Tag: history
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Herald, Hagiographer, Historian, Archaeologist
Where does the accepted history of a people or place come from? Who decides what is worthy of inclusion and what stories should be suppressed and forgotten? Since the Early Medieval Period, the answer for most of the world was white colonizing men…aka the nascent Catholic Church. When Eurasia was devastated by a rolling succession…
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“Once upon a time…”
Photographer: Carl Campbell Perhaps one of the most recognizable phrases in the English language; one that signals the reader (or listener) is about to be told a tale of mythical legend where the heroes always win. And in the year 2022, it could also indicate one is about to read a book about human history.…
Fog Of History 