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Stone columns carved as Toltec warriors stand upright on a platform at Tula, Mexico, with additional cylindrical pillars and a clear sky in the background.

Infographic titled The First Atomic Bombs, showing key facts about the first atomic bomb test in New Mexico and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II. Includes diagrams of bomb mechanisms, a map of Japan with target cities, and illustrations of the Little Boy and Fat Man bombs, along with details on deployment, explosive yield, and estimated casualties.

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pottery metalwork Dress Architecture Furniture textile jewelry glassware Basketry machine Primitive culture urban culture disability culture civil society utopia pastoral communities in India Sedentism Hunter-gatherer rural society Nomadism

Key People

John Cooper

John M. Cooper

American anthropologist