#Empire

Daniel Finn

DanFinn95

A section of the British commentariat is discussing the history of antisemitism in Ireland, you say? If they actually read "Ulysses" instead of talking about it, they'd know it presents

Thomas de Waal

Tom_deWaal

1 Pres. Biden may recognize the destruction of the Ottoman Armenians in 1915 as the Armenian Genocide @john_Hudson, @JakesNYT report. It’s the right thing to do. It will start to

Quincy Jones comedy

LLQJ206

A thread of amazingly fine black actresses! Pt. 1 I present to you all Regina Hall. STRONG acting resume. Smart. Sexy. Funny as hell. Nia Long. Finer than a '16

A sip from Mimir's well

SipFromTheWell

One of the few men that I admire is the emperor Marcus Aurelius. His thoughts have inspired me throughout most of my adult life. ¿Did you know that he ruled

Zachary Marquez

BurningExeter

I've had so many ideas over the years but just for fun here are a few that really stick out in a little thread.Some of this I'm toying around with

Packy McCormick

packyM

While we’ve focused on VC-backed coastal brands, a husband and wife duo turned a small construction company in Waco, TX into a suburban sprawling empire in 8 years flat.You know

Yusuf A Ahmad Ansari یوسف انصاری

yusufpore

The Emperor #Akbar, who came to be regarded as one of the greatest, most enlightened rulers in history was born Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar on this day of 15th October,

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

While we are amidst this global Covid-19 pandemic, important to remember the great Sir Waldemar Mordechai Wolff Haffkine. Yesterday was his 90th death anniversary.Haffkine was a bacteriologist from Ukraine (then

Bharathi M Kumar

BharathiKumar4

H A M P I ಹಂಪೆ I Where The Stone Tells The Story In Science! Virupaksha Temple I Karnataka Virupaksha Temple of Lord Shiva built

vampiREE

WavyThorn

Mike reminds me of that line where ibara said he gonna feed up the executive with confidence after ibara himself sold some of them to jail bcs theyre losing their

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

For today's #SundayThoughts let's visit Glasgow in 1980, courtesy of the street photography of Raymond Depardon... In 1980 the Sunday Times sent French photographer Raymond Depardon to Glasgow, for a

优述/You Shu

You_Shu_China

Prof Zhang Weiying with an important warning in the Oct 2020 edition of Dushu magazine: “How to avoid falling into the ‘four traps’” (如何避免陷入“四个陷阱”)https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/5pzEc0LXEB3RPydC0eFUJA The essay d

William Gillis 🏴

rechelon

Okay, um, yall know about the FIRST American Revolution? The good one?In 1741 black slaves, irish refugees, & spanish pirates, inspired by the diggers in the English Civil War, conspired

Wes Finalle

wfinalle57

Political Cartoonist - Homer Davenport (1867-1912)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Davenport Davenport caricature of Hearst, 1896 "How can he lose me?": McKinley and Hanna, alluding to the candidate's 1893 insolvency "A Man of M

Wealth💰

LTWealth

7 of the Wealthiest People of All Time.These historical figures had immense wealth! = A Thread = 1. Augustus Caesar (63 BC - 14 AD)Origin Of Wealth: Emperor/Monarch.Amount of Wealth:

Casca Gall

berserkrcm

La mosquée de Tinmel au Maroc : un bijou architectural de l’époque Almohade. Village d'origine des Almohades, situé dans le Haut-Atlas, Tin Mellal fut aussi, au début du XII siècle,