Rome, revolutions, plagues, and empires — notes on how the past actually happened.
Rome, revolutions, plagues, and empires — notes on how the past actually happened.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Discovery 15th–17th centuries.
Crassus’ wealth is estimated by Pliny at approximately 200 million sesterces.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_monasteries UK History, period 1536-1541 during which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland, expropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions...
CFA Franc is the name of two currencies, the West African CFA franc, used in eight West African countries, and the Central African CFA franc, used in six Central African countries.1(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFA_franc#cite_note-2020_nzaou_kongo-1) Although separate, the two CFA franc currencies have alw...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Latin_America On average 60+% European Brazil An autosomal DNA study (2011), with nearly 1000 samples from all over the country (“whites”, “pardos” and “blacks”, according to their respective proportions), found a major European contribution, followed by a high...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making it the only human disease to be eradicated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulla%27s_civil_war 83BC preceding events: War Of Octavius in 87 BC, another civil war between two Roman consuls over Italian voting rights and return of Gaius Marius from exile (Marian-Cinna faction) - who married Julius Caesar’s aunt and whose partner Cinna’s daughter married...
Whatifalthist A Final 8 Taboo Questions about History and Society - July 2022 Three Countries That Should’ve been Rich - Jan 2022 Argentina majority ethnically white with great geography as a counterfactual against racial/geographic determinism .