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the "elite" will begin scrubbing all ancient history and writing fiction in its place
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:12 am
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:12 am
buy up all the old history books you can
rare book stores, and flea markets with books, and everything in between
rare book stores, and flea markets with books, and everything in between
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:13 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Wikipedia for instance, is a continuous scrubbing of real history
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:15 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Isn't the American version of WWII all fricked up already?
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:15 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
SlowFlowPro
thank you for proving me right
if SlowFlow hates it, then that tells you all what direction
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:17 am to GumboPot
quote:
Isn't the American version of WWII all fricked up already?
a huge chunk, yes, I think
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:18 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I own them all
Mesopotamia and the Near East
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh – Sumerian/Babylonian epic.
2. Code of Hammurabi – Babylonian law code.
3. Enuma Elish – Babylonian creation myth.
4. Amarna Letters – Diplomatic correspondence from Ancient Egypt and the Near East.
5. Assyrian Chronicles – Records of Assyrian kings.
6. The Cyrus Cylinder – Persian proclamation by Cyrus the Great.
Ancient Egypt
1. The Pyramid Texts – Religious texts from Old Kingdom tombs.
2. The Book of the Dead – Collection of funerary texts.
3. The Palermo Stone – Record of early Egyptian kings.
4. The Rosetta Stone – Trilingual decree enabling translation of hieroglyphs.
5. Herodotus’ Histories – Accounts of Egypt by a Greek historian.
Ancient Greece
1. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey – Epic poems of the Trojan War and its aftermath.
2. Hesiod’s Works and Days and Theogony – Early Greek myths and farming advice.
3. Herodotus’ Histories – Considered the first work of history.
4. Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War – Detailed account of the war between Athens and Sparta.
5. Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica – Greek history and military campaigns.
6. Plutarch’s Lives – Biographies of Greek and Roman leaders.
Ancient Rome
1. Polybius’ Histories – Analysis of the rise of Rome.
2. Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita – A history of Rome from its founding.
3. Tacitus’ Annals and Histories – Roman history under the emperors.
4. Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars – Biographies of Roman emperors.
5. Julius Caesar’s Commentarii – Accounts of Caesar’s campaigns, including the Gallic Wars.
6. Cicero’s Letters and Speeches – Insights into Roman politics and society.
7. Virgil’s Aeneid – A poetic history of Rome’s mythical origins.
Ancient India
1. The Vedas – Earliest Hindu religious texts.
2. The Mahabharata and Ramayana – Epic narratives and historical mythology.
3. The Arthashastra by Kautilya – Treatise on statecraft and economy.
4. Ashoka’s Edicts – Inscriptions by Emperor Ashoka on governance and Buddhism.
5. Puranas – Ancient Indian lore, genealogy, and cosmology.
Ancient China
1. The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) by Sima Qian – Comprehensive Chinese history.
2. The Book of Documents – Historical records of early China.
3. The Spring and Autumn Annals – A chronicle of the State of Lu.
4. The Analects of Confucius – Sayings and teachings of Confucius.
5. The Tao Te Ching by Laozi – Foundational Taoist text.
Ancient Persia
1. The Behistun Inscription – Inscription of Darius the Great.
2. Avesta – Zoroastrian religious texts.
3. Herodotus’ Histories – Accounts of Persian wars and culture.
4. Ctesias’ Persica – A Greek account of Persian history.
Ancient Israel and Judea
1. The Hebrew Bible – Core religious and historical text.
2. The Dead Sea Scrolls – Ancient Jewish manuscripts.
3. Josephus’ The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews – Accounts of Jewish history under Rome.
Pre-Columbian Americas
1. Popol Vuh – Sacred book of the Maya.
2. The Codex Mendoza – Aztec history and daily life.
3. The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega – History of the Inca Empire.
4. Maya Stelae – Inscribed stone monuments.
Other Notable Works
1. Strabo’s Geography – Description of the ancient world.
2. Ptolemy’s Geography – Mapping of the known world.
3. Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander – Life and campaigns of Alexander the Great.
4. Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History – Early history of the Christian church.
Mesopotamia and the Near East
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh – Sumerian/Babylonian epic.
2. Code of Hammurabi – Babylonian law code.
3. Enuma Elish – Babylonian creation myth.
4. Amarna Letters – Diplomatic correspondence from Ancient Egypt and the Near East.
5. Assyrian Chronicles – Records of Assyrian kings.
6. The Cyrus Cylinder – Persian proclamation by Cyrus the Great.
Ancient Egypt
1. The Pyramid Texts – Religious texts from Old Kingdom tombs.
2. The Book of the Dead – Collection of funerary texts.
3. The Palermo Stone – Record of early Egyptian kings.
4. The Rosetta Stone – Trilingual decree enabling translation of hieroglyphs.
5. Herodotus’ Histories – Accounts of Egypt by a Greek historian.
Ancient Greece
1. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey – Epic poems of the Trojan War and its aftermath.
2. Hesiod’s Works and Days and Theogony – Early Greek myths and farming advice.
3. Herodotus’ Histories – Considered the first work of history.
4. Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War – Detailed account of the war between Athens and Sparta.
5. Xenophon’s Anabasis and Hellenica – Greek history and military campaigns.
6. Plutarch’s Lives – Biographies of Greek and Roman leaders.
Ancient Rome
1. Polybius’ Histories – Analysis of the rise of Rome.
2. Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita – A history of Rome from its founding.
3. Tacitus’ Annals and Histories – Roman history under the emperors.
4. Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars – Biographies of Roman emperors.
5. Julius Caesar’s Commentarii – Accounts of Caesar’s campaigns, including the Gallic Wars.
6. Cicero’s Letters and Speeches – Insights into Roman politics and society.
7. Virgil’s Aeneid – A poetic history of Rome’s mythical origins.
Ancient India
1. The Vedas – Earliest Hindu religious texts.
2. The Mahabharata and Ramayana – Epic narratives and historical mythology.
3. The Arthashastra by Kautilya – Treatise on statecraft and economy.
4. Ashoka’s Edicts – Inscriptions by Emperor Ashoka on governance and Buddhism.
5. Puranas – Ancient Indian lore, genealogy, and cosmology.
Ancient China
1. The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) by Sima Qian – Comprehensive Chinese history.
2. The Book of Documents – Historical records of early China.
3. The Spring and Autumn Annals – A chronicle of the State of Lu.
4. The Analects of Confucius – Sayings and teachings of Confucius.
5. The Tao Te Ching by Laozi – Foundational Taoist text.
Ancient Persia
1. The Behistun Inscription – Inscription of Darius the Great.
2. Avesta – Zoroastrian religious texts.
3. Herodotus’ Histories – Accounts of Persian wars and culture.
4. Ctesias’ Persica – A Greek account of Persian history.
Ancient Israel and Judea
1. The Hebrew Bible – Core religious and historical text.
2. The Dead Sea Scrolls – Ancient Jewish manuscripts.
3. Josephus’ The Jewish War and Antiquities of the Jews – Accounts of Jewish history under Rome.
Pre-Columbian Americas
1. Popol Vuh – Sacred book of the Maya.
2. The Codex Mendoza – Aztec history and daily life.
3. The Inca Garcilaso de la Vega – History of the Inca Empire.
4. Maya Stelae – Inscribed stone monuments.
Other Notable Works
1. Strabo’s Geography – Description of the ancient world.
2. Ptolemy’s Geography – Mapping of the known world.
3. Arrian’s Anabasis of Alexander – Life and campaigns of Alexander the Great.
4. Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History – Early history of the Christian church.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:21 am to Harry Rex Vonner
quote:
thank you for proving me right
I did no such thing Mr. Rambling

