In this way the writer found himself in Teheran on the 12th of May last year, having agreed to serve as Treasurer-General of the Persian Empire, and
The Strangling of Persia
This series has seven easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: How Freedom Came to Iran.Introduction to our series of excerpts selected
Why Does Russia Want the Crimea?
History and the Sock Merchant Blog believes that Crimea's past as a center of Russian culture is a major factor that we should not forget.This
Mongol’s Russian Horde Destroyed
Today's installment concludes Ivan The Great Unites Russia And Breaks The Tartar Yoke,our selection from History of Russia by Robert Bell published
The Khan Strikes Back
The settlement of his power in Novgorod had scarcely been concluded when intelligence was received that the Tartars of the Golden Horde were preparing
Novgorod Surrenders to Ivan
The veil was dropped too suddenly. The citizens were not prepared for so abrupt and uncompromising an assertion of authority.Continuing Ivan The
Ivan Undermines Novgorod
By artful insinuations of the personal advantages and general benefits that were to spring from the overthrow of Novgorod, he succeeded in
Kazan Conquered
Kazan presented the most alluring point of actual attack. The horde that had established that city subsisted by predatory excursions.Continuing Ivan
Ivan The Great Unites Russia And Breaks The Tartar Yoke
This series has six easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Ivan's First Act.IntroductionIt is hard today to think of Russia as a