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Natalie 🌿🏕️🍄🛐
Kiautschii
i had always heard that civilisation began in mesopotamia around 5000BCbut this is basically false or at least misleading - it started in anatolia up to 3000 years earlier with
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GreenSwizzleWooster
GSWooster
As i am a huge #AgathaChristie fan and have many gloriously gaudy 50s and 60s copies of her books, i’m going to post up a book cover every now and
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Mencius Moldbugman
moldbugman
I often think about this "Trail of Blood" historical timeline that I've seen in Baptist churches. It clearly shows the inevitability that each established church will later split as it's
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crOIssant
spudsyallday
Hi peeps tis meI thought of making a thread about the Great City of Mohenjo-Daro and the Harappan/Indus river valley civilization of which it is a part of.(I’ve always enjoyed
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Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
Moudhy
I’m officially on leave y’all. Fear not — I’ll still spam your TLs with cuneiform threads, but since I’ll be slower at everything, I wanted to share the accounts of
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Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
Moudhy
What survives of the past is things, so it's easy to forget the people behind them whose lives, loves, worries, and wants might not have been so different from ours.Thread
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Awonawilona
lordchire
Top 10 (-1) reasons why snake sex surpasses human sex by far:10. Males have two hemipenes! They can even be left-penised or right-penised. So if they get tired, They can
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: About this very interesting cylinder seal which was discovered at Ur and dated to the time of Sargon (2340-2160 BC) or to the time of Shar-kali-sharri (2224-2199 BC). De
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: Here's an interesting cylinder seal impression, about which I only know that it is from the first half of the first millennium BC and that it is currently in
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kurdistani
WolfieBabiee
Kurdistan map 1892Iraq was founded 1932Turkey founded 1923Syria founded 1945Iran founded 1935 Physical Map of Kurdistan, prepared by Maunsell in 1892. This
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soma ☀️
sjhaydari
sis says 'your people' as if I'm not a Kurd. I tried being humble but awai amn krditm to help my people, niwat nakrdia. You hide behind your phone and
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Christopher W. Jones
cwjones89
Today I am going to tell you about a legal term from real estate transactions in the Middle East dating back 2,800 or more years.The term is bētu epšu adi
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Peter Gainsford
PeterGainsford
Easter myth #1:Easter is named after Eostre, but it isn't based on an Eostre festival. The festival originated in the 2nd century Mediterranean. The name 'Easter' is an oddity, specific
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Nadine Viermann
NViermann
By the beard of the emperor…As I’ve sensed some interest/fascination for this topic, it’s time to take a closer look at Heraclius’ magnificent facial hair:Hipster, hobo, holy man - Heraclius
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Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid
Moudhy
Welcome, new Tweeps! I know you came for the dogs, which I am totally here for, but I hope you stay for the cuneiform because the world it reveals is
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Rai ling 🏴
Railing56
The anthropological record on state formation is more complex than it’s made out to be. There wasn’t a linear progression from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, to cities and the institution of
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