#History

Things you do not know about Ile-Ife. A Thread RT. 1. Ile-Ife, also called Ife or Ife-Lodun, town, Osun state, southwestern Nigeria. The town lies at the intersection of
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have y’all ever noticed that despite how much shit i talk about the conspiracy anti-semites in the rave community they don’t come for me? it’s bc they know i know
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Between a tiny Ceredigion village and the sea lies an area of flat land, bordered by the rivers Peris and Cledan.On maps, it's called Morfa Esgob (Bishop's Land).It's strangely divided
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A naive question. How do Hindutvavadis combine love for Israel with admiration for Hitler? What am I missing? Okay, I am getting several answers, but all are making the same
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Brief Thread for Japan historians: I am finishing up a paper on "grand strategy" (?) and decision-making in Japan in the 1930s, and 1940s, and have found the following books
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How many of you even knew about Buddhas of Bamiyan?A very few. Reason is that the left media doesn’t like to highlight events where Muzlims are aggressors#ThreadThey were once the world’s
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Joe Biden has been speaking for more than 10 minutes and he hasn't referenced Trump by name a single time -- just "the Trump administration" twice Biden says he gave
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Thread“Are Amish Catholic or Jewish?” I was asked today. I figured, if someone plucked up the courage to ask me that question, maybe others wonder, too.Amish are an off-shoot of
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OK, in response to a few questions, some thoughts:1. Will Marquez come back at the same level as before he broke his arm?Good question. I am working on the basis
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The new cover article in @NautilusMag is about the sordid history of eugenics in the field of statistics. I had a conversation with @aubreyclayton a few months ago, when he
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The state of Congress today is that it’s an apologetic party whose agenda is set by BJP. They want you to support them against BJP’s aggression, but will leave you
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With all the coverage of the American election and in particular, the state of Pennsylvania, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share the story of the link
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I see a lot of people drawing the obvious parallel between both-sides takes in climate and politics, but it's bigger than that. The PR industry invented both sides-ism to help
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As the #PowerOfOne has been exploring the province, it has been shining a light on places, history, & culture. While many know about mummering, many don't know about Nalujuit Night
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Afrika’s Gifts To HumanityOne key component of Pan Africanism is the debunking of racist stereotypes like “Afrika never contributed anything to humanity”. This drives racism in our world todayWithout much
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[THREAD]Socrates' greatest fear of a representative democracy was that the voters would not be informed enough to make a constructive choice.His fear has been realized.The appointment of GW Bush, who
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