What were Islamic Crusades called? Jihad: Jihadis the Arabic term for a spiritual struggle in the religion of Islam. It can be used for both internal and external struggles. The term is especially used for a holy war fought by Muslims against enemies of Islam. ...
What was the original religion of the Berbers? What grains did the ancient Berbers grow? Who did the Indus Valley trade with? What trade did most Bantu tribesmen practice? Who were the Abbasids? What did Taxila trade on the Silk Road?
between the aristocratic wisdom of Al Hakim and the genius intellect of Khomeini: using the new institutional and organisational technology to turn “people” into an “active”, useful political force. Ultimately, this required the reinvention of what is meant by “the people”. There were other...
Jesuits (The Crusaders Book 20) The Jesuits... like so many things in this world, they are not what they appear to be. In 1540, Pope Paul III officially accepted "The Society of Jesus" (Jesuits) into the Roman Catholic system. Today, the current Jesuit General, Adolfo Nicolás, is res...
Petra’s decline was drawn out. Christianity was adopted as the official religion of the empire in 324, but for many decades afterwards the proud Nabateans mingled elements of the new faith with remnants of their own pagan heritage. An earthquake in 363, according to the contemporary bishop of...
Aswan was always a frontier town, the last bastion of pharaonic religion, centered on the powerful cult of Isis worship in thetemple of Philae. See the temple (it’s a tourist magnet, so go at dawn if possible), but even early travelers came here less for the antiquities than for the ...
Toni Morrison said the function of racism was distraction, and that it “keeps you from doing your work.” While she wasn’t talking about “wokeness,” the sentiment rings true. When the presence of Black people and teaching the truth about America’s racism qualifies as “woke,” attacking...
There was nothing good to say about religion. There was even less good to say about non-European cultures. If they could not Europeanize, it was better that they simply disappear. History was a long rise upward; before agriculture, men were simply brutes, dominated by violence, hunger, ...
Religion has become the major fault-line in the Indian subcontinent. But is it justified? I think it is. The ecologist-turned-quantitative-historian Peter Turchin has suggested that “higher religion” is a “meta-ethnic” identity. That is, an identity that transcends tribe, ethnicity, and ...
What was the capital of the Ottoman Empire? What is the capital of Ottoman Empire? What treaty divided the Ottoman Empire? Which religion was spread by the Ottoman Empire? What did Suleiman the Magnificent do for the Ottoman Empire? What did the Ottoman Empire do in WWI? What did the Crim...