/u/mikitacurve's posts
Mark as read: Add to a list
Describing the curiosities of the New World, Alonso de Zuazo wrote that "such things cannot be understood without the three senses". How did our modern idea of five senses come about, and what models of sensory perception did it displace?
Mark as read: Add to a list
Mark as read: Add to a list
Mark as read: Add to a list
Good Friday and communion both evolved from, or took elements of, Jewish rituals in the early middle ages. Do any medieval Jewish scholars or converts to Christianity comment on the similarities?
Mark as read: Add to a list
In the Iran-Iraq war, many countries sold equipment to both Iran and Iraq simultaneously. How did Iran and Iraq feel about this? Angry? Confused? Insulted?
Mark as read: Add to a list
How much of a role did Marxist socialism really play in Iran in the mid-20th century, especially the 1979 revolution?
Mark as read: Add to a list
Norway's rail network has been variously described to me as beautiful and modern, and as underinvested and useless next to Norwegian Air. What's the truth, and how did it get that way?
Mark as read: Add to a list
Mark as read: Add to a list