Monday, January 26, 2026

The Great Turkish War: How Europe fought back against the Ottomans

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In the seventeenth century, the Ottoman Empire was making many enemies in Europe The seventeenth century was rocked by several wars in Euro...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave: A metaphor for the ages

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Plato wrote many great works, such as his records of the  trial of Socrates . Specifically, his work “Apology” alone  alone could earn him a...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

What the War of 1812 did for the United States

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“His Brittanic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,...
Saturday, January 3, 2026

My inner conflicts about learning Latin

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“In the last century [then the seventeenth century], Latin was the universal language of Europe . Correspondence among the learned, and inde...
Thursday, December 25, 2025

What areas of archeology are most relevant to Biblical Studies?

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I have been learning the Ancient Greek language since 2013. I’ve even used it to read some Plato in the original . But my main goal with th...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

What are the Intolerable Acts?

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“An act to allow a drawback of the duties of customs on the exportation of tea to any of his Majesty's colonies or plantations in Ameri...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

How the British Empire was replaced by the British Commonwealth

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“We refer to the group of self-governing communities composed of Great Britain and the Dominions. Their position and mutual relation may be ...