quote:
if SlowFlow hates it,
"hates"?

Me laughing at you posting crazy is not "hating" anything

Nobody is going to be collecting old books to write fiction in place of old scholarly work.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:22 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Begin?
The “winners” historically have always rewritten the narratives to fit their agenda.
Trump will either be a hero or an absolute villain depending on how the next 20 years go in US history books.
The “winners” historically have always rewritten the narratives to fit their agenda.
Trump will either be a hero or an absolute villain depending on how the next 20 years go in US history books.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:23 am to Hayekian serf
Nice collection. Better paint you house blue so they can’t hit it with a space laser and start a fire destroying everything.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:28 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Time to take a break from the internet.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:29 am to LSURoss
quote:
LSURoss
so you don't read books?
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:30 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Someone watched the SILO show on Apple lol
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:34 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Wtf are you babbling about
Who reads Wiki
Who reads Wiki
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:37 am to Harry Rex Vonner
We have no idea about this planet’s ancient history.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:39 am to Harry Rex Vonner
"will begin"..... Revisionist History has been going on for years....Look at "European colonialism", "native americans", "melting pot"
Netflix is a microcosm of what they are trying to do.....look at who and how they are casting influential people from the past.....
Netflix is a microcosm of what they are trying to do.....look at who and how they are casting influential people from the past.....
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:40 am to Harry Rex Vonner
They have been doing this since Rockefeller in the early 1920’s and it kicked into overdrive after WW2.
Posted on 1/15/25 at 8:44 am to Harry Rex Vonner
You think they haven't already done this in the past? Lolololol
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