#Civilization

1. I address myself to the uncorrupted souls: It’s distressing, I know, to find your thinking contradicted by a confident consensus. You don’t want to believe anything false. You’ll get
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#UniversitiesOfAncientIndia In ancient times India was a centre of higher learning as it is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. Most people do not really know the contribution
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WHO is Brock Chisholm? (LONG THREAD)Brock Chisholm (18 May 1896 - 4 February 1971) was a Canadian psychiatrist, medical practitioner, and the first director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO). Brock
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Which Preindustrial Society was the Most Energy-Rich?1. Thanks to all who proposed their answers here, as well as commenters on my blog.2. Remember that I formulated the questions so that
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I just had the unfortunate displeasure of watching PLANET OF THE HUMANS the #Earthday freebie irresponsibly put out by Michael Moore @MMFlint.The film is an unsubstantiated, unscientific, poorly made
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Because they are mostly paywalled (this one isn't) some truly insane op-eds are published in the WSJ that don't get much attention. This one should: removing voting rights from a
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"The Negro knows nothing of the cost of freedom for he has not fought for it. From time to time he has fought for Liberty and Justice, but these were
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Today, the World celebrates #Fibonacci day."Fibonacci sequence is nature's code. It is in everything from flowers to storm systems to the shape of galaxies"- they said, crediting Mr. Fibonacci for
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A list of places I think you should visit in GolanRoman hot spring at Hamat Gader The Byzantine monastery of Kursi with it’s beautiful mosaic floor Qal'at al-Hisn (Hippos) don’t
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History Before Nigeria ____9000 B.C. – Creation of oldest currently known artifacts and stone shelters. Igboland mostly occupied by foragers including Bantu ancestors.3000–500 B.C. – Development of donovan (yam cultivation)
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Below is a very interesting writeup by a Akshay Narang ( Lawyer & Historian ).“The #Liberalist in us since 265BC"In #India, it's never about ideology. It is only about civilisation.
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The Amazon Rainforest will enter into a sustained death spiral by the 2030s if deforestation isn't completely stopped in the next 48 months. Amazon destruction surged 21% in 2020.At that
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“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
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FUN FACT THREAD: Aramaic was the first language of Christ. It is also the oldest language in the world, derived from cuneiform. Commonly referred to as the fertile crescent and
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decentralization is defined as “the transfer of control of an activity or organization to several local offices or authorities rather than one single one.”if you don’t know how organizations or
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THREAD to Bust Myths related to Sarasvati RiverMany modern indian historians, leftists have claimed the Sarasvati river 1) never existed or 2) if it did, it is the Helmand river
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