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Why Did Japan Rise So Much, but Then Stagnated?
The same reasons that made it grow fast then caused it to stagnate
Oct 8
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Why Was Kyoto Japan’s Capital?
Short Article. And why is To-kyo the inverse of Kyo-To?
Oct 6
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How Japan Redrew Asia
Short article
Oct 1
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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?
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Aug 28
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Tomas Pueyo
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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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