Spanish fleet battled with the English galleon 'Revenge' captained by Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591 CE). Grenville died of his wounds from the...
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Doctrine of Discovery: What Is It and Why is Pope Francis Being Asked to Denounce It?
Pope Francis is facing calls to rescind a centuries-old policy called the ‘Doctrine of Discovery,’ stemming from a series of edicts, known as papal bulls, dating back to the 15th century, which states that white European nations "discovered"...
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What is Stonehenge? The Mysteries of the Neolithic Stone Circle
Stonehenge is a stone circle that dates back to the Neolithic period, in c. 3000 BCE on the Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire in Southern England. It wasn’t a site built in the late Neolithic period which then sat stagnant for five thousand years...
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WWI's Civilians, the Homefront, & an Uneasy Peace: Crash Course
World War I was a total war for millions of people in Europe. Many men were enlisted in the fighting, but the war work had implications for the daily lives of a huge number of Europeans. Women entered the workforce in huge numbers, and for...
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The Fight for the Right to Vote in the United States - Nicki Beaman Griffin
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-fight-for-the-right-to-vote-in-the-united-states-nicki-beaman-griffin In the United States today, if you are over eighteen, a citizen, and the resident of a state, you can vote (with some...
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The Great Swamp Fight: The Bloodiest Day of King Philip's War
In December 1675 CE, in the midst of King Philip's War, an army of Puritan colonists made a preemptive strike against the neutral Narragansett tribe. Their desperate battle in the snowy wilderness of Rhode Island became a touchstone in the...