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Joshua Provan

@JoshProvan

I write history books, make videos, & sometimes wear hats ~ KŪLIA I KA NU‘U ~ Hakuna matata ~ Mungu akipenda, tutafika ~ Aun Aprendo

United Kingdom เข้าร่วม Eylül 2009
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Neha@nehavermani·
Historian Gauvin Alexander Bailey wrote a very fun to read article about this in 1997: ‘A Mughal Princess in Baroque New Spain: Catarina de San Juan (1606-1688), the china poblana’. Link to the same in the comment
Sam Dalrymple@SamDalrymple123

The Mughal Princess of Mexico In the central Mexican city of Puebla, a short drive from the largest pyramid ever built, stands the world’s most unexpected Mughal tomb.

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Sam Dalrymple@SamDalrymple123·
The Mughal Princess of Mexico In the central Mexican city of Puebla, a short drive from the largest pyramid ever built, stands the world’s most unexpected Mughal tomb.
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Neha
Neha@nehavermani·
Conquering Mysore in 1799 & looting Tipu Sultan's library, officers of English East India Company surprisingly found their lost works preserved there. Francis Buchanan, subsequently the superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden, traces the journey & recovery of his journal:
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Historyland.@LandOfHistory·
Keep your eyes peeled on @redcoathistory channel for their latest upload about the Spanish in the Peninsular War.
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Napoleonic Wars Pod
Napoleonic Wars Pod@NapWarsPod·
How did horses respond to battlefield chaos? Stay tuned for our latest episode with @JoshProvan discussing cavalry in the Napoleonic era. Out on Sunday on YouTube, Spotify & Apple podcasts🎧
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini@DrKarimWafa·
Eid Mubarak to all. May we live to see an ummah closer to freedom. May Allah bless us, our loved ones, our nations, and all those who are oppressed around the world.
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lina | لينه@labushouk·
your periodic reminder to read Binyavanga Wainana's "How to Write About Africa" lest you make a fool of yourself when you talk about Congo, Sudan & other parts of the continent. granta.com/how-to-write-a…
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Joshua Provan@JoshProvan·
@he_negash In French it’s pronounced with the middle L, in Spanish it’s pronounced Coronel with an R, and in English we say Koh-nel, or Kernel as if the middle but is a ghost.
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Historyland.
Historyland.@LandOfHistory·
1 March 1896. Near Adwa in Tigray, Ethiopia, the last sovereign kingdom on the continent of Africa. The lords of Ethiopia led by Menelik II destroy a large Italian army estimated between 14-17,000 strong, driving the Europeans and their Auxiliaries back to the sea.
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Em 📚 nightreader
Em 📚 nightreader@em_nightreader·
Am i eating dinosaur crumpets ? Yes Do I have children? Nope ! Will I elaborate further ? Yes.... They are great ! That's it 🙃
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ENOCH@he_negash·
@duolingo what would it take to get you all to add Amharic (the official language of Ethiopia and the lingua franca of the Horn of Africa)?
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Sam Dalrymple
Sam Dalrymple@SamDalrymple123·
The Abandoned Temples of Islamabad Dotted across Pakistan's capital are a number of temples abandoned by their communties during the violence of 1947.
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Maryam Aslany
Maryam Aslany@m_aslany·
“Peasants: Makers of the Modern World” – born from five years of field research across Asia, Africa and Latin America, out on 26 Sep 2026. A book that restores peasants to their place as agents of history & reveals the unfolding crisis of the global countryside. @BloomsburyBooks
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Napoleonic Wars Pod
Napoleonic Wars Pod@NapWarsPod·
'Painting of the Battle of Corunna' by H. Bellangé Heroic last stand or humiliating exit? Check out our episode with @JoshProvan on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts.
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