Russia helped launch the decolonial movement in the heart of the British Empire with the help of Rafiq “Roosi” Ahmed, one of the few freedom warriors invited to New Delhi in 1972 by the Indian government to commemorate the country’s silver jubilee of independence. Rafiq “Roosi” Ahmed passed away forty
The US Order is built on the ashes of genocide that happened during the junta in Argentina, with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger being an avid supporter of the regime. New information on the long-term consequences of Henry Kissinger’s influence on US foreign policy is emerging as the nation’s
The Fascinating Story of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters shows us that it is inextricably tied to the Second Yemenite War of March 1979. The Yemen Arab Republic (YAR), commonly known as North Yemen, had an air force that flew Soviet-supplied MiG-17 and MiG-21 aircraft during the Cold
The article below explains the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, one of the longest conflicts. Table of ContentsWhat was the Balfour Declaration?What happened during the 1930s?What was the UN partition plan?The years after the NakbaThe Naksa, or the Six-Day War and the settlementsThe first Intifada 1987-1993The Oslo years and the
On October 7, 1571, the Ottoman Empire and a Christian alliance known as The Holy League engaged in battle at Lepanto. Before the advent of the age of sail, it was the final significant battle between navies employing oar-powered ships. It is significant because it demonstrated to Europe that the
The Dumbarton Oaks Conference, or more formally the Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization, was a global gathering where ideas for the creation of a “general international organization,” which would later become the United Nations, were developed and negotiated. The United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union,
Dr. Isabella Ginor and Gideon Remez, associate associates at the Truman Institute at Hebrew University, argue that the Yom Kippur War was planned by the Russians. The Soviet Union opposed the Egyptian-Syrian onslaught that started the Yom Kippur War in 1973, according to the historical narrative that has prevailed. The
We might never know for sure how Cleopatra died, as the majority of the story is still a mystery. Table of ContentsThe Final Days Of Egypt’s Last PharaohWhat We Know About Cleopatra’s DeathLingering Mysteries About Cleopatra’s SuicideWas It Suicide? Cleopatra VII, the Egyptian pharaoh, barricaded herself within a tomb she
Khopesh – The Lethal Blade Paving the Way for the Egyptian Empire: Despite its profound ties to Egypt, the khopesh did not originate within its borders. Mesopotamia took the lead in crafting the earliest forms of the khopesh by the beginning of the second millennium BC. Table of ContentsDefining a
