In this episode, I chat with Daniel Hoyer from Seshat about looking at history through a statistical lens. We discuss the Seshat Databank and his new book, Figuring Out the Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History.
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The Boston Witch Trials
The Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C.
Banqueting House: The Place to Kill a King
The Painted Churches of Moldavia
The Lost City of Cahokia
New York's Central Park
Istanbul's Grand Bazaar
The Beaches of Normandy
Iceland's Thingvellir
The UNESCO World Heritage Site List
The Walls of Constantinople
The Acropolis and the Golden Age of Athens
Reinventing the Dragon City of Ljubljana
Discovering The Lost City of Petra
Agamemnon’s Mycenae
The West Bank Separation Wall
The Birthplace of "Gone with the Wind"
Rila Monastery
The Roman Forum
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