History
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Discussions about history
Didn’t realize this prior to listening to this:
Before Louis the 16th was brought back to Paris when trying to flee in 1791, he wrote letters explaining his criticisms and demands to revise the proposed constitution, assuming he’d be able to escape before they’re read
When you’re in a position of weakness, probably avoid airing your grievances until you’re free from the consequences of them being known
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BDIjgZI5eHW9nZ2sU9bVb?si=Hc5YVP00QraGCaxW1bXFVg
Before Louis the 16th was brought back to Paris when trying to flee in 1791, he wrote letters explaining his criticisms and demands to revise the proposed constitution, assuming he’d be able to escape before they’re read
When you’re in a position of weakness, probably avoid airing your grievances until you’re free from the consequences of them being known
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3BDIjgZI5eHW9nZ2sU9bVb?si=Hc5YVP00QraGCaxW1bXFVg
Emerging victorious from a perilous battle at sea only to perish in a storm mere hours later is a most wicked twist of fortune. Such was the fate of many aboard HMS Bellerophon, which had just helped defeat the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar. The tempest struck that night and lasted several days.
“The first gen to experience addiction to cocaine came of age in the 1880s.
They experienced something genuinely new.
Not just the substances, but the feelings they evoked had never before been experienced by all the billions of humans who preceded them”
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/on-17th-century-cocaine
They experienced something genuinely new.
Not just the substances, but the feelings they evoked had never before been experienced by all the billions of humans who preceded them”
https://resobscura.substack.com/p/on-17th-century-cocaine
Napoleon tried everything to curry favour with the Egyptians, including proposing the mass conversion of his army to Islam. In his memoirs, he recounts having Islamic scholars investigate whether there was any leeway on the issues of wine and circumcision. They were unexpectedly accommodating.
What I think about as I fall asleep:
I remember that Henry Kissinger wrote a 400 page dissertation for his undergraduate thesis about the Meaning of History in the context of Spengler, Toynbee, and Kant
https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/news/meaning-history-dr-kissinger-thesis
I remember that Henry Kissinger wrote a 400 page dissertation for his undergraduate thesis about the Meaning of History in the context of Spengler, Toynbee, and Kant
https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/news/meaning-history-dr-kissinger-thesis
Then and Now: Palmyra
Palmyra, an ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century CE; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use. The city is mentioned in tablets dating from as early as the 19th century BCE. It attained prominence in the 3rd century BCE, when a road through it became one of the main routes of east-west trade. Palmyra was built on an oasis lying approximately halfway between the Mediterranean Sea (west) and the Euphrates River (east), and it helped connect the Roman world with Mesopotamia and the East.
Palmyra, an ancient city in south-central Syria, 130 miles (210 km) northeast of Damascus. The name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” was conferred upon the city by its Roman rulers in the 1st century CE; Tadmur, Tadmor, or Tudmur, the pre-Semitic name of the site, is also still in use. The city is mentioned in tablets dating from as early as the 19th century BCE. It attained prominence in the 3rd century BCE, when a road through it became one of the main routes of east-west trade. Palmyra was built on an oasis lying approximately halfway between the Mediterranean Sea (west) and the Euphrates River (east), and it helped connect the Roman world with Mesopotamia and the East.
The Mozart piece that recently 'dropped' was found in the Leipzig Municipal Library while staff were preparing to update the Köchel catalogue. It is part of his early chamber works from the 1760s, which were previously thought to be lost. Makes you wonder what else is 'lost' that has yet to be found.
Found something really interesting.
A route planner for the Roman Empire.
Calculate the route, time and costs that would have been required to travel to Rome, Corinth, Colonia, etc.
https://orbis.stanford.edu
A route planner for the Roman Empire.
Calculate the route, time and costs that would have been required to travel to Rome, Corinth, Colonia, etc.
https://orbis.stanford.edu
French agronomist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier dedicated his career to 'hyping' the potato, known only as hog feed in the 1780s. He went so far as to hire armed guards that were ordered to allow potato theft in exchange for bribes. Such tactics were successful, with the plant soon becoming a staple of the European diet.
are there examples of a declining empire that the turned the trend around durably?
As in: things are going downhill, someone comes and turns it around for the better
As in: things are going downhill, someone comes and turns it around for the better
This also belongs in the /history channel.
Thomas (@aviationdoctor.eth ) gives a good history of the origin of the French people.
This also reminds me of @balajis.eth expositions of nation and nation states. Local population groups and the development of states (the merging of local groups)
Thomas (@aviationdoctor.eth ) gives a good history of the origin of the French people.
This also reminds me of @balajis.eth expositions of nation and nation states. Local population groups and the development of states (the merging of local groups)
disregard the civilian deep sea mining ship dispatched to this exact location in 8-10 months btw
https://x.com/deitaone/status/1839319153624453530?s=46
https://x.com/deitaone/status/1839319153624453530?s=46
Eyeing the lucrative fur and tobacco trade, Sweden launched an expedition to the Americas in 1637. 'New Sweden' was founded in the Delaware Valley the following year. Though the colony was lost to the Dutch not long after, it left a lasting impact with its introduction of Lutheranism and the log cabin to North America.
Why is listening to podcasts about the most brutal wars in history relaxing?
By 1633, Ottoman coffeehouses numbered around 600. That year, Sultan Murad IV attempted to ban them for their role in stirring unrest, but the ban failed and coffee culture spread westwards. The London Stock Exchange (1680) and Lloyd’s of London (1688) are among the many notable intuitions that began as coffeehouses.
The archaeological history in Jamestown, Virginia has to have been and still is amazing. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-reveals-america-oldest-tombstone-belgium.html
“The main thing that made the mongols so great militarily was leadership, and it starts off with Genghis Khan, who was probably the greatest military strategist who ever lived” - Dan Carlin
There’s no more instructive history for those who work in crypto than the rise of the personal finance industry.
Almost everything we take for granted about money today…
- credit cards and national payment networks
- mutual funds, money markets, ETFs
- high interest savings accounts and the discounting (later zeroing) of broker commissions
- investment firms “going direct” to retail
…even government financing through budget deficits and inflation!
All these once heretical ideas had to be invented (circa 1958 on). By people who were crazy. Revolutionaries and renegades… who were RIGHT.
Almost everything we take for granted about money today…
- credit cards and national payment networks
- mutual funds, money markets, ETFs
- high interest savings accounts and the discounting (later zeroing) of broker commissions
- investment firms “going direct” to retail
…even government financing through budget deficits and inflation!
All these once heretical ideas had to be invented (circa 1958 on). By people who were crazy. Revolutionaries and renegades… who were RIGHT.
RIP Nikola Tesla 🕊️
you would’ve loved furries 😔🙏
you would’ve loved furries 😔🙏