#Historian

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Nthapeleng__

The Timbuktu Syllabus (Pt 4)"The richest man who ever lived" King Musa. Leader of the great Mali Empire. Today, it lies plagued by poverty.And the country which was once the

Steven Schwinghamer

s_schwinghamer

Your daily reminder that public commemoration (statuary and... plaquary?) is not at all about history and serves no record-keeping function whatsoever.Public acts of commemoration signal from a position of power,

Oregon History

oregon_history

25 years ago today, something happened here at 214 W Burnside. And it kinda freaked #Portland the fuck out. Of course - 25 years ago, the place looked quite a

Hugh Hewitt

hughhewitt

1. I stumbled into my quarantine project by accident, b/c of a strong, pre-alarm suggestion from an old friend and deeply read lawyer Steve Thames. B/c of @SenTomCotton I had

Abhinav Agarwal

AbhinavAgarwal

A thread with excerpts from Madhusree Mukerjee's devastating book, "Churchill's Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II"https://amzn.to/3dLP1at "By 1769, Bengal had no gold,

Sergey Radchenko

DrRadchenko

So, a quick take on Putin's long-delayed article on WWII, published (omg) by the National Interest: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/vladimir-putin-real-lessons-75th-anniversary-world-war-ii-162982. The overall conclusion is of cour

Traditionalist

HinduTrad

This is a thread on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. This includes many episodes from his life,his sayings at various parts of his life and a few other things. The tweets have

Mark Kirstein

nonergodicMark

If the book @EconTalker is writing on decision-making and data contains any decision theories imho it must include #Ergodicity Economics. Looking forward.http://www.econtalk.org/john-kay-and-mervyn-king-on-radical-uncertainty/ This might in

ThrillNg

thrill_ng

Biography of Nigerian public servant, Lauretta OnochieA thread https://thrillng.com/full-biography-of-lauretta-onochie/ Who is Lauretta Onochie? Lauretta Onochie is a popular Nigerian civil educator and government worker. She is the specia

Tracksuit

ThabisoMosia

Eddie Leie on #SAFMSportOn :I'm in training to become an Advocate, so I've been busy with that, but also training and staying fit. I also have a Teaching degree

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: October 23, 1976. On October 23, 1976, International Woodworkers of America Local 3-101 in Everett, Washington had its monthly union meeting. Big deal? No! This

Indian History Enthusiast

Dharmichistory2

A thread on Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and the societal conditions during his life Shri Chaitany Mahaprabhu lived from 1486-1534 AD. During this period, Muslims had political control in most parts

Anahit Ghazakhetsian

ghazakhetsian

Artsakh is Armenia — a long thread with historical facts, maps, documents and photographs #PeaceforArmenians #StopAzerbaijaniAggression #Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), as a part of Armenia, is mentioned in the works of -

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

#OTD in 1863, some 24,000 Yankees in George Thomas’s army stamped their feet in the afternoon chill, gazing across an open field toward this hill, Orchard Knob. They were about

Dipankar

Shomes_quest

"The Great Warriors of Bharat"Today marks the 185th death anniversary of one of the greatest warriors of Bharat "U Tirot Sing".One of the revolutionary leaders of North East India.He was

Kristin Du Mez

kkdumez

I've been waiting a long time for this @CTmagazine review of JESUS AND JOHN WAYNE, and, well, it looks like I won't be winning any CT book awards this year.