20 Mar 2017 Blood and Victory: The Battle of Kadesh, a Clash of Titans – Part II By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 The stage is set for a showdown between two giant armies – the Egyptians, with the greatest pharaoh of history, Ramses II, and the Hittites, with their impressive army and persuasive king, Muwatalli II. The bloody Battle of Kadesh would go down... Read More
17 Mar 2017 The Great and Powerful Pharaoh, Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh, a Clash of Titans – Part I By Cam Rea History & Tradition 2 Many believe Ramses II (1303-1213 BCE) is the most celebrated, powerful, and greatest pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. It is not hard to see why. The battle of Kadesh would immortalize Ramses II in our history books.A Patient WarriorRamses was born... Read More
08 Mar 2017 The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 The city of Lagash was located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of the city Uruk. Lagash was a fertile area, with irrigation canals feeding its crops via the Shatt al-Gharraf channel that filtered in water from... Read More
06 Mar 2017 King Destroys Those on his Hit List, One by One – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part I By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, lies a land known as Mesopotamia. It was here that men found suitable land, which they pierced, ripped, and seeded. Once the seeds took root, civilization was born. Lagash, like other city-states of its... Read More
03 Mar 2017 “But In Case Anything Should Happen”: Wills and Covenants in the Age of Alexander the Great By david grant History & Tradition 0 Would kings, dictators and statesmen have used Wills in the ancient Greek world to assure successions, pass down estates and document their last wishes?‘All will be well but in case anything should happen, I make these dispositions’; thus began... Read More