In terms of simply a span of time, I would go with the 1860's. The amount of things that happened in the world at that time, it is staggering. There was the American Civil War, most people are aware of that. There were the Prussian Wars in Europe, against Denmark 1864, Austria 1866 and France 1870. Then there was the Taiping Rebellion in China, the most bloody civil war of all time. All these wars are interesting in themselves, but that they all happened at the same time is just insane. Throw in the Moghul Uprising in India in 1858, and you have some of the most important incidents in all regions, happening in the same 15 year period. How can that be?
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Agnes Varda's Le Bonheur + thoughts on women in Akhmatova and Mizuguchi: The Centrifugue
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