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Khawla bint Thalaba was an ordinary woman of Medina during the time of Muhammad. Khawla’s only claim to fame is that she enters the Quran as “the woman who argued.”

Statues have always been intertwined with politics.One of the most striking examples of the politics of statues can be found in Florence, right in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence’s

In 18th-century Egypt, Frenchmen often decided to “turn Turk” (se faire turc) or convert to Islam. French consuls did not say how often Frenchmen slipped through their net, settling down

Indigenous Conquistadors in the Conquest of Mesoamerica: A ThreadAn enduring alliance evolved between the Spaniards and the Tlaxcalteca (a predominantly Nahuatl-speaking indigenous state in modern-day Mexico) that lasted well into

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

Dogs That Didn’t Bark, a thread on:EARLY NATIVE DOG BREEDS IN THE AMERICASNumerous early documents indicate that dogs were present in the Americas before the arrival of European colonists.1/ A

I'm so glad you asked! So... the orange carrot we know today was cultivated in the Netherlands in the 16th century. The debate among carrot historians is *why* orange carrots

Ur 𒌨 in Sumerian means “dog”, but it can also mean “carnivorous animal”. Because "ur" forms the base of many other animal names, I find it enjoyable to translate it