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Looking Through the Past

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George Dillard's Looking Through the Past essays on overlooked historical events, people, maps, and institutions and their connections to the present.

Source: https://worldhistory.substack.com/feed

Homepage: https://worldhistory.substack.com

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  • Russia, 1913 #History #Russia #Essays

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    Oct 11, 2026

  • Exhibit A: 1873 Map of Sinai #History #Maps #Exploration

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    Oct 7, 2026

  • Sudan, 1898 #History #Africa #Sudan

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    Oct 4, 2026

  • The War Before the War #History #Past #Essays

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    Sep 30, 2026

  • Sinai: By This Way Only #History #Past #Essays

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    Sep 27, 2026

  • Drawings from the Bottom of the World #History #Exploration #Art

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    Sep 23, 2026

  • The Long Way Around #History #Essays #Past

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    Sep 20, 2026

  • Where Did the "College Experience" Come From? #History #Education #Culture

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    Sep 16, 2026

  • Singapore: Straits and Shadows #History #Geopolitics #Maritime

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    Sep 13, 2026

  • Portraits of Singapore #History #Singapore #Culture

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    Sep 9, 2026

  • Men Cannot Estimate the Worth of Malacca #History #Malacca #Asia

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    Sep 6, 2026

  • How Do You Know That Document Is Real? #History #Documentary #Research

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    Sep 2, 2026

  • The Dardanelles: The Price of Passage #History #Geopolitics #Ottoman

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    Aug 30, 2026

  • Picturing the Straits #History #Past #Analysis

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    Aug 26, 2026

  • The Bosporus: Where Two Seas Meet #History #Geography #Europe

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    Aug 23, 2026

  • How Iran and the US Learned to Distrust Each Other #History #Geopolitics #InternationalRelations

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    Aug 19, 2026

  • Gibraltar: Non Plus Ultra #History #Geopolitics #Exploration

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    Aug 16, 2026

  • The Man Who Cataloged How Italians Talk With Their Hands #History #Culture #Linguistics

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    Aug 12, 2026

  • The Struggle over Hormuz #History #Geopolitics #Strategy

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    Aug 9, 2026

  • The Long War on Urban Dogs #History #Urban #Dogs

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    Aug 5, 2026