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There, they set fire to a medieval library of 30,000 manuscripts written in Arabic and several African languages and ranging in subject from astronomy to geography, history to medicine, including one book which records perhaps the first treatment for male erectile dysfunction.
But Africa, and the far-flung corners of the world, are not the only places, or even the main places in which manuscripts that could change the history of world culture are in jeopardy.
"So what would European history have been like if it weren't for Napoléon?"
But over the course of history, some of our most respected philosophers have put forward some intriguing theories.
In fact, the word placebo means "I shall please" in Latin, hinting at a history of placating troubled patients.
For much of history, the vast majority of language was spoken.
For most of human history, survival depended on making quick decisions with limited information.
Pew Research did a study of 10,000 American adults, and they found that at this moment, we are more polarized, we are more divided, than we ever have been in history.
For most of history, interpretation was mainly done consecutively, with speakers and interpreters making pauses to allow each other to speak.
In 1997, a French woman named Jeanne Calment passed away after 122 years and 164 days on this Earth, making her the oldest known person in history.
If you go back in your own family history, chances are you will discover that at a certain point, your ancestors were forced from their homes, either escaping a war or fleeing discrimination and persecution.
With chronic malnutrition being the norm for most of human history, genetics evolved to favor fat storage.
For the majority of recorded human history, units like the weight of a grain or the length of a hand weren't exact and varied from place to place.
But here's the thing: the more successful I become, the more shows, the more episodes, the more barriers broken, the more work there is to do, the more balls in the air, the more eyes on me, the more history stares, the more expectations there are.
The real hum ignores the stare of history, and the balls in the air, and the expectation, and the pressure.
Should a few bad ideas tarnish Plato's status as one of the greatest philosophers in history?
This is the biggest new business opportunity in the history of the world, and two-thirds of it is in the private sector.
And I think if you know a little bit about our history, it makes a lot more sense.
Yet knowing more about its fascinating and often cruel history, as well as its production today, tells us where these associations originate and what they hide.
The history of the word gothic is embedded in thousands of years worth of countercultural movements, from invading outsiders becoming kings to towering spires replacing solid columns to artists finding beauty in darkness.
This 24x16 centimeter book is called the Voynich manuscript, and its one of history's biggest unsolved mysteries.
History has conditioned us to believe that somehow, the criminal justice system brings about accountability and improves public safety, despite evidence to the contrary.
They tell the history of our universe, of our planet, of life on this planet.
It's the greatest antipoverty achievement in the history of mankind, and it happened in our lifetimes.
The best quote I've ever heard to summarize the thoughts that I've just given you about pulling people out of poverty is as follows: "Free markets have created more wealth than any system in history.
It's a work in progress from a personal story to a global history.
We earned more money, we engaged more volunteers and we earned more votes than any political campaign in history.
Congress is almost always the last to wake up and realize that it's on the wrong side of history.
We believe that this could provide the breakthroughs that we need to make malaria history through vaccination.
And again, we think that's perfectly normal and natural, but that has not been the case for most of human history.
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