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Dogen's One Bright Pearl & the Neo-Confucian Pattern
Article by Emily Mark

Dogen's One Bright Pearl & the Neo-Confucian Pattern

The concept of Oneness is expressed repeatedly in philosophical works both in the east and west. Whether one is reading the Paradoxes of Zeno of Elea (l. c. 465 BCE) or the treatises of Wonyho (l. 617-686 CE) the concept of the One is impossible...
Explosion of USS Shaw, Pearl Harbour
Image by Unknown Photographer

Explosion of USS Shaw, Pearl Harbour

A photograph showing the explosion of the destroyer USS Shaw following the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval fleet at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on 7 December 1941.
The USS West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, 1941
Image by U.S. Navy, Office of Public Relations

The USS West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, 1941

The USS West Virginia was one of seven ships that made up Battleship Row during the Battle of Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Here it can be seen ablaze after being hit by seven torpedoes and two bombs. It sank, and was later returned to service...
Battleship Row During the Battle of Pearl Harbor, 1941
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Battleship Row During the Battle of Pearl Harbor, 1941

This is a December 1941 photo taken by Japanese pilots of Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor, a line of seven US Navy battleships that were primary targets of the Japanese attackers. Notice the oil spilling out of the damaged ships.
Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Cassatt
Image by Philadelphia Museum of Art

Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Cassatt

An 1879 oil on canvas, Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. In the 19th century, society still generally frowned upon women becoming artists, and so Cassatt, along with Berthe...
Medieval Literature
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Medieval Literature

Medieval literature is defined broadly as any work written in Latin or the vernacular between c. 476-1500, including philosophy, religious treatises, legal texts, as well as works of the imagination. More narrowly, however, the term applies...
The Tears of the USS Arizona
Image by James G. Howes

The Tears of the USS Arizona

Oil seeping to the surface from the wreck of the USS Arizona is appropriately named the "tears of the Arizona", which still weeps to this day in remembrance of those who lost their lives during the Battle of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
Quran
Definition by Sikeena Karmali Ahmed

Quran

The Quran (also written Qur’an or Koran), revealed in the 7th century, is the sacred book of Islam, following in the tradition of the Abrahamic faiths, with the Torah as the sacred book of Judaism and the New Testament as the sacred book...
Daily Life in the WWII Desert Campaigns
Article by Mark Cartwright

Daily Life in the WWII Desert Campaigns

The desert campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45) provided soldiers on all sides with a set of particular challenges. Scorching day temperatures, freezing night temperatures, sand and flies getting everywhere, the...
Heinkel He 111
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Heinkel He 111

The Heinkel He 111 was a medium two-engined bomber plane used by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) during the Second World War (1939-45). Heinkel He 111s contributed significantly to such campaigns as the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain...
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