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5 days ago · The World and Everything in It: September 9, 2024. On Legal Docket, Brazil bans the social media platform X; on Moneybeat, the presidential candidates and economic policies; and on the World History Book, Pavlov discovers classical conditioning. Plus, the Monday morning news.
3 days ago · The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents, known collectively as The Known World. Most of the story takes place on the continent of Westeros and in a large political entity known as the Seven Kingdoms.
5 days ago · This spirited and unabridged reading of Susan Wise Bauer’s The Story of the World Volume 1: Ancient Times Revised Ed. brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of Ancient Times, covering the major historical events from the beginning of civilization to the fall of the Roman Empire.
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2 days ago · Overview. Big History is an approach to world history that takes as its subject the story of the whole of the Universe, from its creation, 13.8 billion years ago, in the Big Bang. It describes the creation of stars, the forging of new types of matter in dying stars, the formation of the first planets and moons, and the emergence of life on at ...
3 days ago · The location where Wilfrid Voynich allegedly acquired the manuscript (Frascati) is shown in green (late 1800s); Voynich's ownership is shown in red, and modern owners are highlighted blue. Timeline of Voynich manuscript ownership.
4 days ago · Japan has just as much fascination for the samurai as foreigners and many Japanese authors have produced samurai books that are just as incredible as their famous samurai films. Here is a list of the best samurai books including novels to read: 1. Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa (1939)
5 days ago · Featuring a truly global collection of primary sources from the medieval period, the Global Medieval Sourcebook (GMS) is a fantastic model of an open access teaching and research platform that features an innovative modular user interface perfect for teaching and learning translation.
