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1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (247+ words) Everyone has come across a video essay before. There're everyone on YouTube - it says it right in the title! But even though a video may call itself an essay, doesn't that really mean it is one? The main different in…...

4+ day, 22+ min ago   (112+ words) Jaynes, J. (1976) The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Kramer, S.N. (1963) The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Kramer, S.N. (1972) The Babel of Tongues: A Sumerian Version. Journal of the American…...

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