The Battle of Carrhae (Latin pronunciation: [ˈkarrae̯]) was fought in 53 BC between the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae (present-day Harran, Turkey). … More
Category: World
The West’s Thailand
The U.S.-Thai alliance benefits both our nations and supports peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. The first documented contact between the United States … More
More than 100 civilians killed in Mali attacks
Government says 132 people killed as armed group attacks villages in in Mali’s central Mopti region. More than 100 civilians … More
Israel’s prime minister is stepping down
Israel’s most diverse government in history, formed for the first time with an Arab political party, is disbanding over a … More
230 killed in attack in Ethiopia
Witnesses in Ethiopia said Sunday that more than 200 people, mostly ethnic Amhara, have been killed in an attack in … More
The Page Act of 1875
The Page Act of 1875 (Sect. 141, 18 Stat. 477, 3 March 1875) was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States, which effectively … More
Gulag – Russian Concentration Camps
Gulag, acronym of Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-Trudovykh Lagerey, (Russian: “Chief Administration of Corrective Labour Camps”), system of Soviet labour camps and accompanying detention and transit camps … More
Formerly Enslaved Sent for Africa “colonization”
The biggest question facing the leaders of the United States in the early 19th century was what to do about … More
Hidden Voices: Enslaved Women
Women knew that enslavers valued and depended upon their ability to bear children and increase the slave population. With this … More
Iraq’s ‘pearl of the south’ Lake Sawa dry
Hussam al-Aqouli remembers the exact spot along southern Iraq’s Lake Sawa where his two daughters once dipped their feet into … More
Congo military accuses Rwanda of invasion
Congo’s military accused Rwanda of “no less than an invasion” after M23 rebels captured a key town on Monday. The … More
Ingá Stone
The Ingá Stone (Pedra do Ingá in Portuguese) is located in the middle of the Ingá River near the small city of Ingá, 96 km from João Pessoa, … More
Wadi Dawan
Yemen in a desert country located on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, bordered by the Red Sea and … More
The Most Remote Place On Earth
People often vaguely refer to “the middle of nowhere,” but as it turns out, scientists have actually figured out precisely … More
Why the US Needed Putin’s War
The U.S. got its war in Ukraine. Without it, Washington could not attempt to destroy Russia’s economy, orchestrate worldwide condemnation … More
Iranrud
Iranrud (Persian: ایرانرود) which means Iran River in Persian, was a plan to build a canal from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Oman. The former Soviet … More
Kingdom of Aksum
The Kingdom of Aksum (Ge’ez: መንግሥተ አኵስም), also known as the Kingdom of Axum or the Aksumite Empire, was a kingdom centered in Northeast Africa and South Arabia from Classical antiquity to … More
Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths soar
It was about 6 a.m. when Venique Moïse flung open the door of her house and saw dozens of people … More
The History of Russia (1892–1917)
Under Tsar Nicholas II (reigned 1894–1917), the Russian Empire slowly industrialized repressing opposition in the economic center and on the far-left. During the 1890s Russia’s … More
Milesians – “Soldier of Hispania”
In the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Irish Christian pseudo-history, the Milesians (Irish: gairthear Mílidh Easpáinne) are the final race to settle in Ireland. They … More
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