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ideonexus.com
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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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logarithmichistory.wordpress.com
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| | | | | The steam engine was a childof seventeenth century science; the Scientific Revolution gave birth to the Industrial Revolution. That's not at all the conventional story, but David Wootton's recent bookThe Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolutionmakes the case. According to the conventional story, the steam engine resulted from the work of... | |
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unherd.com
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article discusses how Chinese government and academic interest in Greek philosophy and classics is growing as a strategic tool and a potential lifeline for the discipline facing cultural tensions in the West. | |
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solutionslounge.com
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| | | For the next few posts, I want to take a look at how some 'tribal' peoples raised armies, in contrast to the way that ancient (or later) states raised armies. | ||