On this day: Battle of Lepanto
Battle of Lepanto in 1571 On October 7th, 1571, the combined fleets of Spain and Venice destroyed the Ottoman Empire's navy at the Battle of Lepanto. Early Modern Spain and [...]
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10, 2020
On this day: Nez Perce surrender to US Army
Chief Joseph, about 1880 AD On October 5th, 1877, the Nez Perce leader Chief Joseph surrendered his people to the United States Army and agreed to move to a [...]
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10, 2020
New lights on the Acropolis
The Parthenon painted in colors The Parthenon and the Acropolis in Athens just unveiled a new lighting system, which you can admire here: Acropolis light show video To join in [...]
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10, 2020
National Poetry Day
Phillis Wheatley Peters For National Poetry Day, here's a collection of our articles about poets. I've also taken the occasion to rename the African-American poet Phillis Wheatley using the name [...]
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10, 2020
When sewing needles were high tech
I've got a new (academic) blog post up over on Alexandra Makin's site on Early Medieval (mostly) Textiles: When Sewing Needles were high tech: Women and Work in the Early Middle Ages [...]
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09, 2020
Indian Residential Schools
Canadian residential school for Inuit girls Quatr.us honors Orange Shirt Day, in remembrance of the Native American children who were forced away from their mothers and fathers and held in [...]
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09, 2020
National Coffee Day
Ottoman coffeehouse, 1500s AD (cf. S. al-Hassani, 1001 Inventions: Muslim Heritage in Our World, Manchester 2006) Where does coffee come from? When did people start to drink coffee? Why do [...]
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09, 2020
QAnon: reviving old anti-Semitic lies
I can't do better today than to urge you to read this great blog post by Dr Eleanor Janega of the London School of Economics, which explains everything: On QAnon and Antisemitism [...]
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09, 2020
Black Enlightenment philosophers
Old Church of Saint Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia, which was standing when Zera Yakob was writing In the 1600s and 1700s, many new ideas came to Europe from Africa. The [...]
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05, 2020
Free Store PDX
PDX Free Store COVID update: we're not holding any regular free stores until other retail stores in the Portland area open back up, or until we figure out another arrangement. We're considering [...]
