Hello everyone, It is once again raining in Los Angeles, so I’ve been cozied up reading a lot of history news all weekend—this list is extra long because of that! I’m also excited to share that I’m in the LA Times this week, writing about a how rebellious pirate queen in Morocco came to be “The Spirit of California.” This story was one of my favorite rabbit holes from researching my book, so I’m excited that I finally got to write about it.
Regarding the ancient Egyptians and the meteorites. ... And the bit about the information handed down in metaphors and rituals. Sidebar! fellow substacker, Ted gioia, explores this in his music history book he's publishing online, " music to raise the Dead"
Here he suggests that perhaps even the first laws were sung.
Interesting factoids! You mentioned Genghis Khan. Check this out...Khan's armies may have slaughtered more people than Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler's combined. His military campaigns sometimes involved eliminating an entire civilian population. As many as 40 million people were killed under his rule. sabrinalabow.substack.com
Regarding the ancient Egyptians and the meteorites. ... And the bit about the information handed down in metaphors and rituals. Sidebar! fellow substacker, Ted gioia, explores this in his music history book he's publishing online, " music to raise the Dead"
Here he suggests that perhaps even the first laws were sung.
Check out this snippet;
https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=91roo.
Interesting factoids! You mentioned Genghis Khan. Check this out...Khan's armies may have slaughtered more people than Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler's combined. His military campaigns sometimes involved eliminating an entire civilian population. As many as 40 million people were killed under his rule. sabrinalabow.substack.com
@Valorie Castellanos Clark ... So many rabbit trails to follow ... so little time. Thank you so much for this collection.