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    Art Deco Explained

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    Art Deco started around the mid-1910s in Paris, and later spread throughout Europe and America during the 1930s, with angular forms, clean lines, and the use of new materials like plastic and metals.

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    6 Holocaust Survivors Who Reminded the World “Never Again”

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    The Holocaust was unique as a genocidal event due to the industrialized nature of the killing. However, it was not unique in that many people denied …

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    The Stormy Romance of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand

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    Paris, 1836. Dilettantish ladies and gentlemen of the upper classes mix with the poets and artists who, now more than ever, constitute the city’s …

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    How Harold Godwinson Became the Last Anglo-Saxon King of England

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    The 1066 invasion of England by William the Conqueror to claim the English throne is one of the most significant historical events in Western …

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    Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism vs. Neoliberalism: What’s the Difference?

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    Mark Fisher was a blogger, social critic, cultural theorist, and academic philosopher. He made two strong claims in his 2009 work Capitalist Realism: …

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    10 Museums in Asia Everyone Must Visit at Least Once

    thecollector.com - Laura Pattara

    Asia has been one of the fastest-changing continents in recent history, so much so that the 21st century is often dubbed the Asian Century. The speed …

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    The Emotional Pains That Shaped Van Gogh’s Art and How to See Them on the Canvas

    thecollector.com - Greg Beyer

    Vibrant colors and frenetic brushwork are characteristic of the art of Vincent van Gogh, but behind the paint, there was a tortured and tragic figure …

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    The Abbasid Caliphate Explained

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    The Abbasid Caliphate emerged from the collapse of the Umayyad Dynasty in 750. Its reign saw numerous great achievements that sent Islamic civilization to its golden age.

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    The History and Culture of Ancient Babylon

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    Ancient Babylon was inhabited by several different ethnic groups that all shared a common culture. The Babylonians greatly influenced the ancient Near East.

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    The Warrior Queen Tomyris Who Defeated the Persian Empire

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    Cyrus the Great, the ruler of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, and arguably the most powerful man in the world in the 6th century BC, met his end on …

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    Camus’s Story of Humiliated Workers Who Cannot Express Their Feelings

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    “The Silent Men” tells the story of humiliated workers who are unable to communicate their feelings. Albert Camus wrote it after the fallout that …

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    Stephen, Matilda, and the Anarchy of England

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    In 12th-century England, King Stephen and Empress Matilda went head to head in a conflict known as England's Anarchy.

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