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13.01 Biology
13.02 Cosmology
13.03 Physical Science
13.04 Social Science
13.05 Other
364-Day Solar Year Mathematics
Agrarian Surplus and Social Stratification
Agricultural Phenology
Alluvial Geomorphology
Alluvial Sedimentation
Anachronism
Ancient Alexandria Astronomical Sciences
Ancient Astrological Decans
Ancient Atomism vs. Modern Atomic Physics
Ancient Cartography & Trade Networks
Ancient Celestial Mechanics
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Papyrology
Ancient Epidemiology (Plague of Cyprian)
Ancient Horology & Solar Calendars
Ancient Hydrology of the Tigris and Jordan
Ancient Near Eastern Cosmography
Ancient Near Eastern Three-Tiered Cosmology
Ancient Optical Theories of Light
Anthropogenic Climate Change
Anthropomorphism vs. Abstract Divine
Aqueduct Gravity-Flow Hydraulics
Archaeo-astronomy
Archaeo-Astronomy of Celestial Portals
Archaeogenetics & Ancient DNA
Archaeological Stratigraphy & Desert Preservation
Archaeological Stratigraphy & Excavation
Architectural Adaptive Reuse
Architectural Proportions & Geometrical Harmonics
Arid Environmental Conservation of Papyri
Aristotelian Teleological Biology
Astrolabe
Astrological & Planetary Symbolism
Astrological Archons & Spheres
Astronomical Lunar Calendar Calculations
Astronomical Winter Solstice Alignment
Axiom S5 in Modal Logic
Azimuthal Equidistant Projection
Beatific Vision
Bellum Iustum
Bestiary Lore (Pliny the Elder)
Biodiversity
Biodiversity The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable. In the lecture, the speaker notes the rich diversity of life on Earth, specifically mentioning how beavers create incredible amounts of biodiversity when reintroduced to desolate habitats.
Biodiversity The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat, a high level of which is usually considered to be important and desirable. In the lecture, the speaker notes the rich diversity of life on Earth, specifically mentioning how beavers create incredible amounts of biodiversity when reintroduced to desolate habitats.
Botanical and Agricultural Allegory
Cave of Machpelah (Hebron)
Celestial Spheres
Ceramic Ostraca Epigraphy
Clinker-Built Naval Hydrodynamics
Codicological Conservation in Arid Climates
Codicological Manuscript Preservation
Codicological Stichometry
Codicological Vernacular Paleography
Codicology
Codicology & Paleography
Codicology & Papyrus Preservation
Codicology and Paleography
Codicology of Ancient Papyrus Codices
Codicology of Slavonic and Latin Manuscripts
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Cognitive Metaphor Theory
Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR)
Comparative Philology
Comparative Semitic Philology
Cultural Anthropology of Agrarian Peasantry
Cultural Memory vs. Historical Fact
Dead Sea Arid Microclimate
Demographic Labor Dynamics in Post-Epidemic Economies
Demographic Marriage Statistics
Demographic Marriage Trends
Demographic Polarization in Roman Africa
Demographic Transition Analysis
Demographics of Urbanization in the Roman Empire
Dendrochronology in Ship Archaeology
Diplomatics & Forensic Palaeography The scholarly discipline studying the script, formulas, seals, and physical construction of chancery charters to detect forgeries.
Divine Kingship & Mediation
Ecliptic
Ecological Drivers of Conflict
Empirical Observation
Endogamy vs. Exogamy
Environmental Carrying Capacity
Epidemiological Depopulation
Epidemiological Depopulation & Tax Base Collapse
Epigraphic Paleography
Epigraphy
Epigraphy & Cuneiform Decipherment
Epigraphy & Northwest Semitic Linguistics
Epistemology of Empirical Verification
Evolutionary Adaptationism vs. Spandrel
Evolutionary Biology & Sociobiology of Religion
Ex Post Facto Prophecy
Excarnation & Forensic Taphonomy
Forensic Anachronism Detection The methodology of identifying institutional titles, feudal vocabulary, or technological concepts appearing out of chronological order.
Forensic Bioarchaeology of Crucifixion
Forensic Textual Stratigraphy
Gall-Peters Projection
Genesis Rabbah (Midrash)
Geomorphology of Halite Diapirs (Salt Pillars)
Geomorphology of the Sinai Peninsula
Geomythology of Deluge and Conflagration
Geostrategic Topography of the Bosporus
Great Hymn to the Aten (c. 1345 BCE)
Heraclitean Flux vs. Parmenidean Static Being
Historical Chronology of Quirinius
Historical Codicology
Historical Codicology & Paleography
Historical Demography & Longevity Studies The statistical and medical analysis of human lifespan changes influencing modern institutional governance and retirements.
