Historical Inspirations of Dystopia
Gladiatorial Combat
This page describes the basics of the history of Gladiators, including sections on their training and combat, the origins of gladiators and female gladiators.
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photo © 2006 Hans Splinter | more info (via: Wylio)
Slaves of the Empire, they fought to the death for the amusement of Rome.
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photo © 2007 Kevin Dooley | more info (via: Wylio)
Hoping to create a utopia, they unleashed a bloodbath.
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The French Revolution
A collection of short articles on the French Revolution arranged chronologically in a timeline. A good resource for someone seeking a general introduction to this calamitous period in history.
This documentary, by the History Channel, focuses on the major players of the Revolution -- Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre and Napoleon. |
The Holocaust and the Third Reich
An introduction to the history of the Nazi regime, and the horrors it perpetrated. This site includes historic video footage, personal stories and photos of artefacts from the period.
This English translation of a German documentary focuses on the beliefs underlying Nazism, and how those twisted ideals led to the Holocaust. |
photo © 2010 Rupert Colley | more info (via: Wylio)
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photo © 2009 James Vaughan | more info (via: Wylio)
With great power comes great paranoia.
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Stalin's Russia
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McCarthyism and Blacklisting
A concise article on the background of the anti-communist fear that produced McCarthyism, provided by the History Channel's website.
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photo © 2007 JongWoo Chung | more info (via: Wylio)
Are you a Commie?
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photo © 2008 GLEN EDELSON | more info (via: Wylio)
In this case, truth is stranger than fiction.
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Project MK-ULTRA
This film by A&E tells the strange true story of MK-ULTRA, and one of the original test subjects tells the story of how her memories and personality were erased by the CIA's experiment. |