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  • It has a long history as a wealthy provincial capital, producing kings and princes, artists, scientists, poets and thinkers, from the kings of Pontus, through Strabo the geographer, to many generations of the Ottoman imperial dynasty.
    Amasya
  • It was here that Mustafa Kemal made the announcement of the Turkish War of Independence in the Amasya Circular.
    Amasya
  • While I instinctively felt I was pursuing something crucial, it took years of work before I could clearly explain why it mattered, even to myself.
    Developing creative identity
  • We all know what it feels like to have strong feelings about something going on in the world, but nothing that really moves us to the point that we actually move off the couch and do something about it.
    Simone Weil Reading List — Philosophize This!
  • Hollywood Express works by checking that each actor arrives in perfect condition, and, if he doesn’t, calling up the home office and requesting that the actor’s identical twin be sent instead. If the actors arrive in the wrong order Hollywood Express rearranges them.
    The Law of Leaky Abstractions – Joel on Software
  • (a) arrive (b) in order (c) in perfect condition.
    The Law of Leaky Abstractions – Joel on Software
  • Let me tell you one thing about why writers write: had I known the answer to any of these questions I would never have needed to write a novel.
    Joan Didion: Why I Write ‹ Literary Hub
  • The arrangement of the words matters, and the arrangement you want can be found in the picture in your mind. The picture dictates the arrangement.
    Joan Didion: Why I Write ‹ Literary Hub
  • I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
    Joan Didion: Why I Write ‹ Literary Hub
  • In the late 1950’s began a second phase of research based on the Indica-Japonica Rice Hybridization Project launched by the FAO in several countries. Indica and Japonica are the two most common rice types in the species Oryza sativa, the third one being Javanica.
    A Short History of Rice Research in West Bengal
  • It is mainly through the financial markets that the Bank's key policy rate influences interest rates and the exchange rate.
    About financial markets - Bank of Canada
  • Eastman said that there were three principal concepts he used in creating the name: it should be short, easy to pronounce, and not resemble any other name or be associated with anything else.
    Kodak
  • One theory posits a purposeful contrast with the Ming: the character Míng (明; 'bright') is associated with fire within the Chinese zodiacal system, while Qīng (清) is associated with water, illustrating the triumph of the Qing as the conquest of fire by water.
    Qing dynasty
  • In 1717, Russian Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky landed and established a secret fortified settlement on this location, where the dry bed of a former mouth of the Amu-Darya River once emptied into the Caspian Sea. His intent was to march an army up this dry riverbed and conquer the Khanate of Khiva. The expedition failed, and the Russians abandoned the settlement for over 150 years.
    Türkmenbaşy, Turkmenistan - Wikipedia
  • Zoom out and see your victories in addition to your losses. You must contextualize. Give yourself credit for your wins, most people don’t do this enough. Be hard on yourself, but don't be a tyrant.
    On Devastating Losses and What You Get to Keep - by Dmitry
  • What happened to me was necessary. I would not have learned some hard truths otherwise. It’s a positive for someone’s personal development to experience a moment of true bleakness. You learn more about yourself and what you’re really capable of. Some lessons must be experienced.
    On Devastating Losses and What You Get to Keep - by Dmitry
  • You’re at the lows, however it’s extremely unlikely you will stay at the lows. Suicidal thoughts are analogous to selling the bottom of a market crash; this is often the absolute worst time to do so, and you are not thinking clearly.
    On Devastating Losses and What You Get to Keep - by Dmitry
  • “The frustrating thing about India…is that whatever you can rightly say about [it], the opposite is also true.”
    (Dispatches from India - by Arjun Ramani - Economy Class
  • Just like recovering techies in San Francisco, burned out Beijingers have also started creating “third places” and hosting “life-story salons,” writes Chang Che. Aha, I thought. This is a sign of a rich country: China is summiting Maslow’s hierarchy.
    jasmine sun's visit to china
  • started considering that maybe it wasn't the work that was the problem, but the environment where I was executing the work.
    Finding Work You Love & The 12 Points of Pleasure Test
  • China also has its own version of tall poppy syndrome, but in its case, the state wields the shears—Jack Ma being the key example. Idioms like 树大招风 (tall trees catch more wind) and 人怕出名猪怕壮 (people fear fame, pigs fear getting fat) warn the dangers of speaking up or standing out. These norms, my mom theorizes, are one reason that Chinese have not been as successful as Indian Americans in ascending American corporate hierarchies.
