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I wonder why so many scholars of Islam pronounce Caliph as 'CAY-liff' & not 'cah-LEEF' 5 Bucky Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 2382
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Odd Arne Westad - Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations 0 soryang Jun 2021 Jun 2021 0 1776
David Dushman, Russian tank driver who helped liberate Auschwitz passed away today 0 irisblue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1449
World's oldest, continually operating university, was founded by a Muslim woman 1 left-of-center2012 Jun 2021 Jun 2021 1 1511
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 appalachiablue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 4 1426
*Five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs; 2 elleng Jun 2021 Jun 2021 6 1623
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Vlad the Impaler vs Count Dracula: Epic Moments In Rap History 0 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 1 1753
SS Bank Heist - Berlin 1945 0 bucolic_frolic May 2021 May 2021 1 1453
Mexico City: 500 Yrs Since Spanish Conquest Battle 1521: Smallpox Epidemics, Abuses, Colonial Rule 0 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 2 1212
***Inside the Met PBS 0 elleng May 2021 May 2021 0 1071
Silver Medieval Seal Featuring Engraved Roman Gem Unearthed in England 1 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 10 1572
Runes Found on Seventh-Century Cow Bone Could Change Slavic History 2 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 12 1529
A Day In Germany 1945, World War II. In Color, Sound Added, Spectacular Footage 4 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 6 2038
How Fashion Helped Defeat 18th-Century Anti-Vaxxers 0 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 8 1416
THE DARK AGES: Just How Dark Were They After The Fall of The Roman Empire? 8 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 15 2775
Serge & Beate Klarsfeld, Heroic Nazi Hunters Still Fighting For Justice 0 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 6 1502
Paris 1940- Nazi Occupation: Lambeth Walk Nazi Parody Film 2 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 5 1697
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Brave French Woman Saved Artworks From Nazi Theft in WW2, Rose Valland, Monuments Men 2 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 12 2014
The Roman Empire vs. The Mongol Empire At Their Peaks 6 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 May 2021 5 1976
March 1939, Europe Before WW2: Color Home Movies 0 appalachiablue Apr 2021 Apr 2021 3 1352
Site of Julius Caesar's Assassination Will Be Transformed Into Open-Air Museum 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 8 2067
Trove of 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Mirrors Found in Ancient Chinese Cemetery 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 10 1182
536 was 'the worst year to be alive' 11 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 54 4448
Paris Walks, Hemingway's Paris: PBS, 'Hemingway Behind The Scenes' 0 appalachiablue Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 2167

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The 1884 Berlin Conference and the Partition of Africa 2 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1485
Japanese Swords as Symbols of Historical Amnesia: Touken Ranbu and the Sword Boom in Popular Media 1 soryang Apr 2021 Apr 2021 1 1960
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Mein Kampf: The Secrets of Adolf Hitler's Book of Evil Free Documentary GROUNDBREAKING 1 bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1576
Portugal Confronts Its Role In The Trans- Atlantic Slave Trade, International Day of Remembrance 0 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1584
The Famous Wartime Couple That Changed Photography: Robt. Capa, Gerda Taro. Spanish Civil War, WW2 0 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 10 1796
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 left-of-center2012 Mar 2021 Mar 2021 16 1521
The Peasants' Revolt 1381, Begun By A Baker Serf. The 14th Century, 100 Years of Struggle 3 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 6 1984
Hitler's 'Iron Maidens,' Women Awarded The Iron Cross in Combat, WW2 2 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Mar 2021 3 2559
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An Irish Soldier describes World War One, 1988 2 OnDoutside Feb 2021 Mar 2021 3 2949
How a ring tells the story of a forgotten secret agent (BBC) 2 eppur_se_muova Mar 2021 Mar 2021 5 1991
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre: Mob Violence, Assassination of Protestants By Catholics, 1572 France 0 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 2290
Ever wonder where the Foo Fighters got their name? 5 captain queeg Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1422
'The People Are Revolting' Count de Money; The French Revolution, Hist. of The World, Mel Brooks 0 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 1863
Fires of The Spanish Inquisition, Horrors of The Roman Inquisition 7 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 2046
American Virginia Hall, The Most Feared Spy of WWII 2 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1537
African colonies after Berlin conference 1884 0 elleng Feb 2021 Feb 2021 4 1185
'All Creatures Great and Small': Who Was the Real James Herriot? 0 elleng Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1324
Photographs of People In The 1840s: Early Traces of Reality 7 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 30 3689
What Began The Rise Of Fascism In Europe? Titans Of The 20th Century 0 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 7 1369
Stonehenge may be a rebuilt stone circle from Wales 18 left-of-center2012 Feb 2021 Feb 2021 25 8006
Two Harvard professors request publication on Korean comfort women be suspended 3 soryang Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 2130
1935, Berlin Germany business man on his way to work 0 irisblue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1290
The Nazis took the lives of the young and the older ones 0 irisblue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1437
The Russian Revolution 1917 2 bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1294
Fall of Singapore to the Imperial Japanese Army, this date 0 irisblue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1164
because of the detective work 2 friends separated as childhood friends are reunited 0 irisblue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1206
Workers Find A Hidden Staircase That May Change The History Books 11 yuiyoshida Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 2930
200 years after Napoleon defeat, Russia and France bury their dead 0 catbyte Feb 2021 Feb 2021 5 1370

World History Continued...

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Bavarian (Germany) Supreme Court grants Hitler parole on December 19, 1924 2 steve2470 Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1453
Rembrandt, Dutch Slave Trade On 4 Continents: New Exhibit, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 0 appalachiablue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 3 1767
A good news tweet from the US Holocaust Museum and some follow up info 0 irisblue Feb 2021 Feb 2021 6 1246
27 January 1945, Russian troops enter Auschwitz 3 irisblue Jan 2021 Feb 2021 11 1956
Nomonhan, The beginning and end of WWII Asahi Shimbun 0 soryang Feb 2021 Feb 2021 1 1747
26 January 1944, Leningrad 0 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 1 1244
She looks very like my Mother.. 4 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1598
25 January 1945, knowing the Russian Army is days away, the SS blows up evidence 0 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1274
17 January 1945 Mengele liquidated his lab at Auschwitz. Russians arrived 10 days later 0 irisblue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 5 1796
Unity later 5 The Jungle 1 Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 1555
Kristallnacht: 'Night of Broken Glass' Nazi Paramilitary, Violence Against Jews 1938, Scary Reminder 4 appalachiablue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 1964
From The Bastille To The Capitol: Storming Government Bldgs. Through The Ages, DW 0 appalachiablue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 2 1539
Realistic Facial Recreations of Roman Emperors Using AI and Photoshop (1st Century CE) 13 catbyte Dec 2020 Jan 2021 47 10654
Hitler's Failed Coup d'Etat In Munich: The Beer Hall Putsch Nov. 8, 1923 5 appalachiablue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 7 2226
Pictures of The Madness: Nazi Germany 1937- 1939, Color 4 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Jan 2021 11 1935
Reichstag Fire Aided The End of Democracy, Rise of Hitler Dictatorship In Germany, Feb. 27, 1933 4 appalachiablue Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 2179
Lord Haw Haw hanged 74 years ago 1 sarisataka Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 1544
How The Germanic Barbarians Annihilated Rome's Legions Varian Disaster: Teutoburg Timeline 4 bucolic_frolic Jan 2021 Jan 2021 3 1566
A few images of people who escaped from Auschwitz 1 irisblue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 13 1841
Pompeii, Italy: Well-Preserved Roman Era Fast- Food 'Snack Bar,' Frescos Unearthed 2 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 7 1700
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