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rolling out paradise

Portable paradise carpets. Carrying around divine inspiration for a utopian empire on earth.After a tough day battling the Infidel, they could roll out, in the tranquility of their tent, the garden of Fidelity.  The Persians so loved their flowery gardens … Continue reading

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WHO SPIKED THE PUNCH

When discussing the fall of Rome, there is a desire to latch onto the shortest, the most accessible, and the most direct and dramatic answer to the question lurking in many minds: mind: what does it actually mean for a … Continue reading

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TOO MUCH IS NEVER ENOUGH

Somehow once the idea got around, started circulating,it became an axiom of faith that a prince’s duty is magnificence. The four sons of King John took up their noble burdens with a tasteful zeal.It was buy cheap and sell high, … Continue reading

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LET HE WHO CASTS THE FIRST BRONZE

The long history of bronze has had many dark ages spaced through it, and the lost sculptures overwhelmingly outnumber the survivals. Among them the bronze Colossus of Rhodes, a wonder of the world, stood a hundred and twenty feet high … Continue reading

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