How the Bantu civilization spread across Africa? How was the Kingdom of Aksum unique? How did Kenya become part of the British Empire? How did the Ottoman Empire maintain power? How did Islam influence the Ghana Empire? How did the Mali Empire build on the accomplishments of the Ghana Empir...
We can thank Islam for bringing chess to Europe. Muslim armies invaded Persia in the seventh and eighth centuries, and conquering caliphs fell in love with the game. As Muslim armies pushed into Spain and other parts of Europe, they brought the addictive game with them. "When chess moved ...
He traces this unholy alliance to a 1994 pamphlet written by socialist thinker Chris Harman, who admitted, as O’Neill puts it, that “Islamism at times has the whiff of fascism to it,” but nevertheless argued that it could be “tapped for progressive purposes.” Over time, H...
How did the rise of Islam affect the Byzantine Empire? What were the Crusades and how did they impact Europe? What impact did the Crusades have on Western Europe? How did the Crusades affect Europe and Islam? How did New Imperialism affect Europe?
When did the 2019-nCoV appear? Where does SARS-CoV-2 spread? What is SARS-Cov-2? The viral proteins Life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 Variants of SARS-CoV-2 The power of coronaviruses Why do some patients have COVID-19 symptoms while others do not? How can COVID-19 be treated? Nanotechnolo...
place. Coffee arrived from the Middle East where it had achieved a near cult like following, with the first coffeehouses being established in Istanbul. Once accepted by Islamic law (it was very nearly banned, like alcohol) the beverage followed the spread of Islam across Africa and Eastern ...
did and many mutineers ended up in German concentration camps. The only argument in favor of June mutineers being Nazi collaborators is based on the fallacy of undistributed middle: "The June mutineers fought the Soviet Union. The Nazis fought the Soviet Union. This means the June mutineers ...
Surely that remains at least as true if the word "droughts" is replaced with "rise of radical Islam."The president's insistence on treating ISIS only on its current terms rather than considering a long-term, worst-case scenario is precisely the purported error in logic for which he chides ...
If two pairs were both trending up at the same time, and then they stopped rising. If over that period of time for which they did rise, one pair rose 10%, the other pair would have risen 3%. And after that, the pair that rose 10% may reverse and start falling. Because its price...
What lasting impact did the Mongol Empire have on Russia? Why did the Mongol Empire spread so quickly? How did Kublai Khan organize Mongol rule in China? How did the Mongols treat the Russian people? What did the Mongols do during the Pax Mongolica? What country did the Mongols conquer in...