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The Achaemenid Persian Empire c. 500 BCE

A map illustrating the rise and evolution of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (from the name of Achaemenes, an ancestor of the empire’s founder, Cyrus the Great) from its origins in around 550 BCE when Cyrus II of Persia conquered the Medes until its height during the reign of another Great - Darius I when, in c. 500 BCE, it brought under a single government the three major sites of early human civilization: Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley and and the valley of Indus river. One of the largest empires in history, this Iron Age civilization became a center of culture, religion, science, art and technology for more than two centuries until, in 329 BCE, it was conquered by Alexander the Great.

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Japan's first offshore wind farm installs its first turbine

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has installed the first wind turbine at Japan's Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm.

Electrek

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What We Know So Far About July 4 Highland Park Shooting

To conceal his identity and facial tattoos that made him more recognizable, he wore women's clothing, which allowed him to pass without noti

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Death to Fascism 

“If fascism could be defeated in debate, I assure you that it would never have happened, neither in Germany, nor in Italy, nor anywhere else.” – Frank Frison, Holocaust survivor

Sound advice from one of the members of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion - Canadian antifa volunteers that fought against the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. 

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Black Christmas (1974) • dir. Bob Clark

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• Fear Factory (Obsolete) Artwork, design and cover concept by Dave McKean

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The Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe LP