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🍷 Fresco Panel Depicting Dionysos and Ariadne, between 1 and 79 CE. Currently on display at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, USA. 📷 Photo by The J. Paul Getty Museum. #Dionysos #Ariadne #GreekMythology #Mythology #Fresco #History
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Thaddeus Stevens used is forceful personality and venomous oratorical skills to help end slavery in the US and hold former Confederates accountable during Reconstruction. #history
Thaddeus Stevens - the Radical Antislavery Congressman
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⚫ Belgian Congo was a colony of Belgium from 1908 until 1960. Prior to that, the region had been the Congo Free State (created in 1885). 📝 Article by Mark Cartwright. #Congo #BelgianCongo #Belgium #KingLeopoldII #Africa #Colonialism #HistoryMatters #History
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⚔️ The Bayeux Tapestry, created in the late 11th century, probably in England for a Norman patron, is one of the most important surviving visual sources for the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. ✍🏽 Infographic created by Simeon Netchev. #BayeuxTapestry
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The Battle of Wilson's Creek (also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, 10 August 1861) was the second major battle of the American Civil War and the first major battle of the Western theater of the war. whe.to/ci/1-28981-en/ #history worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Wils…
Battle of Wilson's Creek: The "Bull Run of the West"
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