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Showing posts with label Political. Show all posts

King Chulalongkorn's Shaping of Modern Thai Education

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King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) ushered in a transformative era where Thailand, then known as Siam, emerged as a unified nation-state. But like ...

Mongkut and the Modernization Wave of the 19th Century

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A 19th century Thai King, despite lacking youth, embraced modernization and all in the name of his Kingdom's independence. But he did no...

Joseph Stalin - The Price of Success

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Everyone knows Hitler as the embodiment of evil with the Allies as the forces of good. But within the ranks of these "good" stood ...

Spain's Controversial Queen Isbella II

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While Queen Victoria enjoyed a nation riding high in imperial glory, her contemporary in Spain found her nation in disarray, plagued by poli...

Isabella's Kingdom of Castile

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When Isabella took the crown of Castile, what was her kingdom like?

10 Things to Know about Queen Isabella of Castille

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A woman that towered over a patriarchal society and period. Isabella of Castille transformed her Kingdom from a divided society into a great...

Isabella of Castile - the Iron Queen of Spain

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Isabella gazed upon the foreign navigator in his presence pondering on the cost and rewards of this person’s proposal, crew and ships for an...

Darius the Great - the Zenith of Persian Empire

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“Darius the King says: Ahuramazda, the greatest of the gods, created me, made me king, bestowed upon me this kingdom, great, possessed of go...

Cambyses II and His Controversial Conquest of Egypt

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Cambyses II earned his place in the hallmark of Persian history with his push eastwards into North Africa. Under his rule from 530 and 522 B...

Founders: Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire

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"Of all the powers in Asia, the kingdom of Cyrus showed itself to be the greatest and most glorious.." - Xenophon in Cyropaedia

5 Causes of the Tepanec War: The Aztecs Ticket to Empire

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The Tepanec War served as the Aztec Empire’s debut as a major player in Mesoamerican politics. It eliminated its rival that created a void w...

Causes of the Tepanec War

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The Tepanec War transformed the Aztecs into a major player in the politics of Lake Texcoco then throughout Central America. The War brought ...

A Grandfather's Love and the Rise of the Aztecs

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Messengers from a nascent city of Tenochtitlan arrived in the sumptuous palace of Tezozomoc in the city of Azcapotzalco, the great power tha...

A Joke that Left Thousands Without a Nose

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32,000 Voldemort-like looking people, without a nose and only a hole in the middle of the face thanks to a “jest” by a Nahuatl-King. Such wa...

10 Things to Know About the Early Leaders of the Aztecs

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Behind the blood curdling stories of sacrifice by the Aztecs lies a story of beating the odds, a rags to riches story. Here are 10 things to...

Huitzilihuitl - the Second Tlatoani of the Aztecs

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What do you search for a date in Tinder? Is it the face, the body, or hobbies and interest. The 2nd leader of the Aztecs looked beyond this ...

Patience and Resilience - Early Leaders of the Aztecs

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A childhood defines an adult and the same could be said on states, countries and empires. In the case of the Aztec Empire, their early tribu...

What does Pope Francis and a French King have in Similar?

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In 2013 Pope Francis ascended as a successor of St. Peter and brought awe to many for the simplicity he brought to a position that everyone ...

First King of the World: Who was Naram-Sin?

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“Naram-Sin, son of Manistusu, ruled for 56 years” - an entry carved into the Sumerian King List. Naram-Sin (r. 2,255 - 2,218 BCE) ruled ove...

Sons of Sargon the Great of Akkad

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Establishing an empire is one thing, maintaining it is another. This beset the successors of Sargon the Great after their patriarch passed a...