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The House of Borgia is depicted here as “A glass of wine with Cesare Borgia,” a painting that clearly shows the wealth and power (church power) of this illustrious and infamous family. Photo source: John Collier / Public domain — 27 Nov 2021

The Classical Influences Behind The Works Of Niccolo Machiavelli

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th-century man, is today still feared and yet revered. Machiavelli has come to represent the archetype of a scheming and conniving mastermind and even modern psychology refers to Machiavellianism as one of the Dark Triad...
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The House of Borgia is depicted here as “A glass of wine with Cesare Borgia,” a painting that clearly shows the wealth and power (church power) of this illustrious and infamous family. Photo source: John Collier / Public domain — 27 Nov 2021

The Classical Influences Behind The Works Of Niccolo Machiavelli

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Niccolo Machiavelli, a 16th-century man, is today still feared and yet revered. Machiavelli has come to represent the archetype of a scheming and conniving mastermind and even modern psychology refers to Machiavellianism as one of the Dark Triad...
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Crossing The Caucasian: The Mongol Invasion Venturing Into The Land Of The Rus — 01 Sep 2021

Crossing The Caucasian: The Mongol Invasion Venturing Into The Land Of The Rus

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 1221, to avoid being captured by the invading Mongols, Rashid, the Shah of Shirvan, abandoned his capital Shemakha, where the Genghis Khan’s generals Subotai and Jebe had ordered a siege tower to be built from corpses. Rashid fled to the...
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Crossing The Caucasian: The Mongol Invasion Venturing Into The Land Of The Rus — 01 Sep 2021

Crossing The Caucasian: The Mongol Invasion Venturing Into The Land Of The Rus

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 1221, to avoid being captured by the invading Mongols, Rashid, the Shah of Shirvan, abandoned his capital Shemakha, where the Genghis Khan’s generals Subotai and Jebe had ordered a siege tower to be built from corpses. Rashid fled to the...
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A Mongol melee in the 13th century. (Public Domain) — 27 Aug 2021

The Great Mongolian Raid Of Georgia And The Siege Tower Of Corpses

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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By late 1220, after being relentlessly pursued for months by Genghis Khan’s generals Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarazm, wearing a torn shirt, died exhausted, poor, and from pleurisy. With the death of the Shah, Genghis Khan had received...
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A Mongol melee in the 13th century. (Public Domain) — 27 Aug 2021

The Great Mongolian Raid Of Georgia And The Siege Tower Of Corpses

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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By late 1220, after being relentlessly pursued for months by Genghis Khan’s generals Shah Ala ad-Din Muhammad II of Khwarazm, wearing a torn shirt, died exhausted, poor, and from pleurisy. With the death of the Shah, Genghis Khan had received...
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Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece — 08 Feb 2021

Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Greece, a modern country found in Southeastern Europe, has for more than a thousand years presented the world with famous battles, fine art, wine, poetry, gods, and tales that at times bewilder the mind. But none of this could have happened had it...
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Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece — 08 Feb 2021

Bards, Historians And Historiographers Of Ancient Greece

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Greece, a modern country found in Southeastern Europe, has for more than a thousand years presented the world with famous battles, fine art, wine, poetry, gods, and tales that at times bewilder the mind. But none of this could have happened had it...
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Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. (Public Domain) — 25 Jan 2021

King Philip’s War: 17th-Century Hostility Between The Wampanoag and The Pilgrims

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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On June 20, 1675, the small border town of Swansea, Massachusetts, was attacked by a band of Pokanoket of the Wampanoag tribe. No casualties resulted from the Pokanoket raid that day, except for some dead cattle and homesteads that were raided and...
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Embarkation of the Pilgrims. Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth, Mass. (Public Domain) — 25 Jan 2021

King Philip’s War: 17th-Century Hostility Between The Wampanoag and The Pilgrims

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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On June 20, 1675, the small border town of Swansea, Massachusetts, was attacked by a band of Pokanoket of the Wampanoag tribe. No casualties resulted from the Pokanoket raid that day, except for some dead cattle and homesteads that were raided and...
Read More

