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Jilber Najem and

Three Big Things: The Most Important Forces Shaping the World

Collaborative Fund collabfund.com

Jilber Najem

World After Capital

Albert Wenger • 2 highlights

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kev

Esarhaddon selected Ashurbanipal as heir c. 673. The selection of Ashurbanipal bypassed the elder son Shamash-shum-ukin. Perhaps in order to avoid future rivalry, Esarhaddon designated Shamash-shum-ukin as the heir to Babylonia. The two brothers jointly acceded to their respective thrones after Esarhaddon's death in 669, though Shamash-shum-ukin... See more

Ashurbanipal

Faith Hahn

You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World

Weidenfeld & Nicolson • 15 highlights

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Cover of You Are Here: A Brief Guide to the World

Jay Matthews

Napoleon I | Biography, Achievements, & Facts

Jacques Godechot britannica.com

LLolita

I think this is the person who has ever fascinated me the most, even though he is a great man, not a great man, the truth is that I can't understand how the hell he did everything he did.

FFaith Hahn

Relatable Bach. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweigt_stille,_plaudert_nicht,_BWV_211

We also discuss, among other things: decapitated ostriches, fatal rose petals, and Mary’s robust reappraisal of Marcus Aurelius’s ‘sub-Stoic’ maundering.

Mary Beard: Emperor of Rome

Faith Hahn

Stanford University Press

Stanford University Press • 2 highlights

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Brian Sholis

FFaith Hahn

Edison's Eve, Gaby Wood