#Byzantine

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sasanianshah

It’s a great idea actually, so let me do a mini-version of what @aaolomi does & mention a few Twitter accounts which make it impossible for me to leave this

Soner Cagaptay

SonerCagaptay

Turkish towns that have grown most disproportionately since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire:1. Kirikkale2. Batman3. Karabuk(Hardly villages in 1923, these 3 boomed due to state-led industrialization drive)4. Urfa (due

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p1ngaskhan

THREAD: Forensic facial reconstructions I think are interesting.One of the only things I liked from the soviet era was their pioneering of the art of reconstructing people's appearances from their

Walter Shaub

waltshaub

The Department of Homeland security has been a failure from before it stood up, and it has not gotten better. I think this nearly two-decade experiment needs to come to

Dr Caitlin Green

caitlinrgreen

As Christmas nears, here's a lovely late 15th-/early 16th-century portable nativity scene from a gold ring, found Sleaford, Lincs :) https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/642395 A 6th- or 7th-century Byzantine ring featuring

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tequieremos

When Sultan Mehmet conquered Constantinople in 1453, it was a practice for conquering army of that time to carry out an unrestricted pillage for 3 days and places of worship

Indian History

IndianHistory0

The Shahnameh (شاهنامه) of Ferdowsi, the National Epic of Persia, says all the best astronomers and savants of the world live in India. It also has 200+ references to the

Van Der Megerdichian

DerMegerdichian

On February 6th, the Armenian Church celebrates the feast of St. Sahak Partev Catholicos. Born in Caesarea in 348 AD into the family of St. Nerses, St. Sahak Partev became

Matt Mikalatos

mattmikalatos

As if called on my secret red phone in the Mattcave, I appear in the Christian Commissioner's office. YOU RANG?1. Jesus isn't white. One, our modern categories of race did

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rebeca6169

The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century.Magi bearing gifts, 4th-century sarcophagus, Rome 4th-century sarcophagus, Milan; one of the earliest Nativity images

Simon Dawkins

SimonDawkins3

1/10 The formerly colonnaded main street of Syedra, on a beautiful winter's day last month. First founded by Greek settlers at an uncertain date, the city reached its zenith in

Tobi Lutke 🌳🌲🛒🕹

tobi

Hey Video game industry - we need to talk. I know it's hard to break with orthodoxy but you are playing a new role now in the world of social

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brownnostalgia

“The Mughals gave us culture” — Debunking apologist claims for the Mughal Empire (thread) There is no denying Mughal culture is quite beautiful and has its influence in South Asia.

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Before I delve into #7thCenturyAthens, I'd like to contextualize its scholarship thus far. Why has it been understudied? What complicates its study today? -ag It all comes back to the

CCI

CCIVoice

A3. The best way to improve oral health among Latinos (and others) is to make dental care part of regular health insurance. Here's what Marko Vujicic of the ADA has

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aesthetici4n

"Never did an eye see the sun unless it had first become like the sun, and never could a soul have a vision of Beauty unless it is itself beatiful"Plotinus

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