#Century

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

riversidewings

YES, kids, it's that time, the wonderful time of week called #FridayNightHistory, and this week, we're talking about Hijikata Toshizo, @ChilledComics' ancestor who was executive officer of #Shinsengumi and was

vakibs

vakibs

In this thread, I will discuss the proselytization of Christianity in British India, and the evolution of strategy from James R. Ballantyne to Monier Williams and beyond. I will argue

*puts on flower crown, falls into a faerie circle*

Klezmerstyle

fun fact: as a child I assumed lb stood for "little babies," and that a little baby weighed exactly one lb so apparently it actually comes from the Latin phrase

Audra J. Wolfe, PhD

ColdWarScience

A thread on today’s Never Just Science, on Lysenko, Lysenkoism, what it means to call something “Lysenkoist.”https://neverjustscience.substack.com/p/lysenkos-ghosts I felt I owed you all this post, if nothing else to explain

Mzala Tom

tlsibanda

1. HOW MFECANE TRANSFORMED THE ZIMBABWE PLATEAU A thread...Mfecane ( Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho) was a period of widespread chaos and warfare among indigenous ethnic communities in southern Africa

KEPT THE FAITH, BABY! ¡SI SE PUEDE!

JamesMWilliam18

#OnThisDay 1975 WWII freedom fighter, civil rights activist, entertainer and star of the French cabaret Josephine Baker, died. She used the power of her sexuality and beauty - proudly.Who was

Greater Ohio Policy Center

GreaterOhio

Today, GOPC visits Barberton, Ohio for our #OHCommunitySpotlight! Located in Summit County, the “Magic City” is known for many things – including matches, fried chicken, and mums galore! #GOPCThread To

XULQI MOON

XULQIMOON

#Xinjiang #Uighurs #China This thread will feature CIA role in Xinjiang which is less known but US claims 1 million+ Muslims are detained there leaving out the pretext to current

Ceteris Paribus

entropied

Earlier saw tweets saying there's no Hindus attempt to understand Islam pre 18th cent.It's true, explicit reference to Islam is almost absent in Sanskrit texts but there's enough in vernacular

foone

Foone

so I was thinking about a American dating system inspired by the roman dating system with some influence from the japanese era system, using presidents.So like we landed on the

Danielle Scarlett

daniellesb_

Idk though, do "cis" colonized women "benefit" from western colonial gender structures? I think "benefit" depending how it's used can imply privilege discourse, or can imply one of intersectionality's intended

Imperium Press

ImperiumPress

Halloween(ish) thread: we are seeing the beginnings of an archaic revival.Ghosts we thought were dead are coming back, some of very high antiquity indeed.Be afraid. 1) Word of mouth:This seems

Rize

RizeOT7addict

All the traditional korean elemental aesthetics and actual historical references in the Daechwita MV- a thread The clothes that the king in the MV was wearing were influenced by the

Dr. Michael J. Taylor

DrMichaelJTayl1

A running defense of Classics, defined here broadly as the study of the literature, history and archaeology of the ancient Mediterranean, c. 1200 BC- AD 700. Much of this is

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

Thread@RunSantaRun2024 is only a faint shadow of leftist trolls from even four years ago.Like Biden being the best the Democrats have, this is the best that leftist trolls have. And

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castielbeifong

15x17 thread i never watched last weeks episode oops rachel miner/meg in the recap ugh love her so bad omfg amara so gd pretty helpppp CAS samcas besties