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CosmicRamiIt's Autumnal Equinox day for us here in the southern hemisphere (and the vernal equinox for friends in the north).We will reach the equinox at exactly 20:01 AEDT this evening, where the Sun will be directly over the equator crossing from south to north.The March Equinox has its roots in ancient astronomy, which helped people like my ancient Assyrian ancestors who lived in Mesopotamia to build their calendars and farm their lands.As it's the spring equinox in the north, it meant it was the time of 'rebirth', and was the start of their new year.This was only possible because many ancient cultures studied the position of objects like the Sun in the sky, and measured how long their day was. The collection of data, interpreting it, and recording it for future generations is very good science (even though it was tied to paganism/mythology).Today, Assyrians celebrate NYE like most others, but some continue the tradition of celebrating NYE around this time of the year too. We call it “Resha-d-Sheta” which means “head of the year”. Here is how we write it:ܪܫܐ ܕܫܢܬܐIt ties into an ancient 12-day NYE celebration known as 'Akitu'.So, when you think about the equinox today, think about how the calendars we use today, how we measure time passing, and how our base understanding of astronomy is connected in a very deep and long line of humans that stretches back thousands of years and will do so far into the future too.📸 time and date<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Equinox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Equinox</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Assyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assyrian</a>

YPJ Information Office<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YPJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YPJ</a> spokesperson Ruksen Mihemed sends greetings on the occasion of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Akitu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Akitu</a> holiday📢 "We hope this year will be a year of freedom & equality for all our peoples."➡️ Akitu is an ancient Mesopotamian festival celebrated by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Assyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assyrian</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Syriac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syriac</a> & <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chaldean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chaldean</a> to welcome the New Year

Arbella Bet-ShlimonHello everyone—here’s my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post! [Edit: I wrote this in December 2022.]I’m a historian. I teach & write about the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEast</a> with a focus on twentieth-century <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/iraq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@iraq</a> I live in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> & boost local news. I’m <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Assyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Assyrian</a>.My first book, City of Black Gold (2019), is a history of Kirkuk - where the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oil</a> industry started in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Iraq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iraq</a> - that explains how ethnicity as a political practice grew out of the intersections of colonialism, nation building, urbanization, and <a href="https://spore.social/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petroleum</a>.

Luke Dorny“…made cuneiform typesetting a difficult task…” Wow. <a href="https://typo.social/tags/cuneiform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cuneiform</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/assyrian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#assyrian</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sumerian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sumerian</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/heiroglyphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#heiroglyphics</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typesetting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#typesetting</a> <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/view/cuneiform-tablet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://letterformarchive.org/news/view/cuneiform-tablet</a> <a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@letterformarchive</a> <a href="https://typo.social/@aggietoppins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@aggietoppins</a>

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