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The dragon of Revelation is one of the symbols that needs no interpretation. The Bible provides the interpretation unequivocally. To fully understand the dragon’s influence, however, we must consider the immediate context of Revelation, the book’s relation to the totality of scripture, and the ancient Near Eastern mythology that influenced the Israelite authors. The […]
While the United States and Mexico have experienced a positive diplomatic and economic relationship in recent decades, the history of the two North American neighbors was not always defined by mutual partnership. In 1848, two years of fighting the Mexican-American War resulted in a major expansion of American territory, alongside secondary effects that led […]
The land that would become the notorious Neo-Assyrian Empire began as the humble city-state of Assur around 2279 BCE. Under Puzur-Ashur I, Assur became independent when the Third Dynasty of Ur fell around 2025 BCE, marking the beginning of the Old Assyrian period. Historians debate the level of autonomy. The Middle Assyrian Empire established […]
In the Gospels – the first four books of the New Testament chronicling the life of Jesus Christ, as well as the Book of Acts – the main group in opposition to Jesus were known as the Pharisees. They arose from Jewish Nobility and became associated with the rise of the Jewish synagogue. […]
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This is the third piece of the fourth part of our series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb) looking at the lives of pre-modern peasant farmers – a majority of all of the humans who have ever lived. Last time, we started looking at the subsistence of peasant agriculture by considering the productivity of our … Continue reading Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part IVc: Rent and Extraction →
Babar's Moon Trip was a pop-up book I had never come across before. It seems influenced a little by the space race and the American efforts to get to the Moon. They face problems like: not achieving escape velocity for the Moon, failure of stage separation, failure to adjust quickly to reduced gravity on the Moon, and a very short exploration time to obtain samples before their launch window :) It is not really a "pure" pop-up book but rather has some pop-ups and various flaps and tabs you can pull (for action.) de Brunhoff, Laurent. Babar's Moon Trip. New York: Random House. (18 p.) 1968.
Today I attended in New York, at Columbia University (which still looks a bit like a fortress because of the students protests that took place there about 1.5 years ago) a conference at the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Institute for Policy Dialogue.
