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Tweetistorian
Today I'm answering your questions. It's also the third day of protests in Austin, TX in response to the killing of George Floyd by police, and it feels wrong not
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ULOMA
ulxma
The Catholic Church standing against abortions, contraceptives and single mothers is the ultimate holy trinity of misogyny. Up until 1996, “across Ireland, ‘fallen women’ — unmarried mothers, prostitutes, or women
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Antiokhos in the East
AntiokhosE
First up: Quanzhou’s Muslims, who today still live in scattered towns. The extent mosque dates to 11th c. Reputedly as early as 618 Mohammed’s disciples came evangelising to the port.
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Razan Idris
idris_razan
Thread: Out of my own interest in historically visualizing the African "medieval", tonight I'm sharing a collection of architecture built across Africa in the 1500s-1600s! (Inspired by Isaac Samuel's much
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Alex T Magaisa 🇿🇼
Wamagaisa
The AVM bus - a local icon1. I was always intrigued by the acronym “AVM” since I was a boy. My search led me to a beautiful history of this
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Francesca Tacchi 🫒 Italian history & shitposting
jackdaw_writes
Btw, since I'm too anxious to read fiction I've bought a book about Etruscan religion and mythology. I'll report the most interesting bits on this thread!ETRUSCAN RELIGION AND MYTHSBut first,
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𓂀☥𓆣Mothic Beauty🦋
mothicbeauty
For those that feel spiritually connected to and guided by scorpions. The Ancient Egyptian TombsYou're asleep. You've been asleep since birth. If you think you've experienced your spiritual awakening, you
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oldeuropeanculture
serbiaireland
Thread: The ring, found on the hand of the buried person, in an intact early Christian grave from the start of the 3rd c. AD, found in graveyard of the
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Siren: A Women in Sport Collective
Siren_Sport
Helllllooooo!! @meganmaurice here, nearly ready to get started with tonight’s rewatch! Hope you’re all as excited as I am! Six mins to go... Here is the link, we’ll get started
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M. Belanger
sethanikeem
If I’d stayed on my academic fast-track to becoming a Brit Lit professor, my classes would have 100% covered what all those creative sorts were doing between the sheets because
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Djehuty
ThePanRamesside
The reddish brown colour typically given for men was the colour used in all ancient art across the Mediterranean Greeks used it, Italians used it, syrians used it, and so
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Omna Tigray
OmnaTigray
Tigray is home to peaceful religious coexistence + acceptance of all regardless of faith.Islam within Tigray has existed for centuries, and in the ongoing genocidal war, the Al-Nejashi mosque, one
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Incunabula
incunabula
Am I the only one here who has very sensibly used this two months of quarantine to fulfill a boyhood ambition 40 years later and finally buy a chunk of
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Jin Xu
xujnx
My posts on Shimao attracted a bit attention. In fact, also on the east edge of the steppe, in 6th c AD, arose a city which can be truly called
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Evan Levine
LevineRx
In many ways, the outskirts of Rome are more spectacular than the ancient city itself.From 2,000 year old roads to towering aqueducts, follow this thread to join 4 archaeologists on
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Dr Gillian O'Brien
gillianmobrien
There are magnificent #Heritage sites across #Ireland & many have reopened. I wrote about lots of them in ‘The Darkness Echoing’ so here’s a thread of some of my favourites
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