<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 19:48:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/15thcentury/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Today in History:  Tobacco first introduced to Europe]]></title><description><![CDATA[While it is undeniable that tobacco would have eventually made its way into the homes and lives of Europeans, it wasn't a crop that existed at all until introduced from the untapped land that we now know]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@gooddream/today-in-history-tobacco-first-introduced-to-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@gooddream/today-in-history-tobacco-first-introduced-to-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[gooddream]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 05:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQye1fCARv55uBNSJ4axkCZejHDjaugp8A63VL3tgtLPoPS83KgRNQpiieDGVPkDhWk8URRZUE2zbVbCK3fFHYoysoG1EmgxM1EmD91R6G6B6dwH3qFMhgbEhtqUQYM9tshpL9Bn9MtXb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two rhythmic  jewels in 15th century]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I was amazed by these rhythms in 15th century music. Let me share:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/renaissance/@jan.kotyk/two-rhythmic-jewels-in-15th-century</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/renaissance/@jan.kotyk/two-rhythmic-jewels-in-15th-century</guid><category><![CDATA[renaissance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jan.kotyk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:00:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm reading Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari. He writes about the European conquest of the rest of the world, beginning around the time of Columbus and accelerating over the next few centuries. He asks what]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@beachhermit/mine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@beachhermit/mine</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[beachhermit]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:00:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ7eummKS1jDP8JR53YEVPiyr1TLr2ov6EzH6HyA2vgW3Mc52vdzoSYoSru49riaC3QX9BLrsP67sgQ27sFgJteqBhm6WmdiRtjjsPf4Mon1LLQVQke2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>