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<title>Did Christianity Cause The Fall of The Roman Empire?</title>
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The historian Edward Gibbon believed that Christianity bore the ultimate responsibility for the fall of the Roman Empire. However, during the third century, the Romans were well on their way to destroying themselves.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-10-29 09:51:33</pubDate>
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<title>Eight Elaborate Parables and Illustrious Urban Legends</title>
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The evolution of Urban Legends is due to a gross misunderstanding of the stories of folklore. The legends have circulated through the internet, via word of mouth, and at parties while people are severely under the influence or just need a conversation piece to feel more comfortable.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-10-14 07:14:44</pubDate>
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<title>The Epicureans: In The Pursuit of Pleasure or Just Plain Bums</title>
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The Hellenistic philosophers devoted much speculation to the problem of winning human happiness. The pursuit of sex, love and satisfaction might have been far from their ideals, however the longing was still present, yet unrecognized by those around them.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-09-30 09:32:30</pubDate>
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<title>The Famous Layered Jewish Cemetery in Prague</title>
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Although abundantly dressed in hundreds of Gothic like blocks and layered with century old figures, this historical site does not fall short of mystery and intrigue. For centuries, history has unraveled on the grounds of the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague where historians, philosophers, scientists, and scholars have been laid to rest.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-09-27 02:27:40</pubDate>
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<title>The Rambunctious Ruins of Fort Bowie</title>
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Fort Bowie is located near Apache Pass in southeastern Arizona. It's an isolated, historical trip back in time to the old frontier, where wagons were filled with settlers moving from the west and the prairies were flourishing with wildflowers.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-09-11 03:41:02</pubDate>
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<title>Interesting and Bizarre Predatory Animal Defenses</title>
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Evolution in the animal kingdom has caused species to partake in an armed race, which ultimately causes their adaptive traits to change over time within their gene pool. This trait may have been caused as a side affect of another adaptive mechanism or the dominate trait took over the adapted to protect the animal.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-09-05 03:30:04</pubDate>
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<title>10 Mysterious and Mystical Templar Castles, Churches, and Fortresses</title>
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The Knights Templar were an organization that fought for the word of God. However, as time went by, their ideals of being soldiers for Christ was not what they expected, nor did it satisfy them. Over time they evolved, and their small society gained presence, and decisions were made in the confines of fortifications all over the world.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-08-27 01:28:25</pubDate>
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<title>Amazing Exotics: Evolutionary, Strange, and Bizarre Species of The World</title>
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A vital part of the preservation process is to leave living space for life. Of course, as priorities change and humans continue to destroy what's left of nature, little will be left over to sustain these evolutionary species.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-08-27 01:25:10</pubDate>
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<title>The Otherworld of The Celtic Druids</title>
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The realm of the dead and the otherworld have consistently been seen as sections of one region representing various aspects of the afterlife.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-08-23 01:42:04</pubDate>
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<title>Ed Gein The Wisconsin Grave Robber and Butcher of Plainfield</title>
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Terror drives men to insanity and the passion to become a monster, lurking in the shadows, like the cast of Marlowe, will allow for the darkness to fall on the sands of a quite town.]]>
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<pubDate>2009-08-20 02:02:13</pubDate>
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