#Historians

So: a map I made a few years ago seems to have been going periodically viral for a year or so without my knowing it. This tweet by @simongerman600 is
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Ok, time to @steak_umm historians to showcase that nuanced explanations can be communicated expertly!@LitteraCarolina manuscripts/science @monicaMedHist history of medicine@Pseudo_Isidore medieval West@j_t_palmer medieval science@FlintDibble archaeol
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Introverts in quarantine are thus less likely than extroverts to feel deflated, isolated or bored, and more likely to be energized, perhaps welcoming the lack of distraction to go deep
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Animation history narratives are interesting and also irksome in terms of how generalizations form. Examples of what I mean:-Western animation is focused on character animation and "better at it" while
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When the Vietnamese first declared independence from Tang China, you'd expect that nearly a thousand years of Chinese overlordship, you'd expect a newly independent Vietnam to be indistinguishable from any
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By promoting fraudulent data, aggressively deploying disinformation, and flexing its institutional clout, Beijing transformed the snake oil of lockdowns into “science,” crippling rival economies, expanding its influence, and sowing auth
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I do not understand how this claim can be supported: “The SHEAR debacle has very little to do with history and a whole lot to do about politics.” In a
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The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story & the Lasting Damage They Imbuehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/#oIdt2bZec18YJXvW.99 via @SmithsonianMag My family descends from William Bra
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Thread on #JawaharlalNehruNehru's tenure as Independent India's Prime Minister was one of abysmal failure. He laid the foundation for 3 ideas that would weaken the roots of India, economically, strategically
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1/ I’m not surprised at seeing this pro-Khaleej, anti-Iranian propaganda masquerading as history from the Saudi state “news” organization. What I am surprised at is trying to market this towards
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I think about this work a lot: [they] "would insist that the nation own up to its deep shame. The actions that followed were called Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung, which translates to 'working
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Happy twitter-verdant (that was supposed to be -versary but I like it) to me. I joined & left Twitter a little earlier but rejoined with this account in 2009. Recently,
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Concerned by increased Confederate activity near the Union camps at Pittsburg Landing, Colonel Everett Peabody had tried on the night of April 5th to convince his division commander, Brigadier General
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Can not wait for this! @VoicesProject_ up next at #GAConf21 Every classroom, school and community has marginalised voices, but they will differ based on school context. @VoicesProject_ call for us
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Prominent right-libertarians flirting with fascism; a thread In 1927, Ludwig von Mises articulates that "...Fascism and similar movements...are full of the best intentions and...their intervention has for the moment saved
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"Okay, Matt, this is an important one and we need to get it right. If she stumps you, just brush aside whatever she's saying. Laugh it off.""So I laugh?""Well don't
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