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Early Japanese Visitor Describes “Baffling” American Culture // (1872) The Iwakura Embassy
[…] xtracts taken from “The Iwakura Embassy, 1871-1873: A True Account of the Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary’s Journey of Observation through the United States of America and Europe by Kume Kunitake, Graham Healey, Chushichi Tsuzuki, Martin Collcutt, Andrew Cobbing, P. … Continue reading
THE ALPHABET EXPLAINED: The origin of every letter
Every letter of our alphabet has a story to tell. Join me for an A to Z of A to Z. I’ll explain… 𐦃 The Egyptian hieroglyphics that became our letters 🏛 Why W is called “double U” 🇫🇷 Why … Continue reading
In the 3,700-year footsteps of a king, a barber and a slave | Aeon Essays
Tablet from Gimil-Ninkarrak’s archive for the hire of a labourer, describing Gimil-Ninkarrak as the ‘chief barber’. Courtesy the Louvre Museum, Paris Some 3,700 years ago, an enslaved girl, a barber, and a king crossed paths in a city by the … Continue reading
Did Pirates Really Sing Sea Shanties? It’s Complicated
Songs like “A Pirate’s Life for Me” and “Dead Man’s Chest” are as prevalent in pirate lore as eye patches or treasure maps. But these tunes were written more than a hundred years AFTER the Golden Age of Piracy. In … Continue reading
History of the British Empire (in One Take)
Welcome to the British Empire. This video takes an epic tour through centuries of change, resistance and violence, meeting key figures who played important roles in this turbulent era. […]
What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant?
What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant? Watch the full episode of ‘Going Medieval: Those Who Work’ on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/going-m… In the Medieval period, peasants made up roughly 80% of the European population. But what was … Continue reading
When Elephants Got Weird
This extinct elephant relative had the entire garden shed on its face. This is the Platybelodon. [..]
Quaternions are Amazing and so is William Rowan Hamilton!
Quaternions are amazing, they made modern vector mathematics. But how were they created and how do they work? In order to explain all that I am providing both a fun biography of Hamilton AND a biography of quaternions and the … Continue reading
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