#EMPIRE

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

I’ve been thinking a lot about the disciples on the road to Emmaus, those two who had lost hope in a moment of great struggle. We often tell this story

Yong Kwon

ykwon88

Why was this important? The large estates were lending grain to poorer farmers. These loans were important because they fed farming families between sowing and harvest months. But the estates

Rauðgrani ᚱᛆᚢᚦᚴᚱᛆᚿᛁ

GraniRau

There is also the fact that ancient people(and many people now) did not see it as appropriate to judge a god by human standards. Theognis of Megara said that it

:Billy-Don :I-AM

ValiantThor12

1) The Great Wall of China. What would you say if I told you Genghis Khan was/is a Dark Actor in this game.So then...who really built the Great Wall of

Sarah Creed

ItsSarahCreed

OKKKKKK so my museum brain is slowly mulching whilst on furlough so I have decided that I am going to do a post each day analysing EVERY place setting on

Comrade Natalie 🇰🇵🏳️‍⚧️

NatalieRevolts

Something I've noticed over years and years of following information about the DPRK is that even in all of the older traditional homes of the countryside everyone has tons of

Dylan Levi King

dylanleviking

Richard M. McCarthy was Eileen Chang's handler, planning her anticommunist output, and the shadowy figure that ran the ideological fight against communist influence in Chinese-language literature. An important figure in

Lingling Wei 魏玲灵

Lingling_Wei

In the West, Jack Ma has been seen as the epitome of China’s private entrepreneurial drive. In reality, he has long been part of China’s “special-deal” economy that lifts up

Reading Museum

readingmuseum

The Greggs menu as objects from our archaeology collections: a thread A vegan sausage roll, and a tasty 12th century colonette from the ruins of Reading Abbey. Chicken bake and

Boğa 🌲

PunishedBoga

Short thread about the late life and death of Abdullah bin Saud, ruler of the First Saudi State (from 1814 to 1818):After his father Saud bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin

Jacob Peters

ArchiJake

Quick story about why hybrid & electric battery powered freight & long distance locomotives are more than just greenwashing. 1/ @BNSFRailway is testing these out right now, but they likely

alexandra j. roberts

lexlanham

someone suggested a tweet thread on how i use slides when i teach trademark law (a sneak peek at part of tomorrow's #aals2021 IP pedagogy panel). i'm by no means

Dr Rob Cromarty

DocCrom

Ancient Coin of the Day: Realistically today, there could only be one topic - as a birthday present for Nero, let's look at how a young princeps can age rapidly

Mike Hill

michaeldoron

THREADIn 1914 there was a deeply rooted and thriving community of German migrants in Britain; by 1918 it was almost utterly destroyed. (1) In 1911, 53,324 German migrants lived in

Bryan Young

swankmotron

I’m trying to get some writing done, but can’t stay awake. So I’ll kick off The Force Awakens and hope I have more energy later... Here’s my Empire and Jedi

whatchu gon do? call me an abeed?

CHUUMARXAJ

okay i'll do a brief informational thread on the unique plight of afro-palestinians and their role in the resisance against occupation, for anyone who wants it:https://twitter.com/CHUUMARXAJ/status/1334641295483043841 **resistanceokay s

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