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13 votes
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Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus
9 votes -
Unusual medieval crimes
18 votes -
Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
24 votes -
Weird Weapons: Caged Buckler - Sword trapper
12 votes -
How the KKK scammed its members for cash
28 votes -
The ghosts of the Green Sahara
7 votes -
In 1982 Canada Post assigned Santa the postcode "H0H 0H0"
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Has there ever been a time before where so much social change was occuring in quick succession of each other?
I am not really someone who is well-versed in history, I never paid attention in high school, I couldn't wait to GTFO. I know what I know based solely on podcasts/debates/lectures I find on...
I am not really someone who is well-versed in history, I never paid attention in high school, I couldn't wait to GTFO. I know what I know based solely on podcasts/debates/lectures I find on YouTube and what Hollywood brings to my attention.
from my own knowledge, periods of social change (at least in North America):
- the civil rights movement
- women's suffrage movement
- civil war (given it was fought to a great deal to end slavery)
when it comes to social changes in history that is not based in North America, I know of only the broad strokes and none of the specifics, like I know the arrival of the printing press lead to a great deal of struggle in the same way that the arrival of social media has created a struggle, just the balance of power has changed.
I also know that France went through a French Revolution that played a big part of its current political landscape and its secular status quo.
However, something I have found interesting is that within the span of <10 years, we are experiencing a reckoning on several different fronts:
- MeToo movement have rise to a long-needed discussion of sexual harassment and just a general gender reckoning in other ways too
- the murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests gave rise to a global awareness that race-related issues
- the Hamas attack on Israel has certainly pushed the discussion of Israel-Palestine to the forefront. Before the attack, I could not tell you the difference between Erdoğan and Netanyahu. That's obviously no longer the case.
But it makes me wonder if this is unprecedented in human history that so many different issues of social change are being pushed to the forefront in very quick succession of each other or this is a repeat, that it's common for a civilization that experiences one changing in the social norm, to start experiencing other social changes cause they are always in the mindset or something?
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Was early modern writing paper expensive?
8 votes -
Extraordinary Roman marble floor discovered in ancient sunken city
14 votes -
Divers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the Swedish coast loaded to the brim with champagne
12 votes -
Portuguese ship with treasure found in Namibian desert
25 votes -
Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection
8 votes -
The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
9 votes -
Explore Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic ship with new "Digital Twin"
7 votes -
Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies
37 votes -
12,000-year-old Aboriginal sticks may be evidence of the oldest known culturally transmitted ritual in the world
16 votes -
Fossil of Neanderthal child with Down’s syndrome hints at early humans’ compassion
39 votes -
An American bought a $4 vase. Turns out, it's a lost ancient Maya treasure.
26 votes -
A new exhibition opening at Denmark's National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress known as the Völva
15 votes -
Britain’s embrace of the bomb
5 votes -
Reconstruction was sabotaged. But what if it hadn't been?
18 votes -
Government without states (how to raise a tribal army in pre-Roman Europe, part II)
8 votes -
Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
18 votes -
Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition
20 votes -
When the CIA messes up
9 votes -
In the 1600s Sweden was a great military power – why did they decline?
11 votes -
Ramses II’s long-lost sarcophagus has finally been identified
26 votes -
The bridges of New York City
6 votes -
"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them.
11 votes -
How the 18th-century ‘probability revolution’ fueled the casino gambling craze
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Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago
16 votes -
RIP to the greatest CEO you've never heard of (2022)
18 votes -
The forgotten Roman roads
9 votes -
Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 search for the lost Franklin Bay expedition
6 votes -
The oldest art in Greece is not what you think
5 votes -
Les atomes
4 votes -
How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
9 votes -
Alexander the Great's untold story: Excavations in northern Greece are revealing the world that shaped the future king
14 votes -
Why is there a tiny bit of Italy inside Switzerland?
9 votes -
This American Civil War submarine vanished for 136 years
3 votes -
Why were Ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
11 votes -
Yorkshire crafts: Drystone wallers
14 votes -
Five-hour video about the history of North Korean media
20 votes -
The case against Charles Darwin: How the investigation into a grisly murder shocked 19th-century France and framed the scientist as an accomplice
8 votes -
How did people correct for inaccurate time pieces in the past?
I bought a Timex Expedition North Titanium Automatic a few months ago and have been enjoying it, but it gains about 10s a day that I have to correct. Nowadays we have incredibly accurate and...
I bought a Timex Expedition North Titanium Automatic a few months ago and have been enjoying it, but it gains about 10s a day that I have to correct. Nowadays we have incredibly accurate and precise clocks that can tell us exactly what time it is, but all mechanical clocks and watches have some amount of inaccuracy.
How did people account for inaccurate clocks in the past? Even if time didn't need to be standardized outside of a community until the railroads and a central clock in town could act as a reference for the entire community, wouldn't the central community clock drift? Eventually the central clock could say it was midnight at sunset. While people can tell that is incorrect, how could they say to what extent it was incorrect?
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Medieval historian and game developer, Jason Kingsley CBE, reacts to Manor Lords
12 votes -
Vast coin collection of Danish butter magnate L.E. Bruun is set to finally go on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million
11 votes -
Eastern Front of WW1 animated: 1914
4 votes