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  Janette Speyer

  

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  Viking Trade Routes Reached Over Hundreds of Miles to The Arctic, Study Finds

  ScienceAlert - Russell McLendon

  The Vikings were notorious raiders, but they were traders too, establishing vast trade routes that flourished from the 8th to 11th centuries. A new …

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  Janette Speyer

  

  5 days ago

  10 Extraordinary Discoveries That Rewrote Human History

  Medium - usamabtq

  Throughout the ages, humanity has been on an unceasing quest for knowledge and understanding. Along this journey, remarkable discoveries have …

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  Janette Speyer

  

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  The Blackly Comic Tales of Franz Kafka

  

  Curated byTheCollector

  Kafka

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  Janette Speyer

  

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  From Venice to China: The Life of Marco Polo

  

  Curated byTheCollector

  Marco Polo was a great merchant; he discovered lands and peoples hitherto unknown to Europe, and he gifted the world with his written account of these places and cultures.

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  Janette Speyer

  

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  What Was the Byzantine Empire?

  

  Curated byTheCollector

  In the East, the Roman Empire survived well into the Middle Ages. For a time Byzantium was the wealthiest and most sophisticated state in Christendom.

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  Janette Speyer

  

  Terror on the HMS Erebus: The Tragic Arctic Expedition

  thecollector.com - Kassandre Dwyer

  Arctic exploration was all the rage in the mid-1800s, and English adventurer Sir John Franklin was eager to pursue the opportunities that lay within …