Death of Muhammad II of Khwarezm. From Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani. (Public Domain) — 11 Sep 2020

In Pursuit Of The Shah, The Mongols Discover The West

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 1219, Genghis Khan led his armies into the mighty Khwarazmain Empire (present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran) and smashed it. The provocation of this attack was due to the mistreatment of ambassadors and merchants. The Mongols had sent...
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Death of Muhammad II of Khwarezm. From Jami' al-tawarikh by Rashid-al-Din Hamadani. (Public Domain) — 11 Sep 2020

In Pursuit Of The Shah, The Mongols Discover The West

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

In 1219, Genghis Khan led his armies into the mighty Khwarazmain Empire (present-day Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran) and smashed it. The provocation of this attack was due to the mistreatment of ambassadors and merchants. The Mongols had sent...
Read More

Julius Caesar on Horseback, Writing and Dictating Simultaneously to His Scribes by Jaques de Gheyn II (1629) (Public Domain) — 18 Nov 2019

Did Caesar’s Ambition to Conquer Parthia Lead to His Assassination?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 56 BC, Julius Caesar invited Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus to Luca in Cisalpine Gaul (modern-day Lucca, Italy) in an effort to repair their strained relationship, which had been established around 60 BC, but was kept...
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Julius Caesar on Horseback, Writing and Dictating Simultaneously to His Scribes by Jaques de Gheyn II (1629) (Public Domain) — 18 Nov 2019

Did Caesar’s Ambition to Conquer Parthia Lead to His Assassination?

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 56 BC, Julius Caesar invited Marcus Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus to Luca in Cisalpine Gaul (modern-day Lucca, Italy) in an effort to repair their strained relationship, which had been established around 60 BC, but was kept...
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The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire — 06 Nov 2019

The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The eighth to tenth centuries in Europe were turbulent times, as Western Europe was caught in the crossfire of invading foreign entities. Many came from the north, such as the various Viking factions from Scandinavia who struck terror into the...
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The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire — 06 Nov 2019

The Mighty Magyars, a Medieval Menace to the Holy Roman Empire

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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The eighth to tenth centuries in Europe were turbulent times, as Western Europe was caught in the crossfire of invading foreign entities. Many came from the north, such as the various Viking factions from Scandinavia who struck terror into the...
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Remains of Taq Kasra in 2008. Arch of Cstesiphon, Capital city of King Ardashir (Public Domain) — 28 Aug 2019

Ardashir’s Effective Reform of the Sassanid Military Machine

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In the third century AD, Parthia and Rome had been waging war against each other for far too long. Sometimes Parthia was the victor while at other times Rome was the victor, and it seemed as if no end to the war was in sight. Then finally:...
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Remains of Taq Kasra in 2008. Arch of Cstesiphon, Capital city of King Ardashir (Public Domain) — 28 Aug 2019

Ardashir’s Effective Reform of the Sassanid Military Machine

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

In the third century AD, Parthia and Rome had been waging war against each other for far too long. Sometimes Parthia was the victor while at other times Rome was the victor, and it seemed as if no end to the war was in sight. Then finally:...
Read More

Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi (1620) (Public Domain) — 14 Aug 2019

Calling Commander Deborah and Callous Jael to Defeat the Canaanites

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Of the multitude of wars and battles, whether based on individuals seeking revenge, vendettas, or conflicts that unify or partially unify a nation, the Biblical allegory of Deborah is indeed a story that, as the author Richard Gabriel puts it, is...
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Jael and Sisera by Artemisia Gentileschi (1620) (Public Domain) — 14 Aug 2019

Calling Commander Deborah and Callous Jael to Defeat the Canaanites

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

0

Of the multitude of wars and battles, whether based on individuals seeking revenge, vendettas, or conflicts that unify or partially unify a nation, the Biblical allegory of Deborah is indeed a story that, as the author Richard Gabriel puts it, is...
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