#Constantinople

Fury

HooaFury

History of PANDEMICS4 Big PandemicsTHREAD1 — The Black Death"By far the deadliest recorded pandemic, the Black Death probably originated somewhere in Asia in the 14th century. By 1347 it had

Mary_Anne #JeSuisSamuel

MrnRjwski

The violations of the 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆 by the Turkish Republic 1923-1929(signed 24/7/1923) #TurkeyIsATerrorState (𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚

Jasmine Soliman

JIsoliman

A little thread of the beauty of cabinet card versos (inspired by @photograph_tut). CC designs start off simple (a stamp and address), become very ornate, then go on to black

JDog Pitler

ZBcasghamber

[THREAD]What led to the Fall of Constantinople in 1453?It wasn’t the Ottoman muslim turks. The Byzantine Empirewas rotting within for centuries due to its false sense ofsecurity and a series

History Indoors

HistoryIndoors

Well Twitter, this is it, it’s our first #FreakyFriday of 2021!!!!!!Tag us in all of your weird and wonderful history, make us tremble in fear or burst with laughter -

Eztainutlacatl

cbkwgl

This single image traces the currect theological outlook of both the Abrahamics. Never thought it's this straightforward. What does this image represent?1. Jesus is divine is not accepted even till

Gotham Thrasher(Ρωμιοί της Αντιοχείας)🇱🇧☦🇬🇷☧

Gotham_Thrasher

B/c this kept popping up on Levantine Twitter today I thought i d make a post about it:What's the Difference between the Greek Orthodox church of Antioch & The Melkite

Onaiz Qutabzada 🇵🇰

YeniceriQ

Mevlana Rumi, the Whirling Dervishes and the Islamization of Asia Minor (Turkey)!An interesting thread on how Islam was spread in the Anatolian (Turkish) region during the Seljuq Rule. (1/N) The

nbairamian

nsbairamian

The Armenian Church and its clerics really need to stay out of politics.Like it did when it was the head of the Armenian millet in the Ottoman Empire and the

Byzantine Emporia

byzantinemporia

Elite overproduction is the single most important concept for understanding the most destructive upheavals in society: 3rd-c. Rome, 14th-c. Constantinople, 18th-c. France. "Too many Chiefs, not enough Indians."https://twitter.com/

Byzantine Ambassador

byzantinepower

Thread on Mutability & Rigidity of Roman Identity in Late Antiquity ––– Brought to you by a beautiful Chianti Dull point first, basically a disclaimer: labels such as Romans

Mateusz Fafinski

Calthalas

To India! We go together with one of the most original minds of the late antique and early medieval world: Cosmas Indicopleustes. Cosmas thought that the world was a box.

Byzantine Ambassador

byzantinepower

Byzantine Women, Sex etc. – A Thread Matrona of Perge – C5th runaway housewife/mother who disguised herself as a eunuch to be admitted to the monastery of Basianos, Constantinople and

PaperbackTuck

PaperbackTuck

For #FairyTaleTuesday, a thread of some lesser-known Arthurian knights and warriors! Some used to be a big deal but have fallen by the wayside, some are well-known but not in

@GiBiTheSecond ⚖️

Wolfophobic2

Theodora, (497 CE—548) was a Byzantine empress, wife of the emperor Justinian I and one of most powerful woman in Byzantine history. Her intelligence and political abilities made her Justinian’s

Ismail Royer

IsmailRoyer

Erdogan's decision to return Aya Sofia to a mosque raises very interesting issues for both Christians and Muslims, if we are willing to face them honestly. Disclaimer: I am not

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