Timoleague friary. Used to be an important place of learning and academic exchange up until the 17th century, nowadays a graveyard spreads throughout the ruins.
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#history #ireland #timoleague #friary #timoleaguefriary #historylesson #ireland #celticsee #atlantic #travel #travelblogger #photography #pixelfed #fediverse
📜✨ Oh, let's dust off the scrolls and pretend we care about ancient medical trivia for a sec! Apparently, Islamic medicine wasn't just about chanting incantations and using leeches—who knew? 🤷‍♂️ Clearly, we all need a history lesson on how this might somehow be relevant in 2018! 🙄📚
https://hekint.org/2018/11/19/islamic-medicine/ #ancientmedicine #Islamichistory #medicaltrivia #historylesson #relevance2018 #HackerNews #ngated
Islamic medicine - Hektoen International

During the expansion of the Empire of Islam and its ensuing Golden Age, physicians from Spain to Samarkand advanced the medical sciences by reviving existing Greek medicine and adding their own innovations.1 There were many prominent physicians, dating back to the days of the Prophet himself. Often associated with hospitals or schools of pharmacy, some

Hektoen International - An online medical humanities journal
"The Berlin Wall" teaches that no barrier stops ideas forever. Steel rusts. Concrete cracks. Guards grow tired. But hope never sleeps. Freedom always finds a way.
#Books #ResilienceStory #HistoryLesson #bookclub
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/berlin-wall/

I'm rewatching Smokey and the Bandit. I had forgotten that they're smuggling Coors beer. It's funny to me that they're going through all of that for Coors. I get that Coors wasn't legal in Georgia at the time, but it's Coors.

Coors.

On the flipside, I read a lot about the history of Coors distribution in the US after I watched it again. Who knew it was an educational movie?

#SmokeyAndTheBandit #1970s #HistoryLesson

I've been reading comments from Americans online. Some say "Iran started it." Really? Iran started it by... existing? Iran started it by... negotiating? Iran started it by... not surrendering? America and Israel have been attacking Iran for 70 years. 1953 coup. Supporting Saddam. Killing Soleimani. Bombing consulates. Assassinating scientists. And when Iran FINALLY fights back, YOU say Iran started it? Your ignorance is deadly. Educate yourself. #HistoryLesson #USEmpire #IsraelTerrorState #IranD
From the TX-0 computer to the Apple II, this book charts the incredible journey of how computing power moved from labs to our homes.
#SiliconValley #HistoryLesson #PageTurner #books
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/hackers/
From the TX-0 computer to the Apple II, this book charts the incredible journey of how computing power moved from labs to our homes.
#SiliconValley #HistoryLesson #PageTurner #books
https://thisgrandpablogs.com/hackers/