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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
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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
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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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