But there were also signs that the Persian Empire was already in decline. After suffering humiliating back-to-back defeats in Greece in the 5th century B.C., Persia stopped expanding. In the century leading up to Alexander’s reign, Persia was further weakened by a civil war and other inte...
In every nation of the world marriage is a contract open to a wide range of stipulations, so all that was necessary was to exclude those that weakened its purpose; but Christians do not regard marriage in that light; they are, however, hard pressed to define what it actually is. They do...
While I was leaving for the hotel where I had arranged the event, I watched the news of sit-in in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi by one the religious party by the name of Tehreek e labbaik, because a Christian lady Asia Bibi who was accused of committing blasphemy, acquitted by the Court...
Eventually, therefore, Louis decided to accept Charles II's will. Philip, Duke of Anjou, thus became Philip V, King of Spain. Most European rulers accepted Philip as king, some reluctantly. Depending on one's views of the war's inevitability, Louis acted reasonably or arrogantly.[94] He...
the more people sought refuge behind the monastery walls. About 1300 the number of monks throughout China was estimated at 500,000, and it must have grown during the last decades of Mongol rule. Monks played a great role in the rebellions to which the Yuan empire eventually succumbed; also...
In June 1920 war broke out between Greece and Turkey, inspired by the imperialists, primarily the British, who hoped to take advantage of the war to strengthen their weakened position in the Near East. On Sept. 9, 1922, Kemel’s army, having captured Smyrna, defeated the Greek troops, ...
His body, diverted to Egypt by Ptolemy, the later king, was eventually placed in a golden coffin in Alexandria. Both in Egypt and elsewhere in the Greek cities he received divine honours. No heir had been appointed to the throne, and his generals adopted Philip II’s half-witted ...
At the same time, the empire began to break down from within—the capital was at odds with the provinces; ambitious magnates were greedy for land and privileges; religious orders fought each other vigorously; and church and state were rivals for power. Eventually the Turks encircled the empire...
It was called Lend-Lease to give the impression that something eventually would be given back. In March 1941, the plan passed through Congress. So relieved was U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill that he described Lend-Lease as "tantamount to a declaration of war." At the same time, ...
who began to pay accumulated debts. However, the Arab Revolt had ruined many Arab merchants and importers, and British war activities, although bringing new levels of prosperity, further weakened the traditional social institutions—the family and village—by fostering a large urban Arab working class...