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ANCIENT HISTORY
View All PostsLivy may be Rome’s most famous historian, chronicling the history of Rome from Aeneas to Augustus. But he was an atypical “popular historian” in his day.
The Neolithic Era was a time of great change that brought new opportunities and challenges to everyday life.
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HISTORY
View All PostsEurope became a more chaotic place after the fall of the Roman Empire, until Charlemagne initiated a series of reforms that would lead to the Carolingian Renaissance.
The Eastern Roman Empire, also known as the Byzantine Empire, survived for a thousand years after the fall of Rome. What eventually caused its fall?
PHILOSOPHY
View All PostsWhy did Dante call his epic poem a comedy? Philosopher Giorgio Agamben reveals hidden cultural and theological meaning in the title.
The most radical thing you could do in philosophy of mind is claim there are no mental states. Eliminativism provides a means to that end.
ART & ARTISTS
View All PostsWhat was Wagnerism, the trend in late-19th-century music, art, literature, and more, spawned by Richard Wagner’s music dramas?
On publication in 1857, Charles Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal caused a scandal. Its influence spread far beyond France and far beyond the 19th century.
TRAVEL & CULTURE
View All PostsOttawa was selected as the capital of Canada as a compromise between French and English Canadians and because it was safe from an American invasion.
Newfoundland narrowly voted to join Canada in 1948 because it seemed like the only way to overcome the economic challenges facing the colony.

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View All PostsThe rapture is an event Christians universally look forward to, though views on what exactly it entails and when it will happen differ.
Establishing the canon of the New Testament was not a quick and easy process.
Stories
View All PostsDespite how the title may read, this incursion refers to a musical invasion, starting in 1964, when British bands jumped “the pond,” changing American musical tastes.
Mata Hari’s name is surrounded by mystery and intrigue; was she really a Word War I spy, or merely a dancer who became embroiled in scandal?




























