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"During the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic, societies across the Levant transformed their social, cultural and economic organisation, with new forms of food production, architecture and material culture. But to what extent were regional developments connected and how, in particular, did ideas and objects flow between the most southern and northern reaches of Southwest Asia?" DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.67 #archaeology #history #neolithic #epipalaeolithic #iconography #culture #asia #openaccess #oa #histodon #histodons #archaeodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1664261784327290881
"Such documents provide important evidence for the level of literacy in the Roman world and offer an insight into the everyday lives of ordinary people." https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251788 #history #rome #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1664277825539670020
The #medieval origins of phrases such as “the apple of one’s eye” and “by hook or by crook”. https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/ten-phrases-middle-ages/ #history #words #languages #english @histodon @histodons @medievodons
Source: https://twitter.com/Medievalists/status/1664295169850593283
Would it be advantageous for buyers from #online bookstores to be able to search #books by length or page count? #bookstodon
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Why French Sounds So Unlike Spanish, Italian & Other Romance Languages, Even Though They All Evolved from Latin
"This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps." https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523838 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Map #Maps #Cartography #Book #books #histodon #histodons #bookstodon
@histodon @histodons @bookstodon
Source: https://twitter.com/MapStorms/status/1663895070720794624
"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/Lindsay_Powell/status/1663913791103328256
"John Stuart Mill is remembered as one of the most important and influential philosophers of the 19th century." https://www.humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-41-john-stuart-mill/ #History #Philosophy #C19th #England #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @philosophy
Source: https://twitter.com/HumanProgress/status/1663685606289842176
"The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel". https://theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society #History #Manuscript #Medieval #histodon #histodons #medievodons @histodon @histodons @medievodons
What is AI and why are experts terrified about its future? | 60 Minutes ... https://youtu.be/OTwdrMAq-Fk #YouTube #Video #Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics @science
Swali, P., Schulting, R., Gilardet, A. et al. Yersinia pestis genomes reveal plague in Britain 4000 years ago. Nat Commun 14, 2930 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38393-w #OpenAccess #OA #Science #Archaeology #Genomics #Biology #Article #Academia #Research #Britain @archaeodons @science @academicchatter
"In 1821, Fredrik Meltzer came up with a proposal that ended up becoming the Norwegian flag.
But it wasn't him who had designed it. It was his 10-year-old son." https://sciencenorway.no/history-national-identity/the-norwegian-flag-was-designed-by-a-10-year-old/2203413 #History #Norway #Europe #Flags #C19th #Scandivania #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
"The content of Yny lhyvyr hwnn reflects the author's interest, especially his desire, arising from his belief in the need for reform in religion, to ensure that ordinary people learnt the basic tenets of the Christian faith." https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/printed-material/yny-lhyvyr-hwnn #Welsh #book #books #bookstodon #history #histodons #histodon #c16th @bookstodon @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/NLWales/status/1663451258781409280
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I always find it amazing that in bygone epochs how much travelling human beings partook in. They did not have access to modern technology; but, nonetheless were able to traverse thousands of miles on rudimentary forms of transport. #History #Transportation
"Richard Hooker defends the religious and political settlement of Elizabethan England using rational arguments and appeals to the natural law." https://www.historyofphilosophy.net/richard-hooker #History #Philosophy #Podcast #England #English #C16th #histodons #histodon @histodons @histodon @philosophy
Source: https://twitter.com/HistPhilosophy/status/1662721235673858049
Rise of the City: How the great god Marduk built the city of Babylon https://youtu.be/Ep936ropKlc #YouTube #Archaeology #History #Assyriology #Video #archaeodons #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons @ancientneareast
"Schooten possessed an excellent knowledge of the mathematics of both his own time and earlier periods. Beside being an extraordinarily industrious and conscientious scholar, a skilful communicator, and an inspiring teacher, he was a man of rare unselfishness." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schooten/ #Maths #Mathematics #Math #History #Biography #Dutch #Netherlands #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @mathematics @academicchatter
Source: https://twitter.com/mathshistory/status/1663113708489392131
"The beads represent some of the earliest amber specimens in southwest Asia and also some of the most distant discoveries from the find areas in the Baltic region." https://phys.org/news/2023-05-bronze-age-long-distance-baltic-amber.html #History #Archaeology #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
Source: https://twitter.com/archaeologyEAA/status/1663103643317403649
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'Cipher' and 'zero' are etymological doublets:
they both stem from Arabic 'ṣifr', which means "empty, 0".
'Ṣifr' was borrowed into Medieval Latin two times:
as 'cifra' and 'zephirum'.
The descendants of 'cifra' later lost the meaning "0" to those of 'zephirum'.
Here's how:
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph related. Some toots containing #videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
Toots automatically delete after two weeks.
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