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Bibliography and Suggested Further Reading - The Analog Antiquarian
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Why It's Called the "Dark Ages" - ideonexus
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| | [AI summary] The post argues that the period known as the 'Dark Ages' was actually a scientific and cultural void caused by the suppression of knowledge by Christianity and Islam, presenting a timeline of scientific discoveries to highlight the gap in Western progress between 100 AD and 1300 AD.
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The Great Myths 5: The Destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria - History for Atheists
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| | If there is a story that forms the heart of New Atheist bad history, it's the tale of the Great Library of Alexandria and its destruction by a Christian mob. It's the central moral fable of the Draper-White Thesis, where wise and rational Greeks and Romans store up all the wisdom of the pre-Christian ancient world in a single library, treasuring science and reason and bringing western civilisation to the brink of a technological and industrial revolution. But then a... Read More Read More
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Day of Thanks - Mike Bland
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| A few things I'm thankful for this year, especially in the wake of the 2012 United States election