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Soviet employees, quite irritated, on their payday (date unknown).
Stock certificates for the first (failed) French attempt to dig a canal across the isthmus of Panama
Great Seal ofKing Henry I of England (reigned 1100 – 35).Henry I was theyoungest son of William the
Ruins of the Sumerian city of Uruk, the oldest city in the world.During the Uruk Period (c. 4000 – 2
Photos from the Great Boston Molasses Flood (January 15th,1919):Firehouse 31, ripped from itsfoundat
Photos from the Great Boston Molasses Flood (January 15th,1919):The chaotic aftermath of thedisaster
Part de Fondateur of the Compagnie Universelle du CanalInterocéanique de Panama (issued November 29t
Drawing of establishment of the Russian-American Company at Sitka Sound (Alaska, 1805).
A cuneiform receipt for the sale of goats, Sumer, circa 2,000 BC.
The inaugural edition of Good Sense Farm’s “Ask a Farmer” column begins with a familiar question and
Lake of Ozarks settlement (Missouri, 1936).
Sumerian contract for the sale of a field and a house (Shuruppak, c.2600 BC). Dimensions are 8.5 x
Yurevets (Ivanovo Oblast, Russia):View from Fortress Hill, north along Soviet Street. On the left i
Cotton hoers from Memphis, Tennessee are carried by trucks to the Arkansas plantations (1937).These
Nick Phillips (81 years old) and his wife in front of their house in Ashland (Missouri, May 1936).
Monkey Economics and the World’s Oldest ProfessionIn 2005 Yale economist Keith Chen and Yale-New Hav
2.75 lb ring shaped copper bars used as money by various tribes living in the Sokoto Province of Nig
The Intourist Hotel (Moscow).Located on Tverskaya where the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Moscow now stands,the
Lluta River (Chile, July 2012), from the Earth Observing-1 satellite.The Lluta River runs through th
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Flood refugees from Arkansas near Memphis (Texas, 1937). These people, with all their belongings, a
Hymn to Iddin-Dagan of Isin (c. 1950 BC).During the dynasties of Isin and Larsa, hymns exalting the
The ruins of Uruk (Sumer).Uruk was one of the most important Sumerian cities, and during theUruk Per
Infographic showing how much the Maori of New Zealand paid for muskets in pig and potatoes during th
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