Archives for 2012

The New Caliph Enters Cairo

Today's installment concludes Fatimites Conquer Egypt,our selection from History of Egypt in the Middle Ages by Stanley Lane-Poole published in

The inhabitants of Egypt accepted the new regime with their habitual phlegm.Continuing Fatimites Conquer Egypt,our selection from History of Egypt

The conquest of Egypt was indeed the aim of his life.Continuing Fatimites Conquer Egypt,our selection from History of Egypt in the Middle Ages by

When I found that I crossed that line, I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything.- Harriet

Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their World History Series, #22.In which John Green teaches you about the European

With the fourth caliph, however, El-Moizz, the conqueror of Egypt, 953-975, the Fatimites entered upon a new phase.Continuing Fatimites Conquer

This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Islam’s Great Schism Explained.IntroductionJust like the Christian

Today's installment concludes Persia's 1907 Revolution,the name of our combined selection from Samuel M. Jordan, Stanley White, and Emile J. Dillon.

By this time the cities in Persia were in a ferment with the new political ideas, and the movement toward freedom had assumed genuineness and