Saturday, June 14, 2025

Amanda H. Podany. Weavers, Scribes and Kings: A New History.

     Very thorough reading of the texts from ancient Mesopotamia but with very limited reflection, which is typical of the modern Anglo-Saxon historical discourse. Real science is formulating hypotheses and proving them with facts or the results of experiments, even if they are proven wrong later. But the right of making mistakes is not conducive to earning a tenure in the modern hyper-competitive university culture. 

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