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India of the Puranas: Cultural Regions c. 500
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India of the Puranas: Cultural Regions c. 500
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The Puranas are Sanskrit texts, written during ancient India’s golden age c. 500 CE. While these narratives, written in couplets, describe the cosmology of the Hindu universe and the genealogy of gods, kings and the first humans (Manus), they also provide historical insights into the regional composition of India during... More
Islamic Architectural and Archaeological Sites
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Islamic Architectural and Archaeological Sites
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The mosque is the focal point of Islamic society and, along with tombs, palaces and forts, is the main physical representation of Islam’s influence across different regions over the centuries. These architectural forms facilitated the functions of life in Islamic cultures and their stylistic elements take inspiration from a number... More
Islamic Arts
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Islamic Arts
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Islamic art covers a broad spectrum of artistic practices, not necessarily inspired by religion, which evolved within a number of differing Islamic societies. Like Islamic architecture, Islamic art forms vary widely in stylistic attributes depending on their region of origin and the outside cultural influences from which they took inspiration.... More
Isle of Man in the Bronze Age 2000-600 BCE
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Isle of Man in the Bronze Age 2000-600 BCE
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It is thought that the beginning of the Bronze Age on the Isle of Man (c. 2000–600 BCE) was ignited by an influx of migrants from continental Europe who arrived on the island via Britain. Not only did these settlers bring metal-working and bronze artefacts to the island, but they... More
Japan and East Asia 600–900
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Japan and East Asia 600–900
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The exchanges of embassies with China played a critical role in the development of Japanese culture and society, and many Chinese methods and ideologies were readily adopted. The fall of the Later Han dynasty in 220 CE and China’s subsequent unstable structure of regional kingdoms halted early exchanges. During this... More
Medinet Habu c. 1170 BCE
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Medinet Habu c. 1170 BCE
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In the western Theban necropolis is Ramesses III’s ‘fortress like’ funerary temple and palace complex, Medinet Habu. Within its inner walls are the Royal Palace, the sandstone mortuary temple, smaller temples and additions, including a chapel built in 700 BCE. There are also storehouses and housing for the priests and... More
Mesopotamian Map 600 BCE
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Mesopotamian Map 600 BCE
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Complete with cuneiform inscriptions, the map provides a representation of the world with Babylon, straddling the Euphrates, at its centre. There may have been an element of political point-scoring in the depiction, as Egypt and Persia, powerful rivals of Babylon at the time, are omitted. The known world is shown... More
Minoan Civilization
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Minoan Civilization
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Archaeologists speculate that the Minoan civilization that thrived on the island of Crete from the 16th to 13th centuries BCE was an autonomous development by descendants of Neolithic island-dwellers, rather than an imported civilization. There is evidence that Cretans had extensive trade links, with Africa, Turkey, Cyprus, the Levant and... More
Minoan Crete c. 1500-1250 BCE
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Minoan Crete c. 1500-1250 BCE
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The island of Crete was first settled, probably from Asia Minor, in about 3000 BCE. The distinctive and highly advanced civilization that evolved there by the end of the third millennium, was palace-based, with each palace administering a substantial farming hinterland and trading network. Sir Arthur Evans, the archaeologist who... More
Mississippian Mound-Builders c. 900–1450 CE
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Mississippian Mound-Builders c. 900–1450 CE
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The mound-building cultures of North America appear to have suffered a ‘Dark Age’ roughly contemporaneous with the European version, with the revival beginning in the lower Mississippi valley in the last quarter of the first millennium. This segued into the Plaquemine culture, but was soon be eclipsed by the middle... More
Movie Theatres in Kansas City, Missouri, 1928
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Movie Theatres in Kansas City, Missouri, 1928
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By the 1920s, Kansas City was a thriving commercial and rail hub with 400,000 inhabitants. The Republican National Convention was staged there in 1928, but the city administration of Tom Pendergast was notorious for corruption, and gangsterism was rife, culminating in the 1933 ‘Kansas City Massacre’ involving ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’.... More
Mycenaean Cultural Influence 1600-1100 BCE
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Mycenaean Cultural Influence 1600-1100 BCE
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Mycenaean Greece dominated the Greek mainland, the Aegean Islands and the shores of Asia Minor, amalgamating various peoples into a homogenous culture that had influence that reached, at its furthest extent, to the Levant and Sicily. The Mycenaeans were accomplished sailors, who traded olive oil and ceramic vessels for gold,... More