What's the last interesting thing you learned from a book?

What's the last interesting thing you learned from a book?

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amazon.com/Archpriest-Avvakum-written-Michigan-Translations/dp/0930042336
amazon.com/Song-Igors-Campaign-Twelfth-Century/dp/087501061X/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51aUjNenEaL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR108,160_&psc=1&refRID=3CJ5MCXN73E5Y7CQEVX9''
amazon.com/Russian-Rebels-1600-1800-Library-Paperback/dp/0393008363/ref=pd_sim_14_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51yXLCgGmeL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR101,160_&psc=1&refRID=3CJ5MCXN73E5Y7CQEVX9
amazon.com/Domostroi-Rules-Russian-Households-Terrible/dp/0801496896/ref=pd_sim_14_7?ie=UTF8&dpID=51W8G82DEKL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR105,160_&psc=1&refRID=SG3WQNTQ2P2J7PKG3M2S
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about The Suspended Step of the Stork

that you're probably a 100-120 IQ turbo-pleb

People keep oysters in barrels.

that George Washington DUDE WEED LMAO

the lord coming down on a pillar of smoke by day and fire by night on the tent of congregation, moses and aaron, exodus

Greek War of Independence

*cloud

That Homer had a typo that strongly suggests he wrote the illiad himself

I learned byzantium gave russia its written language, created cyrilic, influenced all their writing up to the 15th/16th century

Russian nobles take monastic vows before dying, they were probably as far as i'm aware composed of one of the strongest religious ties of a (european) country

Russia didn't have secularized writing until the 16th century, got its population cut in half by 3/4th by mongols.

1st white man to explore india was from russia, in 1452? or around there, and he wrote about it in a book, describing war elephants and various Muslim traditions as india was under muslim rule then.

Russia believed in the 15th century that moscow was the 3rd rome, in a good way, not the hedonistic way. It was a popular thought at the time.

Russias first king might have been a viking from some Scandinavian country, which is funny, that they went so far everywhere.

And more.

Homer didn't write anything friend.

The word Easter comes from the god Eostre

tell more and whered you learn this

It's one of the dryest and simultaneously best written books i've read.

It's honestly extremely impressive in its scope and the scholarship is top notch.

It gives the whole early literary history of medieval russia and other history of course.

Its the top left book.

i remember you

Penguin Classics into guy says he (probably) did

do you know of any other books like it?

That's funny cause I only post my books like once or twice a month when i get new ones in. I rec all those books in my picture but the medieval one is a treat.

"Brideshead Revisited" taught me that heterosexual males do not exist in England.

As far for russia, there are a few other anthologies, the problem is they quote a lot of the same texts.

Here's some individual full works from the time which are among the most famous of medieval stories.

amazon.com/Archpriest-Avvakum-written-Michigan-Translations/dp/0930042336

amazon.com/Song-Igors-Campaign-Twelfth-Century/dp/087501061X/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&dpID=51aUjNenEaL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR108,160_&psc=1&refRID=3CJ5MCXN73E5Y7CQEVX9''

And for some muscovite period history these are good.

amazon.com/Russian-Rebels-1600-1800-Library-Paperback/dp/0393008363/ref=pd_sim_14_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51yXLCgGmeL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR101,160_&psc=1&refRID=3CJ5MCXN73E5Y7CQEVX9

amazon.com/Domostroi-Rules-Russian-Households-Terrible/dp/0801496896/ref=pd_sim_14_7?ie=UTF8&dpID=51W8G82DEKL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR105,160_&psc=1&refRID=SG3WQNTQ2P2J7PKG3M2S

any for other countries? and ty