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10 timestamped hits 1 source reading 2 extracted notes Aliases: intrigue, intrigues, palace-intrigues

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palace intrigue

Clever manipulation inside imperial politics, presented as the Egyptian and Chinese contrast to Mesopotamian bravery.

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palace intrigue

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Clever manipulation inside imperial politics, presented as the Egyptian and Chinese contrast to Mesopotamian bravery.

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Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"...But the ability to manipulate eternal politics. Okay. What we call palace intrigue. And this is no different from China. Right? Because remember in..."

Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"Okay? So, it's Osiris who gives us civilization. Now, here's a brother named Set. And Set is very jealous of the fact that Osiris..."

Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"Okay? After Osiris is reassembled, he impregnates Isis. They have a son named Horus. Horus eventually grows up and he's angered by the fact..."

Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · Civilization #19: Gilgamesh and Mesopotamia's Quest for Immortality

Transcript

"Eventually, Set decides to poison Horus. But before he can do so, Horus first poisons him. And Horus becomes king. And he gives Egypt..."

Robespierre Becomes The Scapegoat

2025-04-24, day precision · Civilization #47: The Passion of Robespierre

Transcript

"...Ring of Terror is to energize the people. Right? The eternal intrigues of all enemies of freedom within the country and of paving the..."

Robespierre Becomes The Scapegoat

2025-04-24, day precision · Civilization #47: The Passion of Robespierre

Transcript

"...serve. Wherefore should I continue in an order of things where intrigue eternally triumphs over truth? Mocked were passions the most abject or fears..."

Robespierre Becomes The Scapegoat

2025-04-24, day precision · Civilization #47: The Passion of Robespierre

Transcript

"...last words. Why should I wish to live under system where intrigue triumphs over truth, where justice is a lie, where the basest passions..."

Robespierre Becomes The Scapegoat

2025-04-24, day precision · Civilization #47: The Passion of Robespierre

Transcript

"...eliminating the enemies of his allies. Okay? It's really about political intrigue. And so, he recognizes that if this revolution is to really triumph,..."

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Gilgamesh Against the Pyramid

2024-11-28, day precision · glossary, claims

Reading

Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...

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