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A History of Mankind

David Roman
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The entire history of mankind, in regular installments. Not just European stuff, but the history of all mankind, from the Americas to Sub-Saharan Africa & Oceania

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How England Became Anglo

A History of Mankind (364)

Wales was the only part of the Western Roman that wasn’t conquered at any time by Germanic or Gothic invaders. A relatively small slice of rugged terrain, by the 7th century it was divided in four petty kingdoms...

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The Happy Interlude: India Before Islam

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Like other eras dominated by persistent warfare and a multiplicity of power centers providing protection for wayward thinkers and artists, the three centuries in India stretching roughly between 300 and 600 are o...

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Quick Take: When Was Nationalism Invented?

One of the greatest myths among historians and those who care about history is that nationalism is a 19th century creation.

This is an extremely widespread myth, and is explained by various facts that did occur in the 19th century: many Eu...

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The First Tibetan Empire & India's Medieval Disintegration

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It’s remarkable, and not coincidental, that it was precisely in 618-619 — just as China entered a complex dynastic change from which the famous Tang Dynasty emerged — that the first Tibetan Empire rose on the lar...

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China's Failed Imperialism in Japan & Korea

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In 608, when a Japanese warlord claiming the title of emperor sent actual Emperor Yang a letter seeking to establish equal relations between the two rulers, the Chinese ruler was so upset that he ordered that no insolent lett...

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