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The History of the World in Nineteen Minutes

Sep 6, 2017 | Human Origins & the Paleolithic, The Neolithic & Latter-Day Prehistory, Earliest Civilizations in Eurasia, Australia, the Islands, & Further Africa before the Modern Age, Pre-Columbian Americas, Classical Civilization, The Postclassical Age (Medieval History), The Early Modern Age, The Recent Modern Age

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Ancient Man-Made Global Warming and Environmental Engineering

Jan 4, 2016 | Human Origins & the Paleolithic, The Neolithic & Latter-Day Prehistory, Earliest Civilizations in Eurasia, Australia, the Islands, & Further Africa before the Modern Age, Pre-Columbian Americas, Geography

Many Americans doubt man-made global warming because they don't think humans could so...

Polynesian Canoes Reached the Americas

Oct 31, 2014 | The Neolithic & Latter-Day Prehistory, Australia, the Islands, & Further Africa before the Modern Age, Pre-Columbian Americas

Research on sweet potatoes suggests the Polynesians reached the New World centuries before...

Why Did so Many of History’s Kings Marry their Sisters?

Oct 4, 2011 | Ancient History, Special Historical Studies, Pre-Columbian Americas

Why did kings marry their sisters in so many historic societies, like ancient Egypt, Hawaii, the...

Pre-Columbian Cotton Armor: Better than Steel

Aug 10, 2011 | Pre-Columbian Americas, The Early Modern Age

According to Jared Diamond, the Spanish conquered the Aztecs and Incas with guns, germs, and...

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