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Dust & Divinity: Ink of Ages Volume Two

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✨ The famous Roman mosaic known as the 'Gypsy Girl', c. 2nd century CE. Gaziantep, Zeugma, Türkiye. 📷 Photo by James Gordon.  #Mosaic #History #Roman #Türkiye #Gaziantep #Turkey #Zeugma
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The Pacific War (1941-45) contributed many lasting innovations and developments to global warfare. whe.to/ci/2-2995-en/  #history worldhistory.org/article/299…

How the Pacific War Changed Global Warfare

The Pacific War (1941-45) contributed many lasting innovations and developments to global warfare. This theatre of the Second World War witnessed the end of battleships as the primary mode of naval...

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📕Initial page of the Gospel of St. Mark from the Lindisfarne Gospels (c. 700-715 CE), created at the Lindisfarne Priory on the “Holy Island” off the coast of Northumbria, Britain. 📷 Photo by manuscript_nerd.  #LindisfarneGospels #IlluminatedManuscripts #History #Book
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This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the empires, rulers, and belief systems related to Unit 3: Land-Based Empires of the AP® World History: Modern curriculum. whe.to/ci/9-327-en/  #history worldhistory.org/collection/…

AP World History Unit 3: Land-Based Empires (c. 1450–1750)

This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the empires, rulers, and belief systems related to Unit 3: Land-Based Empires of the AP® World History: Modern curriculum. This...

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🌶️ Between c. 1450 and 1650, demand for spices and other high-value plant commodities became an important catalyst for European maritime expansion.  ✍🏽 Infographic created by Simeon Netchev.  #Spices #Food #Trade #AgeOfDiscovery #History #Maritime #MaritimeHistory
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Twelve Spices That Changed the World: Trade, Empire, and the Global Age of Spices, 1450–1650

Between c. 1450 and 1650, demand for spices and other high-value plant commodities became an important catalyst for European maritime expansion. Pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg were especially...

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James Buchanan (1791-1868) was an American politician who served as the fifteenth president of the United States. whe.to/ci/1-27916-en/  #history worldhistory.org/James_Bucha…

James Buchanan: The President Who Lost the Union

James Buchanan (1791-1868) was an American politician who served as the fifteenth president of the United States. He took office during a time of great crisis, when the country was divided along...

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📖 'Dust & Divinity: Ink of Ages Volume 2' is now available to buy on Amazon, Apple Books and Google Play Books! @ink_of_ages  #Dust&Divinity #InkOfAges #ShortStories #Book #HistoricalFiction #Mythology #CreativeWriting #Writing #Fiction #Books
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Featuring 25 history- and mythology-inspired short stories from the Ink of Ages 2025 competition. ➡️ Find out more here: fictionprize.worldhistory.or…

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A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe is a Sumerian composition relating a dialogue between an elder scribe and a young graduate from his school. whe.to/ci/2-2106-en/  #history worldhistory.org/article/210…

A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe

A Supervisor's Advice to a Young Scribe is a Sumerian composition relating a dialogue between an elder scribe and a young graduate from his school. The piece is dated to the Old Babylonian Period...

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The Pacific War concerned the theatre of the Second World War (1939-45) fought in the Pacific Ocean and eastern parts of Asia between Japan and the United States and its allies. whe.to/ci/1-22824-en/  #history worldhistory.org/Pacific_War…

Pacific War: The Defeat of Japan in WWII

The Pacific War concerned the theatre of the Second World War (1939-45) fought in the Pacific Ocean and eastern parts of Asia between Japan and the United States and its allies. Japan had expanded...

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The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by US President Abraham Lincoln on 1 January 1863, at the height of the American Civil War (1861-1865). whe.to/ci/1-26510-en/  #history worldhistory.org/Emancipatio…

Emancipation Proclamation: Lincoln's Call for Freedom

The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order issued by US President Abraham Lincoln on 1 January 1863, at the height of the American Civil War (1861-1865). It proclaimed that "all persons...

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🦏 Today is World Rhino Day!   🦏 This bronze ritual vessel dates to 1100 – 1050 BCE (Shang Dynasty period). Unearthed in Liangshan, Shandong. (San Francisco Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA). Photo by Justin Chay.  #WorldRhinoDay #Rhino #Rhinoceros #History
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🦏 A gold rhinoceros from a burial site at Mapungubwe, South Africa. 11-14th century CE. (University of Pretoria Museums, South Africa). Photo by South African Tourism.
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This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the trade routes, travelers, and networks of exchange related to Unit 2: Networks of Exchange of the AP® World History: Modern curriculum. whe.to/ci/9-326-en/  #history worldhistory.org/collection/…

AP World History Unit 2: Networks of Exchange (c. 1200-1450)

This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the trade routes, travelers, and networks of exchange related to Unit 2: Networks of Exchange of the AP® World History: Modern...

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This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the states, cultures, and events related to Unit 1: The Global Tapestry of the AP® World History: Modern curriculum. whe.to/ci/9-325-en/  #history worldhistory.org/collection/…

AP World History Unit 1: The Global Tapestry (c. 1200-1450)

This collection gathers articles, definitions, and maps covering the states, cultures, and events related to Unit 1: The Global Tapestry of the AP® World History: Modern curriculum. This collection...

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🔥 Stone-carved Faravahar in Persepolis. Faravahar is one of the best-known symbols of Zoroastrianism, the state religion of ancient Iran.  📷 Photo by Napishtim. #Faravahar #Zoroastrianism #Persepolis #Persia #Iran #History
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📄 On this day in 19 BCE: Virgil dies.  Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE), better known to most modern readers as Virgil, was one of the greatest poets of the early Roman Empire.  📝 Article by Donald L. Wasson. 📷 Photos by Armando Mancini and Carole Raddato.  #Virgil #Poet
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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE), better known to most modern readers as Virgil, was one of the greatest poets of the early Roman Empire. His best-known work, the Aeneid, told of a Trojan prince...

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