#ROME

Been thinking a lot about the Minoans. Everyone loves the Minoans, right? (If you love the Minoans, you're not going to like this thread.) So, I'm reading this book. I'm
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Since independence, Pakistani sportspersons have always brought laurels for the country in various sports, from team sports to individual sports, in this thread, I will highlight some major achievements by
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Frodo the Chimp, Eastern Roman Emperor Valens, King John of England...what do any of these have in common? Not much on face value, but I was stricken today how similar
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Alright, so here’s the start of a series of threads on the French army in the 18th century. Today’s thread will be introductory in nature and provide some background on
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Chine: Le virus SRAS a muté et se transmet entre les humains. Le cas de transmission inter-humain n'était pas possible. C'est un virus semblable à 80% au virus SRAS pour
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Sorry guys, my thread on Melbourne being Ground Zero for the New World Order became disjointed. So here it is again, in full.Apologies in advance 1/ Melbourne is ground zero
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Thread: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is one of the most intriguing old masters. Two of his works, the Last Supper & The Mona Lisa, are amongst the most famous images
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4. Scaphism Scaphism, aka “the boats,” was an alleged ancient Persian method of execution where one died by literally being eaten alive. The victim would be placed between two wooden
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THREAD: "A little garos in your food Sir?" We could imagine an ancient cook-slave asking his master the above question during one long-drawn symposium in ancient Athens, couldn't we?Let's explore
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okay but let me explain something about medieval timekeepinghttps://twitter.com/sbuss/status/1371323426296668162 that was meant to be a one liner tweet but okay okay let me get coffee and I will explain because
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Travelogue: The Man from Zimbabwe, Tourism And Ethiopian Coffee.He wanted to jump the queue at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport but I told him outright to stay on the queue.
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Open Wattpad & read from this app because of #YueDi, first at all their chemistry in Meteor Garden 2018 make fans write their story in many alternate universe. Dispite its
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Right as per this- I’m about to start watching Carry On Cleo, a take on Anthony and Cleopatra that makes Shakespeare’s look like a masterclass in Egyptology.https://twitter.com/_f_b_g_/status/1247444598219210752 Once again I
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Thread: Felix Nussbaum (1904-44) was a German Jewish art. He gave us a profound record of man’s inhumanity to man. He charted the inner life of an artist facing a
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Why don't I just make a thread of every African country and the most prominent tribes, languages and (maybe) cultural figures we might be aware of Imma do it in
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With romans and religion, you often thing about their (commendable) habit to feed christians to lions. But how did they approach the traditional roman religion, and the many others they
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