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27 07, 2017

Maimonides – a Jewish doctor in medieval Cairo

By |2019-11-22T18:14:12-08:00July 27th, 2017|Islam, Science|Comments Off on Maimonides – a Jewish doctor in medieval Cairo

Saladin's castle in Cairo, where Maimonides worked Maimonides and health care In the 1100s AD, when Maimonides wrote his book about medicine, doctors didn't have very many medicines or medical treatments that worked. The Guide [...]

16 07, 2017

Perseus and Andromeda – Greek mythology

By |2018-04-23T11:45:26-07:00July 16th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Perseus and Andromeda – Greek mythology

Medusa's sisters, from an Athenian Proto-Geometric vase about 675-650 BC So Perseus took the winged sandals and the sword and the shield and he said thank you and he flew to where Medusa's cave was. She [...]

5 06, 2017

Shang houses and altars – Shang Dynasty China

By |2018-04-18T09:53:25-07:00June 5th, 2017|Architecture, China|Comments Off on Shang houses and altars – Shang Dynasty China

The Shang Dynasty city wall around Zhengzhou (thanks to Gary Todd) There was a city wall of rammed earth around the Shang capital at An-yang, and around other cities like [...]

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