To understand an era, study what its people ate, wore, and b... - Fernand Braudel

"To understand an era, study what its people ate, wore, and built, not just what they wrote."

Fernand Braudel Knowledge

Historian French 1902–1985

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"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."

"Geography is destiny."

"Civilizations are mortal like men."

"We're not just after treasure. We're preserving history."

"The mind is humanity's greatest tool."

"A tidy room reflects a tidy mind."

"You can learn a lot about a person by how they keep their space."