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![Doctor Paul Gachet by van Gogh](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15467.png?v=1647511124)
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Doctor Paul Gachet by van Gogh
An 1890 oil on canvas portrait painting, Doctor Paul Gachet, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in June in Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France where Dr. Gachet (1828-1909) lived. He was a physician...
![Louis-Auguste Cézanne by Paul Cézanne](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15352.png?v=1716265145)
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Louis-Auguste Cézanne by Paul Cézanne
An 1866 painting in oils, Louis-Auguste Cézanne, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne here paints his father reading the newspaper L'Événement. The paper was not the one his father usually read but the...
![Galatia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/254.png?v=1644472802)
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Galatia
Galatia was a region in north-central Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) settled by the Celtic Gauls c. 278-277 BCE. The name comes from the Greek for "Gaul" which was repeated by Latin writers as Galli. The Celts were offered the region by the...
![Maria Reiche with Paul Kosok](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10862.jpg?v=1608544803)
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Maria Reiche with Paul Kosok
Maria Reiche with Paul Kosok in 1939 CE. Image credit: The Maria Reiche Foundation. Maria Reiche was a German-born Peruvian mathematician and archaeologist best known for her research on the Nazca Lines. Paul Kosok was an American professor...
![LGBTQ in Early Christianity](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14364.jpg?v=1714581906)
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LGBTQ in Early Christianity
In modern debates concerning homosexuality, same-sex marriages, and gender identification, it is popular to turn to the Bible for passages to validate a position. Modern culture attributes many elements in understanding homosexuality, but...
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Christianity
Christianity is the world's largest religion, with 2.8 billion adherents. It is categorized as one of the three Abrahamic or monotheistic religions of the Western tradition along with Judaism and Islam. 'Christian' is derived from the Greek...
![The Gospels](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7772.jpg?v=1712169069)
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The Gospels
The New Testament contains four gospels attributed to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The four gospels are not biographies of Jesus, nor are they history as we define it. What each gospel attempted to do was write a theological explanation...
![Jean-Paul Sartre](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/19333.jpg?v=1724315345-1723109377)
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) speaking at Freiburg University, photo by Willy Pragher, 1953.
Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg.
![Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14978.jpg?v=1645721103)
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Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis De Lafayette, oil on canvas painting by Charles Wilson Peale, 1779-1780.
Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia.
![François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17478.jpg?v=1685541236-1685609138)
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François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers
Posthumous portrait of French Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, commander of the French fleet during the expedition to Egypt in 1798. He was killed aboard his flagship L'Orient during the Battle of the Nile (1-2 August 1798...