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Boab tree sunset near Derby, Western Australia (Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Aug 2021

Australia’s Enigmatic Boab Tree Seeding The Out-Of-Australia-Theory

By Philip Jamieson

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The Out of Africa Theory is the dominant - though not only - model for the geographic origins and subsequent migration of modern humans. While it has been tweaked over time to generally now encompass multiple migrations from the African continent,...
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Boab tree sunset near Derby, Western Australia (Summerdrought / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 02 Aug 2021

Australia’s Enigmatic Boab Tree Seeding The Out-Of-Australia-Theory

By Philip Jamieson

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The Out of Africa Theory is the dominant - though not only - model for the geographic origins and subsequent migration of modern humans. While it has been tweaked over time to generally now encompass multiple migrations from the African continent,...
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The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama — 30 Jul 2021

The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama

By MartiniF

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Since the 14th century AD, Noh has been a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama. It is the oldest major theatre art form that is still performed on a regular basis to this day. Noh, which is written in late-middle Japanese, incorporates...
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The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama — 30 Jul 2021

The Art Of Noh: 14th-Century Japanese Dance Drama

By MartiniF

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Since the 14th century AD, Noh has been a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama. It is the oldest major theatre art form that is still performed on a regular basis to this day. Noh, which is written in late-middle Japanese, incorporates...
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A painting by Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist, depicting Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (1673) design by Anand N. Balaji (Public Domain); Deriv. — 28 Jul 2021

Alexander’s Indus Folly: Bizarre Search for the Source of the Nile in India

By anand balaji

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When the Macedonian monarch Alexander III, popularly known as Alexander the Great, arrived in the northwest of the larger Indian subcontinent in 327 BC following his conquest of the massive Achaemenid Empire of the Persians, he was astonished by...
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A painting by Charles Le Brun, French painter and art theorist, depicting Alexander and Porus during the Battle of the Hydaspes (1673) design by Anand N. Balaji (Public Domain); Deriv. — 28 Jul 2021

Alexander’s Indus Folly: Bizarre Search for the Source of the Nile in India

By anand balaji

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When the Macedonian monarch Alexander III, popularly known as Alexander the Great, arrived in the northwest of the larger Indian subcontinent in 327 BC following his conquest of the massive Achaemenid Empire of the Persians, he was astonished by...
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Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada; the Apothecaries painting, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. (Public Domain) — 16 Jul 2021

Galleons, Stallions Of The Seas

By Aaronne Colagrossi

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The 17th-century was of fundamental importance for everything related to naval design in the centuries to follow. In the 1600s a vessel called a galleon, took center stage in international maritime traffic; however, this type of ship already...
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Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada; the Apothecaries painting, sometimes attributed to Nicholas Hilliard. (Public Domain) — 16 Jul 2021

Galleons, Stallions Of The Seas

By Aaronne Colagrossi

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The 17th-century was of fundamental importance for everything related to naval design in the centuries to follow. In the 1600s a vessel called a galleon, took center stage in international maritime traffic; however, this type of ship already...
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12th page of Kunijo Kabuki Ekotoba showing Izumo no Okuni, the founder of kabuki theatre, on stage. Edo Period, Keichō era (1596—1615) (Public Domain) — 07 Jul 2021

Asian Storytelling: Rakugo, Pingshu And The Art Of Sitting Seiza

By MartiniF

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Intertwined with the development of mythologies, storytelling predates writing and the earliest oral storytelling was animated with gestures and expressions thrown in for good measure. Tools to enhance the oral narrative of the prehistorical...
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12th page of Kunijo Kabuki Ekotoba showing Izumo no Okuni, the founder of kabuki theatre, on stage. Edo Period, Keichō era (1596—1615) (Public Domain) — 07 Jul 2021

Asian Storytelling: Rakugo, Pingshu And The Art Of Sitting Seiza

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Intertwined with the development of mythologies, storytelling predates writing and the earliest oral storytelling was animated with gestures and expressions thrown in for good measure. Tools to enhance the oral narrative of the prehistorical...
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