    America Against China Against America - by Jasmine Sun
  • A big VC fund names a thesis—e.g. creator economy, agentic workflows, American dynamism—snaps their fingers, and 1000 near-identical startups will appear like magic. Business follows incentives.
    America Against China Against America - by Jasmine Sun
  • They’re here to build tech and make money; risk management is for bureaucrats; policy is only relevant insofar as it helps or hurts your work.
    America Against China Against America - by Jasmine Sun
  • During this period Merv was home to practitioners of various religions beside the official Sassanid Zoroastrianism, including Buddhists, Manichaeans, and Christians of the Church of the East.
    Merv - Wikipedia
  • In Zoroastrianism, the god Ahura Mazda created Mouru as one of sixteen perfect lands
    Merv - Wikipedia
  • By the 1800s, under pressure from the Russians, the area surrounding Merv was completely deserted
    Merv - Wikipedia
  • During the 12th and 13th centuries, Merv may have been the world's largest city, with a population of up to 500,000.
    Merv - Wikipedia
  • subordinate their national interests to those of the Eastern Bloc (through military force if needed) became known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • "Socialism cannot mean only liberation of the working people from the domination of exploiting class relations, but must make more provisions for a fuller life of the personality than any bourgeois democracy."
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • The Soviet model of industrialization applied poorly to Czechoslovakia since the country was already quite industrialized before World War II while the Soviet model mainly took into account less developed economies.
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • A massive wave of emigration ensued.
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • continued until 21 August 1968, when the Soviet Union and three other Warsaw Pact members (Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland) invaded the country to suppress the reforms.
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • decision to split into two, the Czech Socialist Republic and Slovak Socialist Republic.[1] This dual federation was the only formal change that survived the invasion.
    Prague Spring - Wikipedia
  • n the early period of Roman rule, Zoroastrianism, that had been introduced to the region by the Persians, was still observed in Cilicia as was Judaism which attracted many sympathisers.
    Adana
  • Adana is considered to be the oldest city of Cilicia, with a history going back for eight millennia, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.
    Adana
  • making it one of the oldest continuously used place names in the world
    Adana
  • formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico
    Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness – The White House
  • President Trump will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.
    The Trump-Vance Administration Priorities
  • Authors translated include: Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Euclid, Plotinus, Galen, Sushruta, Charaka, Aryabhata and Brahmagupta.
    House of Wisdom
  • This caused extensive destruction, including the burning of Tripoli's famous library, Dar al-'Ilm (House of Knowledge), with its thousands of volumes.
    Tripoli, Lebanon
  • combined city became known as 'Triple City', or Trípolis
    Tripoli, Lebanon
  • Why not treat it as the fertile ground for intellectual exploration that it really is? Follow curiosity. Find your equivalent of that Calligraphy class without caring whether it’ll matter.
    How Tech Hype is Ruining College Students in Tech
  • It’s a paradox: vulnerability makes us feel exposed, but that exposure—that ability to let the light in—is what allows us to live transparent and aligned lives.
    do we ever get over things? - by Ava - bookbear express
  • Published in 1946, this polemic against poor and perfidious writing will be familiar to many. But its advice on how to write is as apposite now as then.
    What to read to become a better writer
  • Tashbulak and Tugunbulak are located in rugged terrain 2,000 to 2,200 m above sea level (roughly comparable to Machu Picchu in Peru)
    Two Ancient Silk Road Cities Discovered in Uzbekistan | Sci.News
  • The Persian poet Rumi (1207–1273), whose name means "Roman", referring to his residence amongst the "Roman" Greek speakers of Cappadocia, wrote a few poems in Cappadocian Greek.[98][99][100][101] These verses are one of the earliest literary attestations of the spoken Cappadocian vernacular.
    Cappadocian Greeks - Wikipedia
  • Mood and setting are far more central to this work than one expects in the traditional western novel
    The Heart of History: The Tale of Genji - Association for Asian Studies
  • For more than five hundred years during the medieval period, The Tale of Genji was read almost exclusively for its poetry, functioning as a sort of composition handbook.
    The Heart of History: The Tale of Genji - Association for Asian Studies
  • We look around the world, struggle to see the meaning in its chaos, and unconsciously tell ourselves that finding meaning isn’t that important. If I can’t pursue my own fulfillment, at least I can pursue my own pleasure.
    Everyone is numbing out - Catherine Shannon
  • The detachment is so widespread that most companies don’t even have the genuine confidence to market their own products.
    Everyone is numbing out - Catherine Shannon