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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

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    Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016

    'The giraffes that sailed to medieval China' https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/wild-things/giraffes-sailed-medieval-china … (pic=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/museum/exhibits/China_exhibit/giraffe.htm …)pic.twitter.com/V3uFOjZWMf

    11:39 AM - 20 Jul 2016
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    • aytul parlar Elıf Akyürek ☾★ 🇹🇷 EdgyPulchritude Luiz Carlos Marengo about the dash Stephen Bowles William Bennett th!o Cindy McCaskill
    12 replies 165 retweets 272 likes
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        See further the following paper on this E15thC giraffe + painting: http://mhj.sagepub.com/content/7/1/1.abstract …pic.twitter.com/UINHj68w7f

        2 replies 15 retweets 20 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Chinese and other coins found in East Africa: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cHRvtwTLcMAC&lpg=PA472&pg=PA472#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/XjqjeLcJZe

        Table showing the origins of medieval coins found in East Africa, with the vast majority being from China and found at Zanzibar: T'ang coins = 5, Sung coins = 210, Ming coins = 6.
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      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Jul 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Some recent finds of 11thC Chinese coins from Ethiopia+Zanzibar: https://www.academia.edu/5999530/Identification_of_a_Chinese_coin_found_in_Kuumbi_Cave_Zanzibar_by_prof._Felix_Chami … & https://www.academia.edu/2566792/Northern_Song_coin_finds_in_Harla_Ethiopia_point_to_newly_found_silk_routes_from_China_to_the_Horn_of_Africa … & https://www.academia.edu/8407965/A_second_Chinese_North_Song_coin_from_Kuumbi_Cave_Tanzania_is_identified …pic.twitter.com/7sgfL6oFyG

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Jul 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Distribution map of Chinese late 10th–early 13thC qingbai ware in Arabia and East Africa: https://afriques.revues.org/1836 pic.twitter.com/A7q3KbP3Ty

        5 replies 34 retweets 61 likes
      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 4 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        A fascinating medieval lion figurine poss made from Chinese money & excavated at Shanga, East Africa, see further https://afriques.revues.org/1752?lang=en  :)pic.twitter.com/nW3TCfcwsS

        0 replies 4 retweets 16 likes
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      2. mirax‏ @miraxpath 12 Jul 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        What a charming picture.

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Jul 2017
        Replying to @miraxpath

        Isn't it just! :)

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      2. Emily WeNNceslas  🦇 ❤‏ @battielove 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Well, they do all have unique spot patterns...I guess one could have mountains.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @battielove

        You never know, lol! :)

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      2. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 23 Mar 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        I can't say I've ever seen one with a wood-shake coat before.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 23 Mar 2017
        Replying to @GeorgeRick1

        Hah! :)

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      2. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Did giraffes have scales back then?

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      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Sep 2016
        Replying to @GeorgeRick1

        Oh, most definitely! ;)

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      2. Ségolène‏ @SegoAG 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        .@caitlinrgreen Which reminds me of Giraffrey Chaucer...pic.twitter.com/z6YZKQJdmQ

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      3. Mélissandre L.‏ @Melissandre_L 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @SegoAG

        speaking in tongues oui, mais blue tongues hein.

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      4. Ségolène‏ @SegoAG 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @Melissandre_L

        Je suis perdue xD

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      2. 東泥‏ @t_tonii 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @Soniasuponia

        and it wasn't the first, nor the only one!

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      3. Soniasuponia‏ @Soniasuponia 20 Jul 2016
        Replying to @t_tonii @caitlinrgreen

        I love "Chinese Unicorns".

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. MrK001‏ @MrK00001 5 Aug 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @proletariatrev

        I think people should study African history much more. Medieval African kingdoms traded as far as Korea and Japan. #Swahili #Maravi #Luba

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      1. Allie Alvis Newman  🎄‏ @book_historia 23 Mar 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        This really looks like Gessner's woodcut of a giraffe! I guess this was just the done way of illustrating them?

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