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The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: A Challenge, and Military Might — 13 Jun 2016

The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: A Challenge, and Military Might – Part II

By Cam Rea

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Ardashir proclaimed himself king of Persis by 208 CE. His brothers protested this and Ardashir disposed of them. If his brother challenges were not enough, many local petty kings of Persis refused to acknowledge Ardashir rule. Ardashir responded by...
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The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: A Challenge, and Military Might — 13 Jun 2016

The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: A Challenge, and Military Might – Part II

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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Ardashir proclaimed himself king of Persis by 208 CE. His brothers protested this and Ardashir disposed of them. If his brother challenges were not enough, many local petty kings of Persis refused to acknowledge Ardashir rule. Ardashir responded by...
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Detail; Emperor Caracalla, and Cataphracts circa 101 AD. — 09 Jun 2016

The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: It Started with a Wedding – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Incredibly, the end of the Parthian Empire started with a fake wedding.Before the wedding took place, a civil war had been raging in Parthia between Vologases VI and his brother Artabanus V. After much warring between the two contesting parties,...
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Detail; Emperor Caracalla, and Cataphracts circa 101 AD. — 09 Jun 2016

The House of Arsacid Falls to the House of Sasan: It Started with a Wedding – Part I

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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Incredibly, the end of the Parthian Empire started with a fake wedding.Before the wedding took place, a civil war had been raging in Parthia between Vologases VI and his brother Artabanus V. After much warring between the two contesting parties,...
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The Gods We Honor Daily: The Cultural Significance of Days and Months — 30 May 2016

The Gods We Honor Daily: The Cultural Significance of Days and Months

By Ken Jeremiah

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A linguistic concept holds that if a term exists in a language, the concept it describes is present in that culture. In this way, language reveals a particular culture’s beliefs. For example, the Japanese language originally did not have a...
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The Gods We Honor Daily: The Cultural Significance of Days and Months — 30 May 2016

The Gods We Honor Daily: The Cultural Significance of Days and Months

By Ken Jeremiah

History & Tradition

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A linguistic concept holds that if a term exists in a language, the concept it describes is present in that culture. In this way, language reveals a particular culture’s beliefs. For example, the Japanese language originally did not have a...
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: Illustration, Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea — 25 May 2016

The Life and Times of Rumi: Sufism and the Golden Age of Islam

By MartiniF

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In this modern age, the poems of the 13th century Persian poet Muhammad Jalal ad-Din Rumi have sold millions of copies, making him one of the most popular poets in the world. Considered a provocative figure, Rumi continued the long tradition of...
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: Illustration, Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea — 25 May 2016

The Life and Times of Rumi: Sufism and the Golden Age of Islam

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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In this modern age, the poems of the 13th century Persian poet Muhammad Jalal ad-Din Rumi have sold millions of copies, making him one of the most popular poets in the world. Considered a provocative figure, Rumi continued the long tradition of...
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Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever? — 19 May 2016

Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever?

By Charles Christian

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– or how one greedy, treacherous Saxon earl weakened the English monarchy and paved the way for the Norman Conquest.According to an article that appeared in the BBC History Magazine in 2005, a relatively obscure Saxon nobleman called Eadric...
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Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever? — 19 May 2016

Eadric Streona: One of the Worst Britons Ever?

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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– or how one greedy, treacherous Saxon earl weakened the English monarchy and paved the way for the Norman Conquest.According to an article that appeared in the BBC History Magazine in 2005, a relatively obscure Saxon nobleman called Eadric...
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