#Slavs

We’ve all heard “Good King Wenceslas,” a classic Christmas song about the famous Bohemian “king,” Wenceslas, who gave alms to a peasant on the Feast of St. Stephen (12/26). Now
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The word “nationalism” has been in vogue for the past few years. What does it mean? Simply put, it is the idea that people sharing a language, & culture, in
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Look at these various names carefully!They will tell you a secret.. a story..Elephant- Sanskrit íbha, Mycenean erepa, Greek el-éphas, Latin ebur, Hittite laḫpa. and Slavic velibodŭ,Ape- Sanskrit Kapi, Greek kēpos,
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Thread with excerpts from “The Great Cauldron: A History of Southeastern Europe” by Marie-Janine Calic Translation from original German by Elizabeth Janik. Original title was “Südosteuropa”. Disputes over the origins
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Thread on why Rainer is full of shit, on the fall in living standards, and how most elements of the Holocaust were independent of capitalism—please read to the end for
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1. A little bit of deconstruction is needed on the topic of Greek War of Independence. The events that caused to Greek Independence is the "first armed intervention" on humanitarian
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Acemoglu on Africa in "why nations fail" -a commentary thread on his analysis of the political and economic institutions of pre-colonial AfricaDetailed sources and references at bottom of the thread
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As promised, thread: “Does it mean there will be no gifts this year?” by Jakub RozalskiThis painting depicts 3 little carolers stumbling upon Krampus killing Santa...I love this image...Because it
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A Thread: 365 days of little known black history PART 3 Part 1 was on my first page but my first page was deleted. For ALL history posts, follow
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