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GOOD FRIDAY AND JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Why Good Friday was dangerous for Jews in the Middle Ages and how that changedAs Christians observe Good Friday they will remember, with devotion and prayer, the death of Jesus on the Cross. It is a...
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NOTRE DAME'S CATHEDRAL HISTORY
Notre-Dame Cathedral, ca. 1865Notre Dame’s history is 9 centuries of change, renovation and renewalThe Notre-Dame de Paris had been damaged and changed many times since it was begun in the mid-12th...
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A CRIAÇÃO SEGUNDO A MITOLOGIA NÓRDICA
Primeiro, havia o Caos, que era o Nada do Mundo, e isto era tudo quanto nele havia. Nem Céu, nem Mar, nem Terra - nada disto havia. Apenas três reinos coexistiam: o Ginnungagap (o Grande Vazio), abismo...
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EL RETORNO DE LOS BRUJOS - LAS CIVILIZACIONES DESAPARECIDAS
Había en Nueva York, allá por el año de 1910, en un pisito burgués del Bronx, un buen hombre ni joven ni viejo, que se parecía a una foca tímida. Se llamaba Charles Hoy Fort. Tenía piernas redondas y...
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O LABORATÓRIO DE PATOLOGIA DE AUSCHWITZ - TESTEMUNHO DE UM MÉDICO.
O laboratório de Patologia fora instalado por ordem do meu superior, o Dr. Mengele, para satisfazer suas ambições na área da pesquisa médica. Tinha recebido os últimos retoques somente alguns dias...
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A AMAZON VAI ACABAR COM AS LIVRARIAS?
"A Amazon não vai deixar as livrarias fora do negócio. A Barnes & Noble abre uma nova megastore a cada quatro dias. A Borders abre uma nova megastore a cada nove dias.” (Jeff Bezos em 1998)A Barnes...
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DID ELIZABETH WOODVILLE, ENGLAND'S "WHITE QUEEN" DIE OF THE PLAGUE?
Elizabeth and Edward IV married in secret, attracting the ire of the king's advisors and most of the court A 500-year-old letter recently found in the National Archives suggests the queen was buried...
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COLA AND COLA DRINKS
Cola drinks are carbonated soft drinks that contain some extract of the kola nut in their syrup. Kola nuts are the chestnut-sized and -colored seeds of the African kola tree (Cola nitida or Cola...
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TYPES OF DISTILLED SPIRITS
Distilled spirits (or, simply, spirits or liquors) are the alcohol-containing fluids (ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol) obtained via distillation of fermented juices from plants. These juices include...
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THE GERMANIC GODS
As a result of the work of the medieval mythographers who compiled the Norse and Germanic myths, we know that the gods were divided into two major families: that of the Æsir (the plural form of áss,...
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AMERICAN HORSE BREEDS
American Cream Draft HorseThe American Cream Draft Horse, the only draft horse to originate in the United States, can be traced to an unusually colored mare in Central Iowa in the early part of the...
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CUBAN FOODS
HISTORY OF FOODChristopher Columbus discovered the island of Cuba on October 28, 1492, claiming it in honor of Spain. As colonies were established, the Spanish began mistreating and exploiting the...
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LA BODA DE SISI, LA JOVEN EMPERATRIZ EN VIENA
Grande era el peligro para Austria a causa de la guerra de Crimea. La cosecha del año 1853 había sido un desastre. El pueblo pasaba hambre, faltaba trabajo, la miseria alcanzaba un grado que hoy día no...
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CELTIC MYTHS AND LEGENDS
Most of the myths known to us today were passed down through folklore and have naturally become distorted. Others were told over the generations and survived long enough to be recorded in medieval...
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CLIMATE CHANGE HAS MADE DROUGHTS MORE FREQUENT SINCE 1900
Tree ring data from various parts of the world shows that greenhouse gas increases have impacted soil moisture for over 100 year.The effects of climate change may seem like a contemporary—and...
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SETE IMPERADORES ROMANOS MALUCOS
Autocastração em público, nomeação de cavalo a cargo público, assassinato de parentes e lançamento de cristãos a feras famintas. Alguns imperadores se achavam deuses ou semideuses; outros tinham...
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FAST, FEAST, AND FLESH: THE RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF FOOD TO MEDIEVAL WOMEN
."In reading the lives of the [ancients] our lukewarm blood curdles at the thought of their austerities, but we remain strangely unimpressed by the essential point, namely, their determination to do...
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STILL DOING THE ROUNDS, HISTORY'S GREATEST MYTHS
These stories have been repeated so often they are regarded as historical fact. What they have in common is that they are so tempting to believe.George Washington Chopped Down a Cherry TreeWe should...
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THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS - THE GREAT FLOOD
One of the earliest combat scenes known on earth. This ‘Dynamic’ painting from Arnhem Land is likely to be over 10,000 years old and shows a fallen figure with a spear through its torso (lower...
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RELIGIÃO PARA ATEUS - SABEDORIA SEM DOUTRINA
Alain de Botton1.A pergunta mais enfadonha e inútil que se pode fazer sobre qualquer religião é se ela é ou não verdadeira — no sentido de ter vindo dos céus ao som de trombetas e de ser governada...
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