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Eleanor Konik

Eleanor teaches Ancient Civilizations and spends the bits of time left over writing books that bring history -- and magic -- to life.

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Analysis: Karen Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage » Eleanor Konik A review of Karen Haegemans' article about how ancient Greek historians wrote about Elissa of Carthage, who created the Roman Republic's greatest enemy.

Did humans domesticate one breed/species of wolf, that later spread worldwide? Or did different pockets in different regions domesticate more than one species?6 votes and 2 comments so far on Reddit

Did people in the past really have more leisure time than we do today? If so, when did this start to change?

I've read that the Mongols destroyed Mesopotamia's canal system, and as a result the population of the region is lower today than it was before the Mongol invasion. What exactly did the Mongols do in Mesopotamia, and why did the population never recover?

I've read that the Mongols destroyed Mesopotamia's canal system, and as a result the population of the region is lower today than it was before the Mongol invasion. What exactly did the Mongols do in Mesopotamia, and why did the population never recover?

Less brittle aerogels increase the usability of the lightest solid material Researchers at the NASA Glenn Research Center managed to improve the strength of aerogels, thus making them more usable for various applications...

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Buildings made out of aerogel could help us survive on Mars “in our lifetimes”But it could also be used in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, too, as the Harvard scientist behind a new study explains.

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The Ultimate List of 85 Natural Colors We have compiled the ultimate list of natural color sources. We include where you can source the materials from and how to extract the color itself!

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11 Colors You've Probably Never Heard Of

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The 12 Most Heroic Last Stands in Military History Some men were destined to die gloriously and be forever remembered in history. Here are 12 of the most heroic last stands in military history.

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What Are Those Squiggles of Tar You See on Roads?Those black lines running through roadways are supposed to keep roads intact, but they can sometimes be dangerous.

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Aboriginal Smoke Signalling and Signalling Hills in Resistance Warfare | Sovereign Union - First Nations Asserting Sovereignty

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Wolf Smoke Signals War | China Heritage Quarterly

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Mexican mammoth trap provides first evidence of prehistoric hunting pits Researchers find over 800 bones including one with spear wound: ‘This is evidence of direct attacks on mammoths’

The History of Cities Is About How We Get to Work From ancient Rome to modern Atlanta, the shape of cities has been defined by the technologies that allow commuters to get to work in about 30 minutes.

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How Did the Norman Conquest Change English Cuisine?After the invasion of 1066, pork and possibly chicken spiked in popularity

Fingerprints on ancient pottery challenge labour's gender divide Not just women's work … new forensic analysis of fingerprints on ancient pottery from New Mexico shows that both men and women were potters.

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How did Rome benefit from the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC?

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Police History: Constable vs. Paramilitary - police reform options Massive police reform sounds radical. Yet history offers an old model for those reforms: civilian constables -- an alternative to military-style policing.

I am a Greek Hoplite about to be deployed in the first row of a phalanx. What are my chances of survival and if I am aware of them, how do they impact my battle spirit?

What did fealty in medieval feudal society effectively mean?A popular modern depiction of feudal society has the entirety of society arranged in some kind of layered (and rigid) pyramid structure, with...

Considering we weren't born with clothing, how exactly did nudity get stigmatized?Posted in r/AskHistorians by u/snp4 • 199 points and 21 comments

Why is religious conflict within polytheistic beliefs uncommon?

The Roman pantheon was presented to me in school as the same as the Greek, just with different names; was it that simple, or were there cultural distinctions being glossed over in the interest of brevity/simplicity? If there were differences, what were they?also, was there a reason why Apollo, seemingly alone, appears in both pantheons?

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New Research Reveals Surprising Origins of Egypt's Hyksos Dynasty An analysis of ancient tooth enamel suggests the enigmatic ancients were immigrants, not invaders

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Rare Ancient DNA Provides Window Into a 5,000-Year-Old South Asian Civilization The Indus Valley Civilization flourished alongside Mesopotamia and Egypt, but the early society remains shrouded in mystery

In Book 15 of the Iliad, Apollo is desribed as knocking a rampart down 'like a child kicking a sandcastle'. What do we know about sea side recreational activities of people in Classical Greece?Posted in r/AskHistorians by u/MurgatroidS • 347 points and 14 comments

The Roman Empire invaded, enslaved, and pillaged other nations. One of the cited causes for the fall of the Roman Empire is barbarian invasion. Could barbarians have just been nations justly retaliating / defending themselves, and the Romans wrote them in their history as the villains?

TUESDAY TRIVIA: “It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression 'as pretty as an airport'" (Douglas Adams)- Talk to us about the HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION!

What did very young children eat after breast milk hundreds (or more) of years ago? When would they move on to other foods?

Are These the World's First Baby Bottles?Animal milk sustained infants 5,000 years ago—just as it does in many parts of the world today.

Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza

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Exaggeration: History Becomes Myth » Eleanor Konik Like a centuries-long game of telephone, when exaggerated, history becomes myth and legend. I believe in Jesus -- just like I do George Washington.

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Myth Cycles: the Prevalence of War in Religious Texts » Eleanor Konik War in the religious texts of a culture serves a dual purpose: narrative tension makes the stories compelling, and they serve as a vital historical record.

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Heroes and Parenting: Achilles vs. Hawkeye » Eleanor Konik I hate the idea that it is somehow more admirable to be a well-recognized fighter than an obscure family man. So few stories are about heroes and parenting.

Earth Temperature Timeline

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4,000-Year-Old Game Board Carved into the Earth Shows How Nomads Had Fun It's one of the world's oldest board games.

Is an Aboriginal tale of an ancient volcano the oldest story ever told?Eruption 37,000 years ago may have sparked a legend about four giants

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Study: The First Americans Didn't Arrive by the Bering Land Bridge For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the first settlers of the Americas could only have arrived one way.

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Why Do Banana Slugs Bite Their Partner's Penis Off After Mating?A zoology professor was curious why the penis of some banana slugs are missing. Over the years and several studies later, scientists were able to explain the circumstances behind the missing penis but could not explain the reason for such a phenomenon.

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Inside the remote Bali cemetery where corpses are caged to rot under a 'magic' tree In most parts of the world, the dead are buried or cremated, but there do exist cultures that do things differently.

At what point did humans go from building their own houses, to paying someone else to build it, to then building them prematurely in hopes someone comes by needing one?

Watch a different derp each time.401 votes and 12 comments so far on Reddit

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The beautiful town where rent is 72p a year and hasn't increased in five centuries Quiet, clean and picturesque – and only 72p a year to rent a home in – welcome to Fuggerei, the Bavarian village where house prices haven't increased since 1521.

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These 4 Ancient Apocalypses Changed the Course of Civilization No zombies here, just some ancient natural disasters.

We hear a lot about the Aztecs, but the Purepecha Empire next door was almost their equal in size and kept the Aztecs at bay militarily. Was the Purepecha Empire a state of similar standing? Why don't we hear more about it?

Chapar Khaneh or Chapar Khaneh is a term in Persian, meaning the house of courier as Chapar means courier , referring to the postal service used during the Achaemenid era. The system was created by Cyrus the Great the founder of the Persian Empire and later…

Universal Postal Union – About history

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Posthouses and Postal Delivering Services in Ancient China Courier and post were forms of communication and transportation in ancient China. In the pre-Qin era (times before 221 B.C.E.), messages delivered by vehicles were called “chuan” (transmitted by relays);

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