TSI-Laskarina Bouboulina

This Seams Interesting: LASKARINA BOUBOULINA

Hello and Welcome, Fellow History Lovers. This Seams Interesting is a column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history.   When it comes to Greek history most people know about Aristotle, Homer, Alexander the Great (I know he was Macedonian but that’s a story for another day), and the Olympics. Arguably the
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This Seams Interesting: AMINA, QUEEN OF ZARIA

Hello and Welcome, This Seams Interesting is a monthly column highlighting weird, overlooked, and ignored people and events throughout history. February’s Topic is…   AMINA OF ZARIA: African Warrior Queen Extraordinaire   Africa has a deep and rich history going from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the golden coast of the Asasnte to the Dahomey
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This Seams Interesting: OLYMPIC SPECIAL VOL. 1 BETTY ROBINSON & WYOMIA TYUS

Hello and welcome, this is This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. January’s topic is…   OLYMPICS SPECIAL VOL. 1 BETTY ROBINSON AND WYOMIA TYUS: The 100M Special   Ah! The Olympics, the apex of athletics, the gold standard of the gold standard of
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TSI-TsarevnaSophia Updated One

This Seams Interesting: TSAREVNA SOPHIA ALEKSEYEVNA ROMANOVA

Hello and welcome, this is This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. December’s topic is…   TSAREVNA SOPHIA ALEKSEYEVNA ROMANOVA: Peter the Great’s Lesser Known but Much More Interesting Sister   When most people think of the Russian Tsars the names that pop up
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This Seams Interesting: QUEEN ANNA NZINGA

Hello and welcome, this is This Seams Interesting. It’s a monthly column looking at weird, interesting, and overlooked people and events throughout history. November’s topic is…   QUEEN ANNA NZINGA: The Humiliator of the Portuguese   This has taken far, far, far too long but I am finally tackling African history. I’m sorry and formally
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