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#ChristiaanHuygens has long been overshadowed by Isaac Newton. But he is the better example of a modern scientist.

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Was Christiaan Huygens Greater than Newton?

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Chinese astronomers and the European Jesuits who worked alongside them found evidence of China’s antiquity in the heavens. Others were sceptical: how old was China really?

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Written in the Stars: How Old is China?

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Christiaan Huygens has long been overshadowed by Isaac Newton. But he is the better example of a modern scientist.

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Was Christiaan Huygens Greater than Newton?

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The slave trade was an international criminal enterprise. In 1811 an uprising on the slaving ship Amelia off the coast of West Africa revealed a complex network spanning four continents.

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Slavery After Abolition: Revolt on the Amelia

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#OnThisDay in 1676 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek – the ‘Father of #Microbiology’ – presented his findings to the Royal Society.

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The Invention of Microbiology

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Foreign armies acted with impunity in #Iraq from the first decade of independence.

In response, the Iraqi military became a tool of repression.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 2d

The dismissal of a government scientist over Jess M. Ritchie’s unproven battery additive AD-X2 galvanised the American scientific community in the 1950s.

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AD-X2: When US Politicians Took on Science

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The expulsion of England’s Jews began #OnThisDay 735 years ago

The first year of Edward I’s reign saw waves of strictures placed on a Jewish community in an already perilous situation.

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Edward I’s Destruction of England’s Jews

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Josephine Baker is revered in her adopted France. This is both a cause for celebration and a prompt to explore the #colonialism and racism she helped conceal.

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Josephine Baker: France’s Acceptable Black Hero

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Former British Prime Minister #AlecDouglasHome died 30 years ago #OnThisDay

Douglas-Home’s unusual route to Number 10 involved renouncing his hereditary peerage and his seat in the House of Lords.

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How to Leave the House of Lords

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History Today @historytoday.com · 3d

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After the Flood, Noah’s sons were repurposed to support a new worldview justifying racial hierarchy and slavery.

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Noah’s Ark and the Slave Trade

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Former British Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home died 30 years ago #OnThisDay

Douglas-Home’s unusual route to Number 10 involved renouncing his hereditary peerage and his seat in the House of Lords.

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How to Leave the House of Lords

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History Today @historytoday.com · 3d

In the chaos unleashed by the October Revolution, Mikhail Bulgakov found a past become fragmented and confused, and history the domain of madmen and devils.

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The Master and Mikhail Bulgakov

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Various views (my position: not really, for the western Mediterranean yes, for land no, Ottoman navy rebuilt within six months, symbolic yes, an outcome of a longer-term shift to the Atlantic etc)

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The #OttomanEmpire was defeated by a Christian alliance at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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History Today @historytoday.com · 3d

The #OttomansEmpire was defeated at the Battle of Lepanto #OnThisDay in 1571.

The great sea battle was seen as a pivotal moment in history. Have its consequences been exaggerated?

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How Important Was the Battle of Lepanto?

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History Today @historytoday.com · 3d

The Diver of Paestum: Youth, Eros and the Sea in #AncientGreece by Tonio Hölscher – and translated by Robert Savage – searches beneath the surface for the meaning behind a beguiling fresco.

✍️ Philippa Joseph reviews the recent #historybook

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‘The Diver of Paestum’ by Tonio Hölscher review

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History Today @historytoday.com · 4d

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