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The Qajar Decline, Oil & the Islamic Republic Iran · Qajar Dynasty · British Empire · Oil · Revolution · 1796–2026 The Qajar Decline, Oil & the Islamic Republic Russo-Persian Wars · D'Arcy Concession · Mosaddegh ·…
Australia & British Colonial Indigenous Treaties Standard Australia · Frontier Wars · Mabo · Native Title · Comparative Treaty Law · J.S. Jowett Australia & British Colonial Indigenous Treaties Standard Pemulwuy · Black…
Cortés' Inter caetera & the Spanish American Revolutions Maya · Aztec · Cortés · Inter caetera · Smallpox · Potosí · Independence · J.S. Jowett Cortés' Inter caetera & the Spanish American Revolutions Mesoamerica ·…
Buddhism & the Devaraja: India's Indonesian Legacy Srivijaya · Khmer · Angkor · Chola · Ayutthaya · Devaraja · J.S. Jowett Buddhism & the Devaraja India's Indonesian Legacy Theravada · Mahayana · Srivijaya · Angkor ·…
Dzungaria, Tibet, Qing & the British Raj Tibet · Dzungaria · Qing Dynasty · British Raj · Great Game · J.S. Jowett Dzungaria, Tibet, Qing & the British Raj Ganden Phodrang · 5th Dalai Lama · Dzungar Genocide · Chumik…
Tibet & the Tang Tibet · Zhang Zhung · Yarlung Dynasty · Tang · Battle of Talas · J.S. Jowett Tibet & the Tang Songtsen Gampo · Bön · Old Tibetan Annals · Trisong Detsen · Abbasid · 821–823 Treaty Etymology & Geography…
Greece: Laconophilia & the Thirty Tyrants Ancient Greece · Sparta · Athens · 404 BC · J.S. Jowett Greece: Laconophilia & the Thirty Tyrants Heracleidae · Dorian Conquest · Peloponnesian War · Critias · Socrates ·…
Siam: the Haw & the Indochinese Federation Siam · French Indochina · Black Flag Army · Franco-Siamese War · J.S. Jowett Siam: the Haw & the Indochinese Federation King Chulalongkorn · Liu Yongfu · Paknam · Laos Cession…
Zoroaster & the Throne of Solomon Zoroastrianism · Silk Road · Abrahamic Religions · Fire Temple · J.S. Jowett Zoroaster & the Throne of Solomon Takht-e-Sulaiman · Ahura Mazda · Magi · Avesta · Azar Goshnasp · Silk Road…
Byzantium & Khazaria: the Quinisext Council Byzantium · Khazaria · Kievan Rus · Quinisext Council · J.S. Jowett Byzantium & Khazaria: the Quinisext Council Gog & Magog · Justinian II · Theodora · Sviatoslav ·…
Rurik's Kievan Rus': Russian-Viking Origin Kievan Rus · Varangians · Nestor's Chronicle · Rurik Dynasty · J.S. Jowett Rurik's Kievan Rus': Russian-Viking Origin Nestor · Primary Chronicle · Oleg · Igor · Polyanians ·…
Yazidis, Kurdistan & the Ba'ath: the Iraqi Wars Yazidis · Kurdistan · Iraq Petroleum Company · Ba'ath Party · J.S. Jowett Yazidis, Kurdistan & the Ba'ath: the Iraqi Wars Lalish · Lausanne 1923 · IPC · Abd al-Karim Qasim…
Kurdish, Assyrian & the Turco-Mongolian Timurid Erbil · Assyria · Mongols · Tamerlane · Timurid · Mughal · J.S. Jowett Kurdish, Assyrian & the Turco-Mongolian Timurid Erbil 2300 BC · Assurbanipal · Hulegu · Nauruz ·…
Boer Wars & the Zulu: the French-European 'New World' Revolutions French Revolution · South Africa · Zulu · Boer Wars · Kitchener · J.S. Jowett Boer Wars & the Zulu: the French-European 'New World' Revolutions…
The Assyrian Church: Kurdish, Ottomans & the Crimean War Nestorian Church · Filioque · Hakkari · Bedirhan Bey · Crimean War · J.S. Jowett The Assyrian Church: Kurdish, Ottomans & the Crimean War Nestorius · Council of…