Historical Demography of Medieval Famines
Historical Linguistics & Glottochronology
Historical Paleography
Historical-Critical Method
Historiographical Cross-Validation
Hull-Down Effect
Hydrodynamics & Meteorology of the Red Sea
Hydrological Engineering of Mikvaot
Inbreeding Depression Avoidance
Karst Geomorphology & Caves
Karst Speleology & Limestone Caves
Literary Stratigraphy
Logarithmic
Logarithmic Relating to a logarithmic scale or progression; mathematical divisions that decrease or increase exponentially. The speaker references a "logarithmic thing" occurring in Zeno's paradox (Achilles and the Tortoise), where Achilles continuously covers fractional increments of distance but mathematically never catches the tortoise.
Logarithmic Relating to a logarithmic scale or progression; mathematical divisions that decrease or increase exponentially. The speaker references a "logarithmic thing" occurring in Zeno's paradox (Achilles and the Tortoise), where Achilles continuously covers fractional increments of distance but mathematically never catches the tortoise.
Maacah (Queen Mother of Judah)
Manasseh (King of Judah, r. 687–642 BCE)
Mandragora officinarum (Mandrakes)
Manuscript Survival Statistics & Papyrology
Manuscript Textual Criticism
Mark S. Smith
Mechanical Determinism & Classical Mechanics
Mechanical Horology
Mercator Projection
Metallurgical Arms Embargo Analysis
Metallurgical Assay of Debasement
Mineralogy and Masonry of the Tower
Modal Possible Worlds Semantics
Moses and Monotheism (Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion, 1939)
Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism (1997)
Movable Type Typography
Near-Earth Object (NEO) Asteroid Impacts
Nuclear Brinksmanship & Mutually Assured Destruction
Numismatics & Political Iconography
Obstetric Cultural Anthropology
Paleobotanical Wild Cereal Exploitation
Paleogeography of the Persian Gulf
Paleography
Paleography & Codicology
Paleography & Manuscript Codicology
Paleography and Palimpsest Multispectral Analysis
Paleolithic Lithic Technology (Flint Knapping)
Paleopathology & Ancient Disease (70 Afflictions)
Pendentive Dome Architecture
Pew Research Sociological Data
Phenology and Agricultural Cycles
Philological Collation
Philological Stratigraphy
Philological Textual Criticism The linguistic analysis of historical documents to determine date, authorship, and authenticity (exemplified by Lorenzo Valla).
Philological Textual Stratigraphy
Physical cosmology
Physical cosmology The branch of physics and astrophysics that deals with the study of the physical origins, evolution, and large-scale structure of the universe. The speaker mentions that incredible advances in physical cosmology in their lifetime have revealed a universe so vast and ancient as to be inconceivable, which naturally resonates with Spinoza's proposition of an infinite universe.
Physical cosmology The branch of physics and astrophysics that deals with the study of the physical origins, evolution, and large-scale structure of the universe. The speaker mentions that incredible advances in physical cosmology in their lifetime have revealed a universe so vast and ancient as to be inconceivable, which naturally resonates with Spinoza's proposition of an infinite universe.
Plato and Christianity
Platonic Sensible vs. Intelligible Matter
Polemics of Religious Intolerance
Postmillennialism vs. Premillennialism
Ptolemaic Geocentric Astronomy
Pythagorean Number Mysticism
Radiocarbon & Scribal Dating
Scribal Technology
Serpentine Ecdysis (Skin Sloughing)
Sociological Boundary Maintenance
Sociological In-Group / Out-Group Dynamics
Sociological Model Building
Sociological Time-Use Surveys
Sociology of In-Group Purity / Sectarianism
Sociology of Nonviolent Action
Solar Thermodynamic Analogy of Wax and Clay
Source Stratification & Redaction Criticism
Speed of light
Speed of light A fundamental physical constant representing the maximum speed at which all conventional matter, energy, and information in the universe can travel. The speaker cites the speed of light and gravity as examples of "infinite modes"—ongoing, absolute physical laws that dictate how Spinoza's dynamic universe functions.
Speed of light A fundamental physical constant representing the maximum speed at which all conventional matter, energy, and information in the universe can travel. The speaker cites the speed of light and gravity as examples of "infinite modes"—ongoing, absolute physical laws that dictate how Spinoza's dynamic universe functions.
Spherical Cosmography in Medieval Science
Sphericity of the Earth
Star of Bethlehem Astronomical Hypotheses
Stoic Pneumatic Vitalism
Stratigraphic Seriation
Stratigraphy
Textual Criticism
Textual Criticism & Manuscript Stemma
Textual Criticism & Scribal Drift
Textual Stratigraphy
Topographic River Confluence Navigation
Tropical Plantation Epidemiology and Mortality
Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn
Typography & Movable Type Metallurgy
Ugaritic Epigraphy
Urban Fluvial Geomorphology
Urban Waste Management & Incineration
Volcanic Climate Anomaly of 536 CE
Volcanic Geology & Subterranean Sulfur
Volcanology and Pyroclastic Geomorphology
Volcanology of Mount Vesuvius (79 CE)
Yersinia pestis (Bubonic Plague)
Zoo-Anthropomorphic Hybrid Iconography