History

This is a subset of my collection of passages and charts found in books and articles I read on a daily basis.

This subset is focused on the History topic.
You Were There
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Describing history as a “chain of events” is a terrible metaphor
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The first clear evidence for organised warfare appears only 13,000 years ago
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About half of all attempted coups d'état fail
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Fiat money —mere pieces of paper, intrinsically worthless, that were treated as money only because the US insisted that they should be
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It turns out that the first SPAC was conceived in 1710
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The history of paper money in Europe starts with the Venetian government levying a compulsory loan to pay for war
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While debt among each other was normal for English villagers, it was associated with criminality in government and commerce circles
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The Church had always been uncompromisingly against usury as a matter of moral rivalry
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The real origin of the Middle Ages' romantic knight
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Other topics I read and write about on this website are:

Biology
Business Dynamics
Career
Cognitive Psychology
Corporate Strategy
Economics
Emerging Technologies
Finance
Future of Work
History
Market Trends
Marketing
Mindsets
Product Development
Society
Startups
Venture Capital
Everything