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Greek craft workers may have helped inspire the most famous Chinese sculptures ever made – the 8,000 warriors of the Terracotta Army who have been watching over the tomb of the first emperor of China for more than 2,000 years. Archaeologists and historians working on the warriors say they now...

Hey guys, new here. right now I'm writing an essay and one of the sections in it has to do with man's protective nature. I'm looking for quotes by military officers, heroes, cultural proverbs, or even from women, about how men feel like they are the protectors of their women and their families...

Hi! Next week I'll have to submit a paper (1000 words). I need to discuss a painting/book/Tv program etc. based on Homer's work, (preferably about the Odysseus). The work needs to have explicit refrences to Homer. So please can someone help me out? Before this course I did not know much about...

blown away by her photo

"A degenerate elite code inspired contempt & encouraged the Russian Revolution In Charles Murray's book Coming Apart Murray states the following: "Codes of behavior exist in every nook of society, and they are powerful determinants of the social order within that nook. Doctors have a code and...

What music and what type in particular were the most famous czech musical composers inpired by? I mean Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana and Leos Janacek. Here their wiki entries: Antonín Dvo?ák - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bed?ich Smetana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Leo? Janá?ek -...

We think of it as original, but was it?

the first Corsican Constitution was drawn up in 1765 for the short-lived Corsican Republic independent from Genoa beginning in 1755 and remained in force until the annexation of Corsica by France in 1769. It was written in Italian, the language of culture and people in Corsica until the end of...

Inspired by another thread about if God is really Satan: Some early Christians (who later came to be known as Gnostics) actually believed that the world was created by an evil entity, called a "demiurge" (meaning craftsman). Gnostics (gnosis = acknowledgement) acknowledges that the world is...

I thought asking this question in the military section but overall I want to know any possibility, not only military probabilities: The warning beacons of Gondor are not a fantastic technology, they are not even something We must guess Tolkien made out in order to be more interesting, it seems...

Have you ever wanted to see the actual locations that inspired the works of Vincent van Gogh? Or, the locations of statues created by Michelangelo? Or, wanted to see the homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, or the buildings of I.M Pei, to see if they fit the locations they were designed for and...

This might interest many here, concerning a rather deep question about how we should relate to history. Should a Man Be Inspired by History? | The Art of Manliness And to all the ...... here, yes this can apply to you too.

what were the biggest influences from history that affected modern times? I know that sentence sounds grammatically incorrect. But i am sure most of you get what i am trying to convey. I guess, in my opinion plate armour had a huge influence in modern warfare. With modern troops utilizing...

Cyrus the Great led cultural resurgence in 530s BC Cyrus the Great famously liberated Babylon in 539 BC, giving freedom to the people, and ruling with respect & kindness, which won the hearts & minds of the masses. As first Shah, of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, Cyrus the Great issued a...

So, is there any evidence for a historical "Robin Hood"? Is he purely legend, or is he inspired by a real inhabitant of 12th Century England? In Kevin Costner's Robin Hood Prince of Theives, Costner's character is identified as Robin of Locksley. Was there a real Robert/Robin (of) Locksley...

what are some classical myths that inspired exploration? particularly during the renaissance as it was the ‘rebirth of classics’.