Χοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran
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Brown Viking. Historian, late antique Central & W. Asia, Sasanians, Byzantines, Scandinavia, Rus’. BD fan, Globe Trotter, Kensington Communist, flâneur, in love w London, Tehran, Athens, & Vienna. Have laptop, will write.
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The way people don’t get imperialistic capitalism, but still keep on voting for it as the protector of freedom could be funny, if it wasn’t also heartbreakingly tragic.

That “people losing their healthcare”? That is the point!
Coin of Atiya b. As’ad, the Kharijite leader, minted in Kerman-Narmashir, year 73. The name of the authority, the mint mark, and the date are all written in Pahlavi Middle Persian (and 3 is written as a digit!). Atiya is identified as “Holder of authority” on the obverse margin.
I have a friend, Emily Selove (prof at U. Exeter) who did precisely that. She worked on a medieval text on a party and two people who attend it!
Love that! Wławysław and Magnus Ladulås (“barn lock”!) were always amongst my favourites.
Diepold is a hell of a name. I mean this is one guy who tops Leopold and Zwentibold, all while standing next to some random swine.
This reminds me: what is your favourite medieval warlord’s name?

Mine, second to none, is Boso of Provence.
A vacation in the foreign lands
Uncle Dagobert does the best he can
You’re in the army now…
A vacation in the foreign lands
Uncle Dagobert does the best he can
You’re in the army now…
Merci ! Oui, en partie sur celui-là et sur d’autres articles que j’ai écrits sur le sujet.
What is the problem of the racists with watermelon? They don’t like ‘em when Black people eat them, they don’t like them when Palestinians wear them on their shirt… they are delicious!
POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

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Post you from a different era
(If only to prove you were young once)
I coloured my hair blue at one point around 21-22. Apparently I went a whole year without taking any pics?
Joel Mokyr’s the Lever of Riches (along with North and Thomas’ the Rise of the Western World) were the first two books Patrick O’Brien told me to read when I was doing my MSc in Econ History at LSE… and now, Mokyr has won the Nobel Prize in Economics! Congrats!

eu.usatoday.com/story/news/w...
Professors win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth."
eu.usatoday.com
This was an amazing thread. Thank you so much for writing all these.
This is brilliant Juan! Thank you for this bit of info. Is this written anywhere? Can I quote you?