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Quick Take: A First Draft for a History of Covid-19
Covid-19 was an extraordinary display of Western elite incompetence & complacency: we can't let this be memory-holed
Nov 24 • 
David Roman
Why Attila Is Overrated
A History of Mankind (310)
Nov 22 • 
David Roman
How the Barbarians Became Christians (Too)
A History of Mankind (309)
Nov 20 • 
David Roman
Send Me Questions for the History of Mankind Project
Your monthly chance to make history
Nov 19 • 
David Roman
Quick Take: What's the Oldest European Nation & Why Is It Spain?
The surprisingly complex discussion regarding just how old, exactly, "nations" are
Nov 18 • 
David Roman
The Barbarian City of God
A History of Mankind (308)
Nov 16 • 
David Roman
The First Christian Schisms: Augustine Vs Pelagius
A History of Mankind (307)
Nov 14 • 
David Roman
Quick Take: So, Why Did the Roman & Chinese Empires Fall?
Trying to make sense of a hundred different explanations
Nov 12 • 
David Roman
Rome Is Burning
A History of Mankind (306)
Nov 10 • 
David Roman
The Turks of China
A History of Mankind (305)
Nov 8 • 
David Roman
Quick Take: Were Early Muslims Horribly Racist?
Racism was not, and has never been, either a European invention or a European specialty
Nov 6 • 
David Roman
China's Byzantine Era
A History of Mankind (304)
Nov 4 • 
David Roman
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