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How Water Shaped Humanity with Giulio Boccaletti

Factually! with Adam Conover

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The Justinian Code and Water in Europe

Bologna's water canals powered the economy of mediaeval bologna. The roman law reappeared in mediaeval europe in bologna around eleventh century. In the amazon it turns out they didn't domesticate individual species of plants and animals. They domesticated the entire landscape.

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