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How Japan’s Geography Determined Its History
Samurais, feudalism, Tokugawa, Meiji Restoration, Empire, and present day Japan. All can be understood from Japan's geography.
Sep 29
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Japan’s 4 Priorities
If you know how to look at this map, you can deduce a lot of Japan’s history, why it has the borders it has today, where they are contested, and why it…
Sep 27
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How Earthquakes Made the Biggest City in the World
Tokyo is the biggest city in the world, but suffers from earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and typhoons. Why?
Sep 23
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Why Is Japan So Populated Despite So Little Land?
This week's premium article: What’s the Value of a Life?
Sep 16
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What Is Happening in Ceuta?
Leer en Español →
Aug 28
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How Households Drive History
The Example of Sumer
Aug 20
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Tomas Pueyo
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50 Learnings from the War in Iran
How has the world has changed since the US and Israel attacked Iran a few weeks ago?
May 10
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Why Did Islam Spread So Fast in North Africa & Spain?
Opponent weakness, incentives, taxes, ecology, nomads, land
Apr 24
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How Did Islam Spread So Fast?
It took only 25 years for Islam to go from being kicked out of a village to controlling everything from Morocco to Pakistan. How?
Apr 21
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Why Florence Started the Renaissance
A combination of geographic luck, network effects, and vagaries of history. Can we replicate them today?
Mar 25
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How Western Religion Drove Its Architectural Evolution
After the Romans fell, the Byzantines took the witness and continued improving its architecture, while in the West architecture tech was lost, and…
Mar 19
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How Roman Technology Drove Its Architecture
The Romans had 3 architecture problems they wanted to solve: bigger indoor spaces, building faster and cheaper, and more indoor comfort. How did they…
Mar 17
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