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"How did Asia come to be represented on European World maps? When and how did Asian Countries adopt a continental system for understanding the world? How did countries with disparate mapping traditions come to share a basic understanding and vision of the globe? "
Hostetler, L. (eds) (31 Jan. 2024). Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: The East Asian Legacies of Matteo Ricci's World Map, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004684782 [Accessed 30 April 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #Brill #DOI #History #Histodon #Histodons #EarlyModern #Asia #Map #Maps #Cartography #Culture #Read #Reading #Academia #Academic #Academics #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @earlymodern @bookstodon (80)
@clintunplugged @archaeodons I understood it was an an acronym, I just did not know what it stood for. I thank you for helping to teach me something new.
@clintunplugged @archaeodons I am so old I had to look up what 'rpgs' means.
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@bibliolater @archaeodons 12-sided dice for playing ancient Roman tabletop rpgs
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Emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer have fallen by more than 99% since 1989
‘Resurrection’ to be release in April 2025
"According to Edward Pentin of the National Catholic Register, the film will cover the events leading up to the Resurrection, but will also follow the intrigues that took place in Herod's palace and conclude with the events that took place in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday."
https://evangelicalfocus.com/culture/26391/resurrection-to-be-release-in-april-2025
#Cinema #News #Film #Films #Movie #Movies #MelGibson #Jesus #Religion #Christianity #Culture @religion
@MostlyTato @archaeodons Certainly does look like a dodecahedral conundrum!
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I drew one of these 25 years ago, they still haven't figured it out. Lots of theories, but no real consensus. Fun to illustrate though.
Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK
"Experts said they were ‘no closer’ to finding out what the mysterious Roman object actually was"
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-object-mysterious-uk-b2536326.html
@PaulWermer I have read the abstract. How would do you think the fleeting nature of the response can be made permanent?
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READ THE ABSTRACT. Especially the last few lines. That's the problem we need to consider....
"Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society."
Alstola, T. (19 Dec. 2019). Judeans in Babylonia, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004365421 [Accessed 29 April 2024]
#OpenAccess #OA #Brill #DOI #Ancient #History #Histodon #Histodons #Judaism #Religion #Babylonia #Read #Reading #Academia #Academic #Academics #NonFiction #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon (79)
"We specifically study how a severe climate disaster, Hurricane Ian, shaped public opinion in the Republican-dominated American South. Our study focuses on attitudes in four Southern swing states, where climate-skeptic and anti-migrant politics intersect and where voters are cross-pressured by climate change and migration."
ARIAS, S.B. and BLAIR, C.W. (2024) ‘In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes’, American Political Science Review, pp. 1–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055424000352
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Augustan, Newtonian, physician, mathematician, satirist, John Arbuthnot, was baptised 29 April 1667
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/to-break-a-butterfly-upon-a-wheel/
Genghis Khan vs the Shaman Teb Tengri
"In the early days of the Mongol Empire, Chinggis Khan relied on the support of an influential shaman named Teb Tengri. But the Shaman soon became a threat, undermining the rule of Chinggisids and seeking to turn Chinggis Khan's family against each other."
#Video #History #Histodon #Histodons #Mongols #GenghisKhan #Asia @histodon @histodons
The King's English : Fowler, H. W. (Henry Watson), 1858-1933: https://archive.org/details/kingsenglish00fowliala ~via @internetarchive
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@CliffWade Good morning, I am planning on spending the day reading a book to while away the time.
Not a bot, just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
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