Science & Medicine
Did People in the Middle Ages Really Believe the Earth Was Flat?
It is one of history’s favourite jokes about the past. It is also one of the most carefully manufactured myths of the nineteenth century.
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Africa & the World
Was Mansa Musa Really the Richest Person Ever?
His pilgrimage shook the economy of Cairo. The claim that he was “richer than anyone in history” says more about our habits than about Mali.