#Historian

Ali A Olomi

aaolomi

The Great Pyramids have always captured our imagination. For medieval Muslims, they were a relic of a ancient age of knowledge; an edifice of magic, astrology, and the jinn. A

Yitz Latkes

yitzlandes

A quick little thread—before it's too late!—on late ancient Jewish views of Hanukkah/the Hasmoneans *outside of classical rabbinic literature*, which, actually, do conform a bit more to the modern "nationalist"

Matthew Keer

CaptainK77

My kid is deaf. He has an associated language disorder. He's brighter than I am. He works harder than I do. He's surmounted every barrier to learning thrown at him

Chris Morris

BBCChrisMorris

Hello 2021. I’ve been down with Covid since New Year's Day and it’s been pretty brutal. When I lived in India a few years ago I got dengue fever and

Lead Right

Lead_Right

A weekend away with international #boxing personalities. Weighing up the pros and cons of spending time with these characters.A thread: Floyd Mayweather – 9/10Pros:Riding a Segway around the house. Free

李江琳

JianglinLi

Thread（1）As a Chinese born and raised in a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) family, I had the unique experience of being educated both in China and US and have a “half-half”

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

This year has been tough on authors. Here's a list of some of my favourite books that debuted in 2020. If you're looking for a last minute holiday gift, look

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Rush Limbaugh will be remembered as one of the most consequential figures in the history of American conservatism, because he reflected and shaped the world view of the post-Reagan GOP

Ahab Bdaiwi איהאבּ ܐܝܗܐܒ

bdaiwi_historia

1/Yesterday Sean (@shahanSean) briefly mentioned the doctrine of muḥādatha (محادثة). Typically the medieval literature describes non-prophetic person who converses with angels as muḥaddath (محدث). The prominent caliph ʿUmar

Claire

ClaireRedacted

When tracking the Palestinian national identity, one must not conflate the individual vs. collective. The connecting tissue from the various individuals, whether Christian or Muslim, was rejection of Jewish Zionist

Mia Mulder

Potatopolitics

Hi, Historian here with my specialty in1930s Germany and LGBT historyYou are so super wrong. Please read a book. The most famous nazi book burnings were of trans medicinal litterature,

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

1/18 Joan of Arc - The Scots arrive in France - "Consumers of mutton and wine." That was the fairly dismissive description which met the Scottish soldiers who arrived in

Clare Griffin

balalaichnitsa

Ok, clearly I hate myself because I am actually now going to do a line-by-line refutation of this nonsense.https://twitter.com/daniel_dsj2110/status/1334295004790091781 First, a quick transcription of what the photo in the OP

Kalinga Arya

KalingaArya

Long Thread:Observation and analysis of Kesodas Maru episode.Pic 1 n 2 in both places first asks who is Keso Dasa Maru? His clan, state etc. After Disha sent the snippet

A.Z. Foreman

azforeman

People hate to hear it but no, Trump is not a fascist. No major historian of classical fascism who has been asked by reporters if Trump is a fascist has

Matt Stoller

matthewstoller

1. @ShaoulSussman and I wrote about a key scholar named Herb Hovenkamp. It's a story of how corporate power lives not in seedy politics, but in academia, in expert jargon,

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