The ancient Mediterranean : before monotheism, people chang… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The ancient Mediterranean : before monotheism, people changed and exchanged rites and gods as we do with ethnic food.

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Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1 January 1960 in Amioun, Lebanon) is an essayist, epistemologist, researcher, and former practitioner of mathematical finance.

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The ancient Mediterranean : before monotheism, people changed and exchanged rites and gods as we do with ethnic food. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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