05 Aug 2022 The Many Incarnations Of Hagia Sophia In Istanbul By Dr Marion Dolan History & Tradition 0 Towering over Istanbul atop one of its highest hills, Hagia Sophia has stood for over 1,500 years as an architectural wonder, one of the largest and most remarkable Christian churches ever built. Its numerous incarnations have continued from the... Read More
03 Aug 2022 Triumph, Rebellion And The Ancient History Of Ukraine By Jake Leigh-Howarth History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure 0 Ukraine has always been a complicated place, with one foot in the West and the other in the East, resulting in a unique tension as a constantly contested borderland, a battleground, pitting the tribes of Europe against the expansionist dynasties of... Read More
29 Jul 2022 Topkapi Palace, Showcasing Ottoman Splendor And Opulence By micki pistorius History & Tradition 0 Centuries before Versailles, Buckingham Palace and the Kremlin Palace, on the shore where the Western world meets the East, cupped by the Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus Strait and the Golden Horn, there rose a palace of such splendor, called... Read More
25 Jul 2022 Medieval Colonialism: The Danish Duchy Of Estonia By Jake Leigh-Howarth History & Tradition 0 Within the pantheon of great empires, the Kingdom of Denmark has received very little attention, yet this small European civilization was one the most enterprising of its day following its unification after the Viking period. As the Danes reached... Read More
22 Jul 2022 The Furry Ones Slain And Sacrificed To Bloodthirsty Deities By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 It is beyond many people to even consider the killing of an animal, the sacrifice of the innocent in the name of a deity, but this was not the case in ancient times, and even in some parts of the modern world, where the killing of what are today... Read More