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Article: Martin Luther's 95 Theses #history #MedievalChurch #MartinLuther worldhistory.org/article/189…

Martin Luther's 95 Theses

Martin Luther's 95 Theses of 31 October 1517, although they have since come to represent the beginning of the Protestant Reformation, were not written to challenge the authority of the Roman Cathol...

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Article: Origins of World Agriculture #history #FertileCrescent #AnimalHusbandry #Agriculture worldhistory.org/article/188…

Origins of World Agriculture

Agriculture arose independently at several locations across the world, beginning about 12,000 years ago. The first crops and livestock were domesticated in six rather diffuse areas including the...

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Definition: Martin Luther #history #MedievalChurch #MartinLuther #Christianity worldhistory.org/Martin_Luth…

Martin Luther

Martin Luther (l. 1483-1546) was a German priest, monk, and theologian who became the central figure of the religious and cultural movement known as the Protestant Reformation. Even though earlier...

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Definition: Mitanni #history #Syria #Mitanni #Hurrians worldhistory.org/Mitanni/?ut…

Mitanni

The Kingdom of Mitanni, known to the people of the land, and the Assyrians, as Hanigalbat and to the Egyptians as Naharin and Metani, once stretched from present-day northern Iraq, down through...

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Definition: Ghent Altarpiece #history #RenaissanceArt #JanVanEyck #GhentAltarpiece worldhistory.org/Ghent_Altar…

Ghent Altarpiece

The Ghent Altarpiece, otherwise known as The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, is a painted panel altarpiece created in 1432 for the Vijd Chapel in the church of St. John the Baptist, now St. Bavo...

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Article: Roman Warfare in the Age of Pyrrhus #history #Tarentum #RomanWarfare #RomanArmy worldhistory.org/article/188…

Roman Warfare in the Age of Pyrrhus

The Roman army fought many conflicts throughout its long history, though perhaps none so indelible as the Pyrrhic War from 280 to 275 BCE. This war between Rome and a league of Greek colonies in...

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Article: Renaissance Altarpieces #history #RenaissanceArt #Altarpieces #ChristianArt worldhistory.org/article/188…

Renaissance Altarpieces

During the Renaissance (1400-1600) just about any artist of worth found themselves commissioned at some point in their careers to produce an altarpiece. Some of the greatest names in European art...

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Article: The Punic Necropolis of Mahdia #history #Carthage #Archaeology #Mahdia worldhistory.org/article/188…

The Punic Necropolis of Mahdia

The Punic funerary remains of Mahdia, a series of tombs carved into the rock, date back to a period between the 5th and the 2nd century BCE and are located in the northeast of Tunisia. These tombs...

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Article: Seven Notorious Women Pirates #history #ZhengYiSao #Piracy #MaryRead worldhistory.org/article/188…

Seven Notorious Women Pirates

In this article, we look at the lives and deeds of seven notorious women pirates. There is Teuta, the Balkan enemy of ancient Rome; Alwilda, the Scandinavian princess who chose a life of crime on...

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Article: Legions of Noricum, Raetia & Dacia #history #RomanWarfare #RomanArmy #LegioIIItalica worldhistory.org/article/187…

Legions of Noricum, Raetia & Dacia

The provinces Noricum, Raetia, and Dacia served as a buffer protecting Roman Empire against any possible outside threat. However, the region posed several internal problems for Rome: Pannonia and...

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Article: Ten Notorious Dutch Pirates #history #Piracy #Buccaneer #Pirate worldhistory.org/article/188…

Ten Notorious Dutch Pirates

While there have been pirates and privateers of all nationalities, some Dutch mariners were particularly troublesome in the early modern period, targeting, in particular, the Spanish Main but also...

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Article: Interview with Gordon Campbell #history #Vinland #Vikings #LeifErikson worldhistory.org/article/187…

Interview with Gordon Campbell

In this interview, World History Encyclopedia talks to author and scholar Gordon Campbell all about his new book Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth published by Oxford University Press....

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Image Gallery: Gallery of Elizabeth I Portraits #history #ElizabethanArt #Portrait #Tudors worldhistory.org/collection/…

Gallery of Elizabeth I Portraits

Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603) carefully controlled her image, whether it be through costume, processions, literature, coinage, or the annual festivities organised to celebrate her successio...

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Definition: Tyre #history #TyrianPurple #Tyre #Sidon worldhistory.org/Tyre/?utm_s…

Tyre

Tyre (in modern-day Lebanon) is one of the oldest cities in the world, dating back over 4,000 years, during which it has been inhabited almost continuously. It was one of the most important, and at...

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Article: The Norse in America: Fact and Fiction #history #Vikings #LeifErikson worldhistory.org/article/188…

The Norse in America: Fact and Fiction

The idea that it was the Norse who discovered America first emerged in the late 18th century, long before there was any public awareness of the sagas on which such claims were based. In the course...

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Definition: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv #history #Cathedral #Kyiv #Ukraine worldhistory.org/Saint_Sophi…

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine is a monument of 11th-century architecture, painting, and mosaic work. The cathedral was named after Hagia Sophia and, as the main temple of the state,...

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Definition: Jan Zizka #history #JanZizka #HussiteWars #Bohemia worldhistory.org/Jan_Zizka/?…

Jan Žižka

Jan Žižka (l. c. 1360 – 1424) was a Czech general and one of the most brilliant tacticians in military history. In the Hussite Wars (1419 to c. 1434), he was undefeated as the leader of the Hussite...

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Definition: Hussite Wars #history #HussiteWars worldhistory.org/Hussite_War…

Hussite Wars

The Hussite Wars (1419 to c. 1434) were a series of conflicts fought in Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic) between followers of the reformer Jan Hus and Catholic loyalists toward the end of the...

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Article: Solomonic Descent in Ethiopian History #history #Solomon #QueenOfSheba #KingdomOfAxum worldhistory.org/article/187…

Solomonic Descent in Ethiopian History

The Solomonic Dynasty ruled Ethiopia from the 1270s to the 1970s, and the 14th-century work, the Kebra Nagast (The Glory of the Kings) famously tells of how the dynasty of Ethiopian kings descended...

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Article: Ten Notorious French Pirates #history #Piracy #JeanLafitte #Corsair worldhistory.org/article/187…

Ten Notorious French Pirates

Piracy has involved many nationalities over the centuries, but one of the prominent groups in the medieval and early modern periods was the French pirates, who terrorised the Atlantic, the Caribbea...

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