#Greeks

Goldstein

MrGoldstein7

Wikipedia is all but admitting what our historians do gymnastics to avoid admitting: Sea Peoples = Phoenicians. We can ignore “Illyrians” and “Tyrrhenians,” which are just poorly devised synonyms for

Christopher Hitchens

HitchensQuotes

"Dr. King was an exemplary human being by every standard that I know. I can't be sure that he was actually a Christian; I can be grateful to the extent

Tommy Gunn

tgunn21

Just starting THE WIRE for the first time ever (we didn’t have HBO growing up. Sue me). End of episode 2... very illuminating.Also, VERY young Michael B. Jordan sighting. To

James Kierstead

Kleisthenes2

I. Among several points of interest in this recent piece is a particular story about the origins of 'Classics' and of our ideas about 'Western Civilization,' 'the Western tradition,' and

Luna 🌟

coucyi

'medieval people barely washed themselves''40 was considered old age during the middle ages''medieval marriages were always arranged''witch hunts were rampant during the middle ages''medieval people thoug

Sheshapatangi1 ಪ್ರಭಾ ಮಗ ಈ ಅಲೆಮಾರಿ ಅಯ್ಯಂಗಾರಿ

sheshapatangi1

Rudrapatnam Shamashastry – The #Mahamahopadyaya who discovered Chanakya’s Arthashastra.On his Jayanti a tribute to the legendary #Kannadiga who proved Bharatiya Civilization had robust Ancient Political & Economic policy & not

Dr. Kristina Killgrove

DrKillgrove

New today is an awesome book, “A Most Interesting Problem: What Darwin’s Descent of Man Got Right and Wrong about Human Evolution,” edited by @desilva_jerry and pub’d by @PrincetonUPress. In

History of Central Asia and Khorâsan تاریخ خراسان

BiruniKhorasan

Since this unintelligent debate about #Mawlana´s origin goes on, I feel forced to weigh in and start a #Thread about #Rumi´s origin, the nature of the Persianate #civilization, what labels

Michael Nielsen

michael_nielsen

Imagine you're a designer or mathematician living in ancient Rome. Being a curious & imaginative sort, used to exploring wild ideas, you ask yourself: is there some way you can

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

[ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD] Apollo’s sanctuary at Delphi is the stuff of legendsFor over a thousand years, the famous oracle foretold the futures and fortunes of the city-states and heroes of ancient

Islamic Futurism

hafizfarook

[DEMOCRACY VS KHILAFAH - THE GRAND THREAD](1)Thread establishing that Khilafah revealed by Allah in Sharia is the most superior form of governance. The key features of Democracy & Khilafah are

Dolly... #resist #revolt #remove 😷👊🛠️

Calumets

Democracy is promoted as the gold standard of governmental systems, compared favourably to oppressive regimes the world over. But is democracy truly democratic, or is it an illusion designed to

ermeni (baby eater)🇦🇲֎

syriahay

Seeing christainity being used to justify hatred against the LGBT community, mind you by people who just last week were swearing that they are pagans and Armenians should return to

Flint Dibble 🍖🏺📖

FlintDibble

[ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD] One of the most pernicious racisms I see regularly is the myth that Africa has been an unimportant place in human historyBut the archaeology of Africa is incredible.

Bret Devereaux

BretDevereaux

Since y'all wanted me to write about the silly idea of the 'universal warrior' and warrior vs. soldier dichotomy, and it came up in the context of Steven Pressfield's silly

Amit Schandillia

Schandillia

[THREAD: HISTORY OF THE HINDU TEMPLE]1/102Four hours south of Aswan in Lower Nubia, right by the Nile, is a region dotted with temple complexes built more than 3,000 years ago.

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