#Persian

Crystal Ferreira

cfthisfootnote

Another aphrodisiac herb that the Romans loved was silphium.Julius Caesar kept a cache of it in the government treasury and the Greeks even put it on their money. It was

Khruter_LoR

Khruina

[C] Alright. So I took the time to go back and look into Tanya from the recent Kurokumo Episode in the Library Of Ruina. First off, I have strong reasons

Evan Levine

LevineRx

Aegina might be everybody’s favorite island day trip to escape the summer in #Athens, but there’s more to the island than its pistachios, beautiful beaches, & excellent fish tavernas. Here’s

Micycle but as the prelude to something fun

MichaelBaiden20

Today's topic is Greek and Roman historyhttps://twitter.com/MichaelBaiden20/status/1385134763569201154 There was a Trojan war but there wasn't a Trojan horse The library of Alexandria didn't fall to a great fire, there was

Safiya z ⵣ

safifesse

Some of my favorite North-African painters, a ThreadRamhani Abdelilah, a contemporary Moroccan artist from Tangiers whose subjects of choice are traditional costumes (including these intricately decorated caftans) and traditional objects

Aslisho Qurboniev

aslishahqurbani

I am reading Ahmed El Shamsy’s recent book on the impact of #printing on modern discourses on #Islamic scholarship. Like his previous book, it is extremely readable and insightful. I

Mandroid

Bigbounce01

A #thread on the most brutal torture and execution techniques throughout history.1. The Blood Eagle This alleged method of execution believed to have been performed by the Vikings included initially

Fahad Desmukh

desmukh

A video thread about lion characters in Muharram traditions1/ If you read my first Muharram Globalisation thread, you may recall the lion/tiger characters played by men that are part of

Raman Ghavami

Raman_Ghavami

1/IRI rejects anything coming out of DC...basing analysis on this lacks serous understanding of Iran's foreign policy.In this,I'm going to explain why Iran prefers Azerbaijan over Armenia,basing my argument on

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

Hi from @_SimonLeese. This week I’ll be tweeting about Arabic literature and multilingualism in 18th/19th century North India. I’m interested in how Arabic writers imagine their place in a larger

Movie Mango ®

Go_Movie_Mango

So since you raise a good question, here are two answers, first lets talk about drugs = medications, M who are directly engaged in manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, & prescribing medications

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chenggrosie

howling cult members as colors, a thread you never knew you needed disclaimer:there is no reasoning behind any of the colors i pick, nor there are explanations; these are the

Hind Makki

HindMakki

Earlier today, my buddy Eman and I had a super fun conversation about foreign-origin words we use in our Arabic dialects (Egyptian for her, Sudanese for me) and why maybe

Black Dragon Games - Building Bhakashal

BlackDragonCan

I’ve been flipping through old issues of Dragon magazine for a few days, from issue 1 up to around issue 30 so far, and I’ve noticed a few interesting things.

Paul Scharre

paul_scharre

This is a convenient lie the Pentagon has told itself to excuse two decades of investing in legacy, wasting assets. It's embarrassing to see the Secretary of Defense repeat it.https://twitter.com/EsperDoD/status/1306330148665536512

Maj 🏴‍☠️

Iadymax

THREAD OF LGBT MOVIES WITH POC/BLACK REP Appropriate Behavior (2014)A secretly bisexual Brooklynite from a traditional Persian family struggles with her identity and the disintegration of her relationship with her