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Knowledge System

The House of Wisdom is framed as a successor to the Library of Alexandria: a system for gathering, systemizing, and disseminating knowledge across civilizations.

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The House of Wisdom is framed as a successor to the Library of Alexandria: a system for gathering, systemizing, and disseminating knowledge across civilizations.

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Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"The overland of the Maritime Silk Road is known as the Maritime Silk Road. The overland Silk Road has existed for a long time,..."

Islam As Proto-Modernity

2025-03-11, day precision · Civilization #37: The Golden Age of Islam

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"So, the things that they were doing were they were taking Hindu numerals, OK, so 0, 1, 2, 3. We still use them today...."

Kill The God, Take The Empire

2025-04-08, day precision · Civilization #44: The Spanish Conquest of the New World

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"And with beads, with numerals, you can create basically a knowledge system. So this is basically like a very primitive computer or calculator. What's..."

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