Memes are a part of history. They might not have existed in ancient Babylon or during the Crusades, but they will undoubtedly be in the history books in the not-so-distant future. Memes express what real people were thinking about historical moments while they were happening better than their memories ever could. I might remember how …
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29 Medieval Memes for Hobbits in The Shire and Knights in Shining Armor
It’s easy to look back at the medieval period with gratitude that you’re not living in it. Who wants to spend their days doing menial farm work while munching on stone soup to survive? Why would you want to live in a time where one disease killed ⅓ of the entire population of Europe? Medieval …
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Ancient History Memes For Bronze Age Fans Who Could Take or Leave Silver or Gold
I wish I knew more about world history, but alas, I went to an American public high school. One of the biggest issues with schools in America is that they teach American history nearly every year, leaving crumbs for kids who want to learn about the history of the world and world geography. I know …
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‘We put man on the moon before wheels on suitcases’: 20+ Surprising historical facts to make you question reality
As the old saying goes, «Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.» But sometimes the past is so hard to wrap your head around that you can’t fully integrate it into your understanding of reality. As they often say, truth is stranger than fiction. Nobody knows that better than historians. The fact that always gets me is that Martin Luther …
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25+ History Memes for Those Who Learn From the Mistakes of the Past
Yeah, I’ll say it. I did well on the AP US History exam. I was a nerd in high school and proud to be it. What helped is that I had a fantastic teacher who made learning history fun. She made us all feel special as students, so we were inspired to learn. And heck, if …
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45 Ancient Rome Memes For Dudes Still Thinking About The Roman Empire
It’s often been said that men think about the Roman Empire at an unusually high rate. I was shocked when I first heard this meme about guys contemplating the Roman Empire at least once a week, if not more. I probably don’t think about said period in history more than a couple of times a …
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41 Ancient Rome Memes For Dudes Thinking About The Roman Empire
I am not a Roman History expert by any means, but I was fascinated with one iconic event in Ancient Roman history when I was a kid. I’m talking, of course, about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. This interest may or may not have been spurred by a Magic Treehouse Book where …
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30+ History Memes That Educate as They Entertain
Call me a nerd, but history was always one of my favorite classes throughout school. Especially when I got to US History junior year of high school because I had an excellent teacher who really made me care about the subject. That’s all it takes to get someone interested in something: a good teacher. Consider …
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25+ Medieval Memes For Knights in Shining Armor And Princesses Locked in Towers
I wish we had more insight into what people actually looked like during the Medieval era. I love the medieval films of Roger Cormac as much as anybody (The Masque of the Red Death was my favorite Halloween 2023 watch), but unfortunately, 1960s movies probably do not represent the Dark Ages uber accurately. We don’t …
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25 History Memes for Online History Buffs
You know what they say about history. That if we don’t learn it, we are doomed to repeat it. Is the same true for history memes? If so, study up, young historian, for you have many memes to sift through. These won’t appear on your AP test though, as far as we know. Though we’re working …
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