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43 De Bello Armenico Although Theodosius II shared the legal interests of his aunt Galla Placidia, the decision to approve her...
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The Near East was not a monolith, and in general saw a decline in women's rights as the centuries passed, with certain trades slowly...
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I would turn your attention to the hordes of unwed young men extremely susceptible to extremist ideologies and taking part in extremist...
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Chapter 135: Upheavals in English North America After the death of Charles I in 1654, royal power had begun a gradual resurgence under...
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IOTL, Portugal did just about everything to keep its colonies, but in the end, the financial, military, diplomatic and domestic...
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Germanicus is certainly a much more engaging and likeable character than dour old Tiberius. That said I'm not entirely certain that...
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#2 is actually really bad for Augustus. After Agrippa died Tiberius was Augustus' main military commander, and after his return from...
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May 1299. On the road to Scotland. Normally, it was a queen who rode to her king, who left her home and came to her marriage. Very...
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What's interesting about this is that you could make the case that it was that very power play by the Abbasids (ie Mutazilism) that...
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There are some threads which deal with Alid victory in first and second fitnahs. But after that they fizzle out. Which is surprising...
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I could see Arafat from a PR perspective cleverly and shamelessly using Carey’s Irish heritage and anti-apartheid stance as a way to...
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It didn't cause much problems historically. Also, why would the capital be in Constantinople? While the Ummayads ruled a united...
Wednesday at 5:27 PM
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Wait, are you talking about the First Fitna? I was looking for us to discuss the Second (so preferably no PoDs prior to the death of...
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Another important detail to take into consideration are the continuous papal requests to organize crusades, both against the Turks and...
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Here's another way of looking at this -- of the two more popular scenarios, the Caliphate fracturing longer term or the Zubayrids...
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