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Abraham, the Patriarch
In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Abraham is a venerated patriarch whose relationship with God provides the foundational story for God's beneficial relationship with humanity. According to biblical tradition (and some say myth), Abraham...

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, photograph by Anthony Berger, 9 February 1864.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis is the first book of the Jewish scriptures and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Genesis takes its name from the opening line in Hebrew – beresit, ("in the beginning") – later translated into Greek as genesis ("origin"...

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Never Seen: The Trace of a Jewish Spirit from Mesopotamia
The Story Begins from a Dead End August 25, 2015 was a very hot day of summer but its omen was a very promising one! That day, I was with my friend, Mr. Hashim Hama Abdulla, director of the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Iraq, walking in the main...

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Siege of Charleston
The Siege of Charleston (29 March to 12 May 1780) was a major military operation during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). Hoping to establish a foothold in the American South, British commander-in-chief Sir Henry Clinton led an...

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Rain In The Face: Escape from Fort Abraham Lincoln to the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Itomagaju, more commonly known as Rain-In-The-Face, was a brave, a warrior, and a war chieftain. Did he cut the heart of Captain Tom Custer out? Here is a sample of his conversation that he shared with Dr. Charles Eastman, Ohiyesa.

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General Benjamin Lincoln
Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln, a major general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (no relation to Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president). Portrait by Charles Willson Peale, October 1784. Independence National Historical...

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Pre-Colonial North America
Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European...

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Destroyed German 88mm Gun, El Alamein
A photograph of a German 88mm artillery gun destroyed at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

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Destroyed Vehicles, Omaha Beach
A photograph showing destroyed vehicles of the U.S. Army on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings which began on D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Musuems)