The Last Church of the Paraclete: the Jewish-Christian Baptists of Babylon Tokharistan · Manichaeism · Syriac Alphabet · Kellis · Mani · Elchasaites · J.S. Jowett The Last Church of the Paraclete: the Jewish-Christian…
Rome: Tetrarchy, the Nicene Council & the Orthodox Church Rome · Diocletian · Tetrarchy · Constantine · Nicene Council · Theodosius · J.S. Jowett Rome: Tetrarchy, the Nicene Council & the Orthodox Church Crisis of the…
Francia Part 2: Charlemagne & the Papacy Carolingians · Charlemagne · Papacy · Lombards · Saxon Wars · Filioque · J.S. Jowett Francia Part 2: Charlemagne & the Papacy Pepin III · Carloman · Christmas Day 800 ·…
Anglo-Chinese: the Opium Wars & the Taiping Rebellion China · Britain · Opium Wars · Taiping Rebellion · John Bowring · J.S. Jowett Anglo-Chinese: the Opium Wars & the Taiping Rebellion Canton · Lin Zexu · Hong Kong ·…
Islamic Politics and Religion (Academic) Sunni · Shia · Abbasid · Fatimid · Occultation · Safavid · J.S. Jowett Islamic Politics & Religion (Academic) Mohammed · Umayyad · Buyid · Ismaili · Twelvers · Chaldiran 1514 ·…
Christendom and the Religious State Divide Armenia · Ethiopia · Frumentius · Miaphysitism · Chalcedon · Acacian Schism · J.S. Jowett Christendom and the Religious State Divide Armenia 333 AD · Ethiopian Axumite ·…
Anglo-Saxony: Arthur Pendragon & the King Anglo-Saxon Britain · King Arthur · Pendragon · Sub-Roman · Glastonbury · J.S. Jowett Anglo-Saxony: Arthur Pendragon & the King Mons Badonicus · Ambrosius · Gildas · Bede ·…
Völuspá — Adaptation of the Norse Poem ᚢᛚᚢᛊᛈᚨ · Norse Eddic Verse · Adapted by J.S. Jowett Völuspá The Prophecy of the Seeress — after the Norroena Society, 1906 Introduction — J.S. Jowett The Viking were instrumental…
Neoliths: Pyramids, Stone Circles & Atlantis Atlantis · Pyramids · Stone Circles · Sphinx · Magdalenian · Flood · J.S. Jowett Neoliths: Pyramids, Stone Circles & Atlantis Plato · Timaeus · Thoth · Younger Dryas ·…
A Treatise on the Astrolabe — Chaucer, 1391 (Complete Syncretic Adaptation) ♈ ♊ ♌ ♎ ♐ ♒ ♓ ♏ Geoffrey Chaucer · 1391 · Adapted by J.S. Jowett A Treatise on the Astrolabe Introduction & Five Parts · Oxford · Anno Domini…
The True Law of Free Monarchies — King James I King James I · England, Ireland, Scotland & France · 1598 The True Law of Free Monarchies On the Reciprocal and Mutual Duty of a Free King and unto his Natural Subjects ⚜…
India, Persia & Greek Hellenisation India · Persia · Alexander · Arjuna · Ptolemy · Hellenisation · J.S. Jowett India, Persia & Greek Hellenisation Nanda Empire · Mahabharata · Vasco da Gama · Ptolemaic Egypt · Seleucid…
The Kingdom of Israel & the Hebrew Name of God Origins of Writing · Paleo-Hebrew · Kingdom of Israel · YHWH · J.S. Jowett The Kingdom of Israel & the Hebrew Name of God From Cuneiform & Hieroglyphs → The World's First…
Anglo-Spanish Relations in the New World Habsburg Dynasty · Anglo-Spanish War · Counter-Reformation · J.S. Jowett Anglo-Spanish Relations in the New World Cologne War · Drake & Hawkins · The Armada · War of Spanish…
Catholic & Protestant Britain — Parliament's Rise Charles II · James II · William of Orange · The Glorious Revolution · J.S. Jowett Catholic & