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Foot-Binding
Foot-binding was a practice first carried out on young girls in Tang Dynasty China to restrict their normal growth and make their feet as small as possible. Considered an attractive quality, the effects of foot-binding were painful and permanent...

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Draco's Law Code
Draco was an aristocrat who in 7th century BCE Athens was handed the task of composing a new body of laws. We have no particular clues concerning his life and general biography and the only certainty is that, as an aristocrat and an educated...

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Cleobis and Biton
Two over-life-size Archaic kouroi (6.5 ft / 2 m) are housed at the Delphi Museum, and date to c. 580 BCE. Their names (Cleobis and Biton) are actually written on their bases, and the sculptor is given as Polymides of Argos: such inscriptions...

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War of the Eight Princes
The War of the Eight Princes (291-306 CE) is the conflict which weakened and finally ended the Western Jin Dynasty (266-316 CE) in China and resulted in more far-reaching consequences throughout the country. The power of the Sima family was...

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Liangzhu Culture Jade
Jade artifacts and icons are almost synonymous with the Chinese culture going back thousands of years. Jade (nephrite) was first worked into recognizable objects c. 6000 BCE during the period of the Houli Culture (c. 6500 - c. 5500 BCE...

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Saints Peter and Paul, from a Catacomb Etching
St. Peter and St. Paul etching containing a Chi-Rho

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Wako - The Medieval Pirates of Southeast Asia
Wako (aka wokou and waegu) is a term used to refer to Japanese (but also including Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese) pirates who plagued the seas of East Asia from Korea to Indonesia, especially between the 13th and 17th centuries CE. Besides...

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The Kiowa Creation Story: *As Told By Elder N. Scott Momaday
This is a video for: "The Kiowa Creation Story", as shared from Elder N. Scott Momaday, who was told the myth by his Grandmother. There are also videos in this channel for over 1200 North, South & Central American Tribes & First Nations...

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Si?te Gleska: Chief Spotted Tail - Sicangu Lakota Sioux Leader & Warrior - Rosebud Reservation, S.D.
This is a video for: "Siŋté Glešká", "Chief Spotted Tail:, a Sicangu Lakota Sioux leader & warrior, who lived on the Rosebud Reservation, in South Dakota, USA. There are also videos in this channel for over 1200 North, South & Central American...

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Constantine’s Conversion to Christianity
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) was Roman emperor from 306-337 CE and is known to history as Constantine the Great for his conversion to Christianity in 312 CE and his subsequent Christianization of the Roman Empire. His conversion...