#1829

Liam Hogan

Limerick1914

British slave traders forcibly shipped approximately 5.5 million enslaved Africans into their Caribbean colonies over a 180 year period yet when slavery was abolished just 800,000 enslaved people remained. (Beckles)https://twitter.com/ayoca

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

TheRaDR

“Judeo-Christian” isn’t a thing. It a) positions Jews & Christians against Muslims, is Islamophobic b) elides Christian oppression & murder of Jews over more than 1000 years & c) ignores

Highlander Tajik

TimppaKarjala

For a long time, I wanted to create a thread on Iakinf (Bichurin), but too much info and I'm lazy LOL. He's one of the most important China scholars in

Historyland.

LandOfHistory

Two days ago, you may recall, one of those rabbit hole segues occurred on Napoleonic Twitter, where @latelordchatham, @ZwhiteHistory and @aquestingvole started everyone discussing, with various levels of seriousness, Wellington

East Lothian Voices - a different person each week

EL_Voices

Today is the 700th Anniversary of the signing of the #DeclarationofArbroath on the 6th April 1320. Here's a wee thread listing some of its #EastLothian connections. Did you know that

Carl Zha

CarlZha

Father of “East Turkestan”: Russian Sinologist Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin. He 1st invented the term “East Turkestan” to replace “Chinese Turkestan” in foreign language usage in 1829. coincided w Russian conquest

Petru Sofio

PetruSofio

Thread: how many red light runners at Appleton street and mass Ave when I cross 3/9/20211336Weather: ClearGlare: None2 red light runners1 almost red light runner 3/10/202117:16Weather: clearGlare: none1 red light

Michael Press

MichaelDPress

For #WorldHeritageDay, a thread on the houses on top of the Temple of EdfuInspired by @malfy_c, I decided to find out what happened to them.(Image from Description de l'Égypte, vol.

Rewilding Britain

RewildingB

We're now on 28 Rewilding Network members, rewilding 229,193 acres between themHere's our second thread showcasing a handful of these inspiring #rewilding projects and where to find out more about

long tall sh(ort)y 🍓

oblabeatles

On the 53rd Anniversary of the release of 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', here is a thread about the celebrities featured on the album cover and why The Beatles

Scott Bevan

scottylar

‘Twas the 16th May 2017 & a good friend of mine had kindly invited me to his home in Warwickshire to detect the fields surrounding his house. M made me

Antifascist Alligator 🐊

Antifagator

Thread. Many US leftists are super Eurocentric & the most naive are Scandinaviaboos, so I keep saying Latin American history is more relevant to where we are & where we

petty offense

JurisPettiness

Buckle up, nerds, we're gonna talk about MAIL.https://twitter.com/JurisPettiness/status/1250504919909650435 So when we're talking about mail you can argue whether the earliest forms of it--rulers distributing their decrees--is a true predeces

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) THREAD: During the 19th century, many people living in Derbyshire, England meticulously collected and stored their fallen or extracted teeth in jars. When a person died, these teeth were

Tatu Philosophe

PhilosophieTatu

Petite discussion pouvant potentiellement intéresser @rosselin & @EFJ_Officiel (et autres journalistes susceptibles de passer par-là)Savez-vous qui est ce mec ? Il s'agit de Charles Philipon. Si son nom et son

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kaadynb

Féminisme et islam sont-ils compatibles ? Je tenais à préciser que je ne suis pas du tout féministe et je ne souhaite pas le devenir. Je parle de ce mouvement