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ZH_1_12 — Astronomical Instruments: Astrolabe, Armillary, Quadrant

The history of astronomical instruments — devices for measuring the positions, motions, and timing of celestial bodies — is inseparable from the history of astronomy itself. From the gnomon (the simplest shadow-casting s

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J_5_08 Verified Ancient Technology

J_5_08 — Ancient Astronomical Instruments

Before the invention of the telescope (1608 CE), astronomical observation relied entirely on naked-eye instruments — devices for measuring the angular positions of celestial objects, tracking their motions, and computing

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U_5_03 Art, Music & Culture

U_5_03 — Graffiti & Subversive Art: Pompeii to Street Art

Graffiti — unsanctioned inscriptions on public surfaces — is among humanity's oldest and most persistent forms of expression, from the 11,000+ inscriptions preserved at Pompeii (79 CE volcanic burial) to modern street ar

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U_5_02 Art, Music & Culture

U_5_02 — Propaganda Art & Political Visual Culture

Art has served as an instrument of political power throughout history, but the 20th century witnessed the industrialization of propaganda aesthetics on an unprecedented scale.

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U_2_16 Credible Art, Music & Culture

U_2_16 — Street Art, Graffiti & Urban Visual Culture

Street art and graffiti constitute a global visual culture tradition of unauthorized or semi-authorized artistic intervention in public space, ranging from simple name-based tags to elaborate murals, stencil works, wheat

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W_2_13 Credible World Civilizations

W_2_13 — Sogdian Civilization: Silk Road Merchants and Cultural Brokers

The Sogdians — an Eastern Iranian people centered in the fertile valleys of the Zerafshan and Kashkadarya rivers (modern Uzbekistan and Tajikistan — the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara) — were the quintessential merchant

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D_1_07 Sites & Artifacts

D_1_07 — Teotihuacan — City of the Gods

Teotihuacan — the name itself meaning "the place where gods were born" in Nahuatl, given by the Aztecs who found the city already in ruins — was one of the largest cities in the ancient world, reaching a peak population

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D_3_08 Sites & Artifacts

D_3_08 — Çatalhöyük: Neolithic Urbanism and the Origins of Settled Life

Çatalhöyük is a Neolithic and Chalcolithic settlement located on the Konya Plain of central Anatolia, Turkey, occupied from approximately 7500 to 5700 BCE. At its peak the site housed an estimated 3,000–8,000 inhabitants

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