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The Hidden Story Behind Europe’s Greatest Utopias
What if the intellectual roots of Thomas More's Utopia and Campanella's The City of the Sun stretched far beyond Renaissance Europe?
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Lady Liberty’s Forgotten Egyptian Muslim World
Before the Statue stood in New York Harbor, the French sculptor imagined a colossal Egyptian woman carrying light at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
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Early Access: The Hidden Story Behind Europe’s Greatest Utopias
What inspired Thomas More’s Utopia and Campanella’s The City of the Sun?
Jun 27
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John Locke's Qur'an Was Not Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an
Most Americans have heard of Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an. Few know that John Locke owned a Qur'an as well. Surprisingly, however, they were not reading…
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They Called Him Estebanico. His Name May Have Been Mustafa.
How a Moroccan Slave Became the First Explorer of Arizona and New Mexico
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The Arabic Novel that Transformed Europe: Hayy ibn Yaqzan
Full Transcript with Academic References (Episode 5 of The Stories Untold)
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