#History

There are not neat analogies to Western politics for Hong Kong's movement. So many tropes & binaries Westerners take for granted — East vs. West, left vs. right, capitalism vs.
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Right.The largest part of treasures coming from at least 3 civilizations, 4 empires, innumerable Republics, Kingdoms, Dukedoms and Gran Dukedoms which anthrpopized the Italian Peninsula are currently abroad, and that
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Gotta love the chyrons on CNN right now! #TrumpMeltdown This one blew up! Nothing to promote but I’d love the follows to keep the movement going and make 45 a
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THREAD 1/nOK, just when you things could not get worse with the UK Government..You probably all saw the worrying advert yesterday for a new Head of Security Vetting to take
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In this thread I’m going to explain some misconceptions, facts, origins etc about violence towards black people in America. [A thread] #BlackLivesMatter #RIPGeorgeFloyd When I so often think about
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1/nAttn: @myogiadityanath Question from today's UP PCS examQ: Who had merged Sikkim in India?a. Lord Hastings b) Lord Bentinck c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord AucklandHasn't Sikkim been part of India
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Okay, so, I was re-watching some of James Randi's debunkings and I got to his encounter with James Hydrick and, wait, something's off about this... he's not... is he...? Oh
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Who teaches Modern European History at @CamHistory?Back in 2018 we ran a series of @MEHcambridge academic staff profiles that proved rather popular, so with a few new faces and an
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Grand narratives of history often center on interactions among ideas, polities, & Great Individuals (esp. Great Men). But one of the important & overlooked actors is disease! Here are some
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the way we classify countries is v ugly to me. “developing country” implies that the country is just slow to progress. it implies that its people aren’t as capable as
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Italy has played an unexpected and oddly crucial role at key moments in Turkish diplomatic history... In 1919, Italy's push to expand its territorial claims in Anatolia led Britain to
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I don’t denounce my friends when I disagree with them. If you do, then you don’t actually have friends, you only have political alliances, and your life will be filled
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(1/??) So, I'm working on this little drawing! It's still not finished but I wanted to share it!#キミガシネ #yourturntodie I swear I want to finish it as soon as I
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This week in class we read Tales form the Haunted South by Tiya Miles. It is a great look at the ties between dark tourism in the South and how
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Starving for art & galleries closed? There’s lots to see in person, spread out across TO. Window galleries, alleyways & 400+ public artworks & more clandestine ones make TO a
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The Indian traders were jews, as far as I know. By being merchants, they were able to shape their policies.They sold Indians the liquor and guns to kill themselves and
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