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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on a photo of the mummy of Artemidora (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
World history, read through paint
Why Did Painters Turn Mummies into Paint?
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Where did the silver go?
Why Does the 100-Yen Coin Have Ridges?
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From a boatload of cargo diluted with water.
Why Were Merchants Who Diluted Poop with Water Cracked Down On?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on Tupaia, “Maori trading a crayfish with Joseph Banks” (1769, British Library)
A world history of cross-cultural contact, starting from zero interpreters
When No One Could Even Ask “How Much?”, How Did the First Trade Begin?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on a photo of the ruins of Hvalsey Church by Number 57
The last record was a wedding.
Why Did the Greenland Vikings Disappear?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on the portrait of Genghis Khan in the album of Yuan emperors (National Palace Museum, Taipei)
He did not destroy his enemies. He incorporated them.
Why Was Genghis Khan Able to Build a Great Empire?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on a photo of a sweetmeat fork (Germany, c. 1500, The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
A 500-Year Reversal of Values.
Why Was the Fork a Sin?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on the Vergilius Augusteus (4th century, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin)
When Did Reading Become Silent?
The Space: A Great Invention
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on Gregory XIII’s papal bull “Inter gravissimas” (1582)
The 10 missing days and the December that ended in 2 days.
When Did Dates Become Common Throughout the World?
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on Joseph Wright of Derby, “The Alchemist in Search of the Philosopher’s Stone”
From secrets to procedures.
When Did Alchemy Become Science?
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Don't let the bubbles escape. But open the bottle.
How the Glass Bottle Transformed Champagne
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[Created for this story] Cover · Based on Rembrandt, “The Jewish Bride”
A World History of Color
Europe's Red Was an Insect on a Cactus
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