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29th of May. An infamous date for Byzantium but also, a year ago, publication date of Porphyry and Ash. Relive the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire: amazon.com/Porphyry-Ash-Nove…
Picked this beauty up today and was touched to find Paul was generous to include me in his acknowledgment.
The ‘smooth’ transition from UK to US hegemony took the two most destructive wars in human history.
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NFL in LA going entirely according to plan. Thank god the Rams left St. Louis for this.
Congratulations to the San Francisco 49ers on the extra home game. #FTTB
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2:10pm TODAY on @PBSAmerica
The Ottoman Empire: Battle for the Mediterranean
Ep 3 of 3, Clash of Civilisations
Famagusta in Cyprus was the jewel in the Venetian crown. Julian Davison takes a tour of the city's magnificent gothic cathedrals and formidable fortress
#History
Anna Notaras spent her childhood in the court of a Roman Emperor and was still alive when Christopher Colombus sailed west.
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Byzantine Rome - Rome is a city with ancient Roman remains and baroque churches. Most people, however, forget Rome's Byzantine past, a past that should not be forgotten! Byzantine Rome (6th-13th century) - see separate thread for 4th/5th centuries! (Byzantine = Byzantine style)
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The 76-year-old bookseller, Mohamed Aziz, from Rabat, Morocco, spends 6 to 8 hours a day reading books. Having read more than 5,000 books in French, Arabic and English, he remains the oldest bookseller in Rabat after more than 43 years in the same place. When asked why he left his books unattended outside, where they could potentially be stolen, he replied that those who cannot read do not steal books, and those who can read are not thieves. He is known as the most photographic bookseller in the world. He has had his used book stall since 1963 in the Medina, the oldest district of Rabat, the capital of Morocco. Orphaned at the age of 6, he tried his hand at fishing to fulfill his dream of graduating from high school, but at 15 he dropped out of school because he could not afford textbooks, which were too expensive for his family. Frustrated and without studies, he decided to open a bookstore, placing books on a rug on the floor under a tree, and now for over half a century he has run his shop, realizing his dream of studying. His day lasts twelve hours. Before opening the bookstore, he looks for used books in other shops to read and resell them. Today, over seven years old, he says that with two pillows and a book is enough to feel happy. He accumulates towers of books and when you ask him how many he has, he answers that he never has enough. He interrupts reading only to pray, smoke, eat and serve and advise customers interested in specific topics.
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There are a lot of problems with this. but I want to highlight the claim that this system lasted "almost 1,000 years" which speaks to how the Middle Ages are extended & essentialized.
The core features of this system emerge in the 8th/ 9th cent. and are mostly gone by the 16th.
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One of the great novels of the 20th century is about Huey Long and his murder. Despite this he is little remembered. Most of the ‘Curse’ tweet is BS. He was a long shot for 1936 & the motive had nothing to do with his killer’s religion.
I didn’t know this.
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That Long was "poised to win" the 1936 election is nonsensical speculation as he never launched a campaign and was giving conflicting on whether he'd even run well into 1936. Moreover, in the only poll where Long figured, his ticket polled at only about 11% of the vote.
jstor.org/stable/4231456
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long
thecrimson.com/article/1990/1…
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Different Perspectives: Romans who conquered Egypt during the time of Augustus had the chance to see Egyptian monuments in their full colorful glory, a very different viewing experience from how they appear today. Imperial rule in Egypt lasted for almost seven centuries, and the colors most likely fully faded by the time of the Islamic conquest.
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Aside from the 14 Byzantine churches Thessaloniki there are also walls, palaces, arches, museums, and fortresses. Some of these are technically Ottoman but are replacing similar Byzantine predecessors especially in the case of the defensive system. Thread 🧵🧵 Share if you like
This is an engaging read and interesting theory.
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Of course, if those merchants were Saxon and still in Brasov in 1459 they and their children probably ended up on stakes when Vlad turned on them.
Merchants enter Wallachia in late 1450s and immediately notice that the roads have been made safer by the voivode Vlad Dracula who had many highway robbers impaled.
Such method of execution of highway robbers was still used in the Ottoman Empire as late as early 19th century.
The scene is from the movie Vlad Țepeș (1979).
