This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived the crisis that pulled it apart in the 4th and 5th centuries. Dr. Timothy Venning starts by showing how that survival and reco…
"In AD 200, the Roman Empire seemed unassailable. Its vast territory accounted for most of the known world. By the end of the fifth century, Roman rule had vanished in Western Europe and much of northern Africa, and only a shrunken Eastern Empire remained. What accounts for this…
Points out the concentration of economic, political, and military power that flows from the oil wells of the Middle East. That is the reason why the Bible points to that area as the stage for final battle.
Finanzkrise, Flüchtlingskrise, Klimanotstand und nun Corona. Das 21. Jahrhundert ist von Beginn an reich an Krisen. Zugleich haben spätestens seit dem Jahrtausendwechsel apokalyptische Deutungen des Weltgeschehens Konjunktur. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel analysiert die apokalyptische…
Finanzkrise, Flüchtlingskrise, Klimanotstand und nun Corona. Das 21. Jahrhundert ist von Beginn an reich an Krisen. Zugleich haben spätestens seit dem Jahrtausendwechsel apokalyptische Deutungen des Weltgeschehens Konjunktur. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel analysiert die apokalyptische…
After 600 years of ruling over the peoples of North Africa, the Balkans and Middle East, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire encompassed a series of wars, insurrections, and revolutions spanning the early 20th century, the political, economic, social, and international forces of …
After 600 years of ruling over the peoples of North Africa, the Balkans and Middle East, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire encompassed a series of wars, insurrections, and revolutions spanning the early 20th century, the political, economic, social, and international forces of …
Der Leopard: Roman
by Birnbaum, Charlotte, Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe
fromSerie Piper
ANCIENT HISTORY: TO C 500 CE. There are possibly more explanations for the fall of the Roman Empire than for any other event in history: from the theory that links the widespread use of lead in utensils and glass with mental impairment (and hence incapacity for rule) to the sequ…
"In New Rome, Paul Stephenson looks beyond traditional texts and well-known artifacts to offer a novel, scientifically-minded interpretation of antiquity's end. It turns out that the descent of Rome is inscribed not only in parchments but also in ice cores and DNA. From these an…
By the end of the fifth century, with the structural collapse of the Roman Empire in the west, Western Europe had fallen into the so-called Dark Ages. With the power of Rome removed, the Catholic Church stepped in to fill the void. Its political rise, alongside that of the Germa…