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SASA promotes interest in all fields of Ancient Studies by uniting graduate students & engaging high school & college students.
Joined April 2020
👋GOODBYE X! SASA recognizes the values & ethics of #X no longer align w/ our mission of inspiring a wide, INCLUSIVE community of learners. ➡️Find us on #Bluesky instead! https://t.co/dzbbACBVdb ⬇️See definitions of words we find imperative to understand below
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SASA Live Book Club: "Mongol Ascension," by Andrew Vargas
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SASA Live Book Club: "Writing Beyond Writing: Lessons from Endangered Alphabets," by Tim Brookes
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#Dictator (n) - one holding complete autocratic control : a person with unlimited governmental power; Latin - dictare: to speak or act domineeringly. From the Roman custom of a military leader
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#Tyranny (n) - oppressive power exerted by government; a rigorous condition imposed by some outside agency or force; Greek - τύραννος: originally a single ruler of a city-state, but later becomes the antithesis of democracy during a revolt in Athens.
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#Oligarchy (n) - a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes; Greek - ὀλιγαρχία ‘rule by few’; from ὀλίγος 'few' and ἄρχω 'to rule, command'
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#Democracy (n) - a form of government in which the people elect representatives to make decisions, policies, laws, etc. according to law; Greek - dēmokratía; dēmos ‘people’ and kratos ‘rule’ with total authority.
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⬇️Please see our final thread below reviewing the definition of terms rooted in ancient history that we find are imperative to understand today. ( https://t.co/pdtxJUyxHa)
merriam-webster.com
Find definitions for over 300,000 words from the most authoritative English dictionary. Continuously updated with new words and meanings.
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🌟 SASA Monthly #Trivia Night! Join us for a fun night of #AncientStudiesTrivia! Theme: Legendary #Heroes 🗓 Thursday, March 20 @ 8 PM EST (via Zoom) ➡️ RSVP Required: https://t.co/aZHGrAfjiK Tag friends & spread the word! New themes every 3rd Thursday!
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🍲 Every so often, the Inspire Campaign (@sasa.inspires) will post one of their “Ancient Kitchen” posts. These posts are all about how people in the ancient world grew, made, and ate food. You never know, you may find an ancient recipe to try yourself! ➡️ https://t.co/50BSe8v0b7
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📚Grab your copy and find discounts on all the books and novels featured during SASA Book Club livestreams! 💕10% of every book purchased through SASA's #Bookshop comes directly back to help us Save Ancient Studies! ➡️Shop NOW: https://t.co/3NSwPzhHY6
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⚡SASA’s #MythologicalMarchMadness event begins! Every Mon and Thurs throughout March, the Inspire Campaign will post story polls to Instagram to determine who THE BEST #MythologicalDeity is! Results posted on our inspire pages every Friday! ➡️ VOTE: https://t.co/50BSe8v0b7
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🌎 Every other Monday we post our “What’s That Artifact?” posts. You can go to our Instagram page to answer the question in our story and check back later on any of our pages to see if you chose correctly. ➡️ Follow our new SASA Inspires (sasa.inspires)! https://t.co/50BSe8v0b7
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Check out Dr Martha Tepepa Covarrubias' amazing presentation on the #Mayan civilisation of #Guatemala and #Mexico! https://t.co/PqSj2ICrxM
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📣 Submit an abstract for our 2025 #VirtualConference - #OAW! 🌍 🗓 July 20 & July 21, 2025 ⚕️Theme: “Body and Medicine in Antiquity: Health Care, Knowledge, and Practice” 🗓DEADLINE: March 31, 2025 ✨Submit in English, Spanish & Arabic! ➡️ https://t.co/Ht9xFQBluU
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📢 #SASA seeks a volunteer to help teachers use #Archaeogaming Education Modules! Run webinars & train teachers Develop lesson plans Research Create educational content Details: - Remote | 5 hrs/week | Volunteer Apply: recruitment@saveancientstudies.org
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🎮⚡ Join SASA Gamers @dserranolozano and @Alex_Vandewalle for Archaeogaming LIVE playing 30 Birds!! 🗓️ TODAY - February 28th @ 2:15pm EDT ➡️ Watch LIVE & Subscribe on Twitch- https://t.co/hNASTSIQFc
#GameStudies #VideoGame
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🎮CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! Check out our FREE Archaeogaming Education Module (#AEM) - Medieval Medicine. 💊This AEM examines illnesses in Medieval Europe, and the beliefs and treatments associated with them! ➡️ https://t.co/zcX7IpVLq3
#Archeogaming #NEH
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❗️HELP SAVE #CLASSICS AND CLASSICAL STUDIES AT YORK UNIVERSITY! ➡️To find out how: https://t.co/mg7B8tLXyj
#Education
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🤩 #SHOP NOW at SASA’s Bazaar! A portion of every purchase on the Bazaar goes directly back to SASA! ➡️ Shop NOW: https://t.co/ylaZ4zO0IO
#Archaeology
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