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studyingwithcatsandtea · 1 year

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day 1/49 of productivity

i have 49 days left of my undergrad. let’s make them count 💪

spent today packing, waiting for a train, and now i’m editing my dissertation on the train.

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answerias · 11 months

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Today's Question : 01-06-2023

Q. “Discuss the significant contributions of the Pandya Kingdom to the development and enrichment of Indian culture. Your answer should encompass contributions in architecture, literature, art, and administration, as well as their interactions with other civilizations. Provide specific examples to substantiate your points. (10 marks,150 Words)

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#Ancient and Medieval History

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389 · 1 year

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Medieval Keys

#keys #medieval #ancient #history #key #u #z

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ancientorigins · 8 days

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The Prague astronomical clock, or Prague orloj, is a medieval astronomical clock located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

#prague #astronomical clock #ancient #history #medieval #czech republic

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blueiskewl · 1 month

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Medieval Toy Unearthed in Poland

A 800-year-old horse figurine was found during an excavation conducted as part of the construction of a new fire station in Toruń, a medieval town on the Vistula River in north-central Poland. The small clay horse was glazed and has a hole in its underside. Researchers think a stick may have fit into the hole so that playing children could pretend to make the horse gallop or use it as a puppet.

#Medieval Toy Unearthed in Poland #A 800-year-old horse figurine #Toruń #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #medieval history

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galliaestomnis · 1 month

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Eglise Saint-Nicolas, Blois, France

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livesunique · 3 months

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Bannes Castle, Bannes, Lot-et-Garonne, France

#art #design #architecture #medieval #castle #chateau #fortress #bannes castle #france #lot-et-garonne #history #luxury lifestyle #style #luxury house #luxury home #old castle #ancient architecture

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evilsment · 4 months

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Guanyin of the Southern Sea

A wood statue of the Chinese-Buddhist deity Guanyin. Made during the Liao (916–1125) or Jin (1115–1234) dynasties.

It’s currently located in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

#china #chinese culture #chinese history #east asia #Buddhism #Chinese Buddhism #zen buddhism #guanyin #museum #artifact #wood statues #statues #Buddhist deity #medieval china #ancient china

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memories-of-ancients · 7 months

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Gilded silver reliquary cross decorated with enamel, rock crystal, and glass, crafted in Marches, Italy, circa 1366-1400

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

#history #antiquities #art #ancient history #ancient art #middle ages #medieval art

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callisteios · 2 years

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oh hello! i made a little uquiz assigning you a historical period (and maybe i call you gay)

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minyicho · 7 months

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ignore how weird this looks

reblog for larger sample size <3 im trying to win an argument :) thanks!

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studyingwithcatsandtea · 1 year

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day 2&3/49 of productivity

more dissertation!!! also how cute is this my notebook, my friend painted it for me to use for my dissertation notes and it’s been so helpful!

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paganimagevault · 5 months

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Art from the Sogdian city of Penjakent 5th-8th C. CE. The 3 people in the triple crescent crown may be Hephthalites. A lot more images on my blogspot, link below.

"The Sogdians’ keen interest in depicting the world around them (evidenced by the Hall of the Ambassadors at Afrasiab) and the mythological and supernatural worlds (in many of the Panjikent paintings just discussed) extended into portraying their own world. They did not, as Frantz Grenet points out, represent their mercantile activities, a major source of their wealth, but instead chose to show their enjoyment of it, such as the scenes of banqueting at Panjikent. In these paintings we see how the Sogdians saw themselves.

Chinese representations of Sogdians caricatured them (especially in grooms, musicians, and others of lower status) as having large noses and round eyes, and being heavy-set and generally comical or “barbaric” in appearance. In contrast, the Sogdians’ depictions of themselves show people with fine features—the men (unless rulers or nobles) usually clean-shaven, the women oval-faced and sloe-eyed."

-taken from The Smithsonian

#sogdiana #ancient history #antiquities #history #art #paintings #museums #pagan #paganism #hephthalites #ancient art #medieval art #middle ages #goddess #archaeology

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worldhistoryfacts · 8 months

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We still see a lot of Dionysus, especially in Egypt, long after the emperor Theodosius had made Christianity the official state religion of Rome in 380. In the 400s, 500s, and 600s, Egyptians were still producing textiles like this, which shows Dionysus, holding a bunch of grapes aloft, with a satyr and maenads (his female revelers):

Here’s another, showing the god’s worshippers frolicking:

This one shows figures from the Dionysian myths — his tutor, Silenius, Pan, and some of his female worshipers:

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#history #ancient #medieval #egypt #rome #myth

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ancientorigins · 16 days

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Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, England

#united kingdom #history #tower #broadwaytower #medieval #ancient

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ltwilliammowett · 4 months

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The Keel

The keel is the most important longitudinal structure of a ship or boat, attached to the floor amidships.

Ship parts

In terms of development history, the keel originated from the dugout canoe. The first further development of the dugouts consisted of inserting frames and raising the sides by adding plank walkways. Once this technique had been perfected, the dugout was gradually reduced in size until it was ultimately only the supporting element, the keel, of the hull. The keel is therefore the "backbone" of the ship. The transverse stabilising frames, the "ribs", are attached to it. At its ends, the keel merges into the stem. In addition to stabilising the hull, it also serves to increase course stability and - especially in sailing vessels - to reduce lateral drift.

Even if the word sounds very strange, it comes from Old English cēol, Old Norse kjóll, = "ship" or "keel". It has the distinction of being regarded by some scholars as the first word in the English language recorded in writing, having been recorded by Gildas in his 6th century Latin work De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, under the spelling cyulae (he was referring to the three ships that the Saxons first arrived in).

However, there are also ships that have no keel, such as flat-bottomed ships. This is a sailing ship that was mainly built for use in the mudflats of the North Sea and the English Channel. The two leeboards on the side of the hull and the extremely shallow draught of around one to one and a half metres are characteristic of flat-bottomed ships. They can navigate large parts of the Wadden Sea and coastal regions even at low tide.

#naval history #naval artifacts #parts of a ship #keel #ancient seafaring #medieval seafaring #age of discovery #age of sail #age of steam #modern

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