Let's Draw History (Poorly): The Battle of Verdun

At the onset of the war, Germany had pressed quickly through Belgium into France, but became bogged down well shy of Paris, and the war gridlocked into WWI’s iconic trench warfare. In early 1916, however, General Erich von Falkenhayn of Germany believed he knew a way to crush France and weaken Britain’s will to fight—by seizing the French defensive position at Verdun.

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Warfare in the Western World: Military Operations Since 1871 (Volume II) by Robert A. Doughty and Ira D. Gruber et al. Massachusetts: D. C. Heath and Company, 1996.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-troops-capture-fort-douaumont-verdun
http://www.ww1battlefields.co.uk/verdun/douaumont.html

Diogenes the Cynic, The Mad Genius Philosopher of Ancient Greece

During the late 5th century BCE, one of the most bizarre men to have ever lived was born in the Greek-colonized city of Sinope, located on the coast of the Black Sea in modern Turkey. His name was Diogenes, and he would go on to impress and astound many of the great names from ancient Greece. The renowned philosopher, Plato, supposedly described Diogenes of Sinope as a “Socrates gone mad” and Alexander the Great (according to Plutarch) honored the man by saying, “If I were not Alexander, I would be Diogenes.”

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15 Wise Quotes From Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi

Many of the greatest thinkers the world has ever known were born in ancient China. Confucius (6th-5th century BCE) and his protégés, Mencius (4th-3rd century BCE) and Xunzi (4th-3rd Century BCE), were three of these great minds. Here are 15 wise quotes from the Confucian school  of philosophy written by the three above-mentioned men.

Quotes from Confucius were translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

Quotes from Mencius were translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 2004).

Quotes from Xunzi were translated by Burton Watson (Columbia University Press, 1996).

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Let's Find History In Skyrim: Episode 3, Sheogorath, Dionysus and Loki

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In this episode, we journey to the city of Solitude to hunt down the Daedric ‘Prince of Madness,’ Sheogorath. As we complete the tasks the mad god gives us, we compare Sheogorath to the Greek and Roman god, Dionysus (Bacchus or Liber Pater), and the trickster of the Norse gods, Loki.

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The Megalithic Poet, Homer: The Iliad, The Odyssey and Troy

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The plots of ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ can be described as fiction set in a dubious historical setting. Yet, despite the historical inaccuracy of Homer’s epic poems, the works provide great insight into the oral history of ancient Greece that was kept alive by poets and bards up to the time of Homer, whose ‘Iliad’ was written around 700 BCE. Though Homer's epics are not technically historical, they are Homer's interpretation of much older oral history.

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The Misadventures Of Julius Caesar's Hipster Henchman - Publius Clodius Pulcher

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On a fateful night in 62 BCE, women of the highest caliber in Rome met together for an evening of festivities in the palace of the Pontifex Maximus. One man named Publius Clodius Pulcher snuck into the sacred women-only festival, and the scandal that erupted because of his actions led him into the employ of Julius Caesar. This is the story of his bizarre misadventures.

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Drawing History (Poorly): The 813 CE Battle of Versinikia

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In 813 CE, the opposing forces of Khan Krum (leading the Bulgars) and Emperor Michael I of Constantinople met for the world’s most intense staring contest. In this battle of patience, one of the two leaders lost everything.

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