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ANCIENT HISTORY
View All PostsArmenia's location between Rome and Persia, strategic mountains, and vital trade routes made it the key to imperial dominance in the East.
Ancient records indicate there were five provinces in Roman Britain. But while four are known, the location of the fifth, Valentia, remains mysterious.
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HISTORY
View All PostsThe development of Judo, Karate, Korean Taekwondo, and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu can all be linked to the fall of the samurai and the modernization of Meiji Japan.
Why did the US Army invade Santiago in 1898? Discover the military strategy, the fall of the Spanish Empire, and how the battle for Cuba launched America as a global power.
PHILOSOPHY
View All PostsPiet Mondrian’s theory of rhythm in painting is original and alien to classical conceptions of rhythm, as is evident from his complicated writings on art.
Yorùbá philosophy is an intellectual tradition whose notions of justice and social responsibility continue to shed light on the contemporary Nigerian socio-political concerns.
ART & ARTISTS
View All PostsRene Magritte often incorporated text in his painted works. These elements usually highlight the strange relationship between the physical, the verbal, and the visual.
Discover the roots of ten words that came into the English language from the neighboring group of Celtic languages.
TRAVEL & CULTURE
View All PostsFrom the coasts of New England to the deserts of New Mexico, here are ten of the oldest towns in the US that help shape the modern nation.
Discover a trail of cultural and historical Ottoman sites across Asia, Europe, and North Africa that trace a 600-year-long empire.

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View All PostsAncient Judean social norms and Rabbinic traditions explain why the disciples left their nets and what it cost them.
The Book of Enoch expands four cryptic verses of Genesis. It builds a world of rebellion, forbidden unions, and depraved giant offspring that corrupt humanity.
Stories
View All PostsJane Austen drew on her family life, social circle, and extensive education to write her beloved novels that reinvented the narrative of morality.
Discover the life, legend, and literature of one of the Romantic era's greatest authors, Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley.




























