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@ckunzelman 8 hours

I wrote about why I enjoy FINAL FANTASY VIII in my @waypoint column this week. It’s all about Time Kompression. waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/…
@bdaiwi_historia 9 hours

As for the function of the House of Wisdom, we have no evidence to suggest it functioned as some sort of literary s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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The storehouses (khaza’in) were known as “houses of wisdom,” بيوت الحكمة, probably some sort of royal libraries con… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@gypsy_heart6 9 hours

Excellent thread! For the nth time, there was never any House of Wisdom. Bayt al-hikma was a translation of a Sassa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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