Interview: Howard Zinn talks to London Progressive Journal

Daniel Pye 5 years ago Region: United States

  DP: Much of your life’s work has been dedicated to the study of unorthodox history, told from the point of view of those who lived it. From reading many of your books and speeches it is clear you abhor the id... more

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Yemen: The Dubai of Ancient Times

Julian Worker 5 years ago Region: Yemen

Dam and Skyscraper Construction in the Past Was ahead of its Time   Yemen – A brief history   North Yemen became independent of the Ottoman Empire at the end of WWI and became a republic in 1962. In 19... more

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Myth of Invincibility

Abdur Raziq 4 years ago Region: Pakistan

Few centuries ago Afghanistan became part of Mughal empire during reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar, he had sent his able General to conquer NWFP, its adjacent tribal areas and Afghanistan, tribesmen were defeated by his army ... more

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The founding of the Holy Roman Empire increased the prestige of the Pope

Madugundu Krishna 5 months ago Region: India

 The founding of the Holy Roman Empire increased the prestige of the Pope, but accumulation of the wealth in Rome slowly resulted in the erosion of the status of the Pope. Many of the Popes did not lead saintly life a... more

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The Mughal Empire showed decline from the days of Aurangzeb

Madugundu Krishna 7 months ago Region: India

 Decline of the empire The Mughal Empire showed decline from the days of Aurangzeb .The highly centralized administration and the vastness of the empire created many problems. Aurangzeb’s successors were weak a... more

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The great art and the best architecture of Vijayanagar Empire

Madugundu Krishna 7 months ago Region: India

Percy Brown, noted art critic has described Vijayanagar structures as the most developed examples of Dravidian style. Hard granite was used for buildings. The Kalyan Mantapa of the Virupaksha (Lord Shiva) temple, Hazara Ra... more

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Bezistena - Strange and beautiful architecture

Nina Mindova 5 years ago Region: Bulgaria

Bezistena is built in 1509 using model from other Ottoman buildings  in European part of empire. The specialists tell that hall has the best acoustics in Bulgaria and can use for different concerts. Except Bezistena w... more

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Problems of Communism

Kamaru Zzaman 5 years ago Region: India

That was like Holy Roman Empire - metaphorically neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire in essence.  And there was no Gibbon to tell the world the truth of the rise and fall of Soviet Empire. The Soviet Empire co... more

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