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87The Bosnian Discoveries: Great Pyramids or Mountains out of Molehills?
In this article, the author asks if the so-called Bosnian pyramids were built by people or are simply natural landforms. The story also provides a short biography of Semir Sam Osmanagich, a self-styled Indiana Jones who is convinced the pyramids are ancient artifacts some 12,000 years old.
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81The Causes of World War One
The seeds of World War One began with territorial and economics rivalries that dated back to the 19th Century. One of the first hallmarks of WW1 was German Chancellor Von Bismarck's formation of the Triple...
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78Brewing rakia
Rakia is the traditional drink in Balkans, it is said that it originated in Bulgaria, and was probably spread through the Balkans during domination of the Ottoman Empire. The most important thing is that it is brewed from fruit that is rich in...
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77The Legacies of a World War
After the Great War the powers that be decided to take their revenge on Germany. The result of this revenge was the 2nd World War. There were also other consequences.
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79Tea Obreht-The tiger's wife
There have been many years when I did not read even one critically acclaimed new novel. There were, for example, the several years of my "modern fiction sucks" rebellion, when, done to death with the best-selling fare and, unfortunately, too young...
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77THE FIRST WORLD WAR
THE FIRST WORLD WAR. “He fell in October 1918, on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front, that the army report confined itself to the single sentence, ‘all quiet on the western front. ...
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77How did World War I Begin?
How did the Great War start? Was it from the gunshot in the Bosnian streets, by Gavrilo Princip? Or was it the alliances, the empires, the strategies, everything that caused tension.
15 comments74The story of the Hunns
The Hunns: Not much is known about the origins of the Hunn. They left no written record so we don’t know their language. Most of their possessions were stolen so it’s hard to analyze their culture. No one agrees where they initially came from....
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76Hungarian and Bulgarian Interwar Revisionism: Part 14
Part 14 of a series that compares and contrasts Hungarian and Bulgarian Revisionism of the interwar years which aimed to regain territories lost by each country at treaties in Paris following World War I.
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73From British Columbia To New South Wales - The Gang Ranch
Although I have titled this part of the family history from British Columbia to New South Wales the Gang Ranch I could just as easily chosen from a number of other titles as it covers a wide range of the activities undertaken by my ancestors. Not...
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