David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Wilkinson insightful on the intersection of economic and military history. Question I was left with, however: Egypt was a military superpower until the advent of iron weapons; never again afterward. What went wrong? Ancient Egypt had iron resources. https://t.co/n3AE2Ku8ON — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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I learned eg that much of the pillaging of New Kingdom royal and noble tombs was done not by criminal bandits, as tourists are often invited to believe, but by economically hard-pressed successor dynasties, especially of foreign origin, who ransacked graves as deliberate policy. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022

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Now I'm looking for something of equal insight on medieval Egypt, 1000-1500 AD, when the country was again a technology leader - but a period that tends to get short shrift in many histories. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 5, 2022