From Ancient Metal Treaties to Golden Space Messages

preserving messages for posterity

Ancient Empire Found Hidden in Plain Sight

These "myths" left behind thousands of readable records

Standard Measures Grow the Collective Brain

And why the metric system wasn't immediately adopted

War of the Currents

Gauge War

The Rise and Fall of Demotic

The Most Important Post I've Made

The Natural State of Walls

Between Protection and Predation

What is Upstream for a State?

Centralization or Decentralization?

Japan, the Steppe, and Iceland

Kansai, Late Mongol, and Icelandic Commonwealth Commonalities

Does Religion Help Political Administrations Last?

Imperial Ladders

Span of Friendship vs Span of Command