Tag Archives: Byzantine Empire

The Black Sea

Posted on March 1, 2021 by Lon Arp

Traversed by Ancient and Modern Empires Here is about an area of the world that remains, for those of us oriented primarily toward North America and Europe, a historically complicated and geographically confusing mélange of ancient empires initially forged by … Continue reading →

Posted in Geography, History | Tagged Black Sea: A History, Byzantine Empire, Charles King, Danube, Fall of Constantinople, Herodotus, Mongols, Russian Empire, Steppes of Central Asia, The Caliphate | 4 Comments

Is the USA Still a Republic?

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Lon Arp

A New Republic At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, the Constitution of the United States having finally been adopted, Benjamin Franklin was asked, “Well, Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” “A … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War & Peace | Tagged A Study of History (Abridged), Arnold J. Toynbee, British Empire, Byzantine Empire, Edward Gibbon, Julius Caesar, Oswald Spengler, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The Decline of the West | 8 Comments

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