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How the 1990s Console Wars Changed Video Games | HISTORY (opens the original)
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Nintendo and Sega’s fierce battle reshaped the video game industry and helped define a generation of gaming. By the mid 1980s, the American video game industry was on the cusp of collapse. Companies like Atari, Halcyon and the Commodore had oversaturated the market with technically limited consoles and poor quality games. “Atari’s ‘ET: The Extra Terrestrial’ video game was returned in such large numbers they had to dump them in a landfill in a desert,” says Megan Condis, an assistant professor o
Who Were the Minoans—and What Happened to Them? | HISTORY (opens the original)
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The Minoans survived earthquakes, built elaborate palaces and traded across the Mediterranean. Then their civilization began to unravel. Raised colonnade known as the "Bastions" in the north entrance of the Knossos Palace, where a copy of a restored relief fresco of a bull is located. The Minoans are widely considered Europe’s first advanced civilization. Over thousands of years, they transformed Crete from an island of small farming communities into a thriving Bronze Age society known for its p
How Norman Lear Changed the Sitcom—and American Television | HISTORY (opens the original)
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Through groundbreaking shows like “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons,” Lear used comedy to tackle some of America’s most divisive issues. As the creator, writer or producer behind landmark sitcoms like “All in the Family,” “Maude,” “Good Times” and “The Jeffersons,” Norman Lear’s name is etched in American television history. Lear’s shows were funny, appealed to multiple generations of viewers and staked out new ground for TV in the 1970s with episodes that became a forum for contr
The Toxic Secret of Pluto’s Gate, the Ancient ‘Gate to Hell' | HISTORY (opens the original)
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Ancient Romans blamed the deadly “breath of Cerberus” for the mysterious deaths at Pluto’s Gate. When the Roman Republic turned western Anatolia into their new province of Asia in 129 B.C., the ancient city of Hierapolis became a booming spa destination. Visitors from across the Roman Empire reportedly traveled to Hierapolis to bathe and heal in its warm thermal waters and baths. One particularly mysterious site became known as the Ploutonion, or Pluto’s Gate—a place of worship dedicated to the
The Philosopher's Stone: How Alchemy Led to Modern Chemistry | HISTORY (opens the original)
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The legendary philosopher's stone was alchemy's ultimate prize—even Isaac Newton devoted years searching for it. The philosopher's stone was said to possess extraordinary powers. It was the ultimate goal of alchemy, an early scientific and philosophical tradition rooted in the belief that matter—and even a human’s soul—could be transformed. According to legend, the mythical substance could change base metals into silver or gold, and even grant eternal life. For centuries, that promise captivated
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