#Historical

(1) In 1978 John Wansborough published his Sectarian Milieu, arguing that most of Quranic material characterise a text that crystallised over 2 centuries, and largely outside confines of Arabia. To
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Is the Pope of Rome the most senior Christian hierarch? Yes; and No!This in itself is not really an important question but answering it reveals certain interesting historical facts. Let’s
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As someone who teaches history, the oversimplification of Robert E. Lee's legacy is troubling. The idea that Robert E. Lee was a traitor is one which chooses to apply modern
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Had a great time talking about strategies and challenges of teaching Islamic law on the wonderful panel "Teaching Legal History in the 21st Century" at #ASLH2019. Some points I brought
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For some reason, I’m seeing panic about the sun dying in 5 billion years and I’m here to tell you, there’s no need to worry about that! All life will
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New: I wrote about people missing their second doses of the Covid vaccines. The rate is low by historical standards, but it is rising, as was expected, and state officials
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THE HISTORICAL BACKDROP BEHIND DAI GYAKUTEN SAIBANA heavily condensed rundown of Japanese history relevant to understanding DGS, which I very strongly urge you to read if you don’t have basic
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Some thoughts and charts on the inflation vs deflation argument as it relates to Fed action now and over the last 20 years (1/x) Inflation is driven by both size
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Not strictly tied to the KKK, but I think it deserves mention that Democrats have supported gun control for a long, long time -- originally it was explictly race-based: an
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The key to Hartlepool - and the next election - is not why support for Labour is low among ‘the working class’ (or more precisely among C2 and DE voters)
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Use of care and mortality due to corona/Covid-19 in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia; data from 14.8.Thread. (English).Fig 1a-d. Number of persons in intensive and hospital care per day.
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Our #CleanProseTalks with Literary Agent Samar Hammam of @rockingbooks starts in 5 minutes! We'll be live-tweeting in this thread Grab your ticket below https://bit.ly/samarhammam #askanagent #askagent Our host Laura: "Samar,
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When I'm with family, I often think about how I used to be a creationist. We were in deep (met Ken Ham personally, attended conferences, literally helped build the Creation
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The song of being quarantinedhttps://youtu.be/2rcKpY-4QBI  They’re wearing modernized Hanbok (the traditional clothes), performing in front of the historical palace, on the celebration of a full moon, using traditional music.https://
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I got messaged a lot from my friends asking for film recommendations since I watched random movies at school so uhhh might as well share them here as well[Movie Recommendations
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@mrwbwinvited me to respond a Q of apologising for the past here are some rambling thoughts not an answer & not a critique of the wonderful @SamSlaterI have inclu @hannahcusworth@MissFolorunsho@Abdul_Mohamud&
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