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Marco Polo Describes the Mongols // 13th cent. Primary Source
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2 days, 19 hours ago
Roman Trade Route to Ancient China // 1st cent. AD Periplus // Ancient Primary Source
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2 days, 20 hours ago
Japanese Traveler Recounts Journey Through Iran and Ancient Persian Ruins // (1899) Yenaga Toyokichi
Many thanks to Seyed Benyamin Keshavarz (Baron Benyamin aka Getsugawa Yuzuru) for this translation, taken from: The trip to Iran and the Asia Minor :…
2 days, 20 hours ago
Medieval Crusader Reveals the Chaos, Brutality (and Cannibalism) of the First Crusade (1096)
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2 days, 21 hours ago
Earliest Roman reference to Jesus & Christianity (116 AD) // Tacitus' Annals // Roman Primary Source
This extract from Tacitus´ Annals (116 AD) represents the oldest reference to Christianity in Roman texts that have survived to this date. In it he d…
2 days, 21 hours ago
Procopius' Wars of Justinian (Pt. 1)
This is an extract from Procopius of Caesarea’s ‘History of the Wars of Justinian’, first written and published in the mid Sixth Century AD. It remai…
2 days, 22 hours ago
How Japan Achieved Great Power Status in Only 40 Years (1865 - 1905) // Japanese History Documentary
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2 days, 22 hours ago
First Japanese Visitor After Sakoku Describes European Life // 1862 Tokugawa Embassy Primary Source
More from Japanese national icon Fukuzawa Yukichi. After his groundbreaking trip to America, here we have the first detailed Japanese perspective of …
2 days, 22 hours ago
Native American Perspective on First Contact with Europeans // As recounted to Jon Heckewelder (1770s)
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2 days, 23 hours ago
Nostradamus' First 100 Predictions // 16th Century Primary Source
This is the first 'century' of 16th century seer Nostradamus' prophecies, unedited and without commentary.
Uploaded 03-04-20
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2 days, 23 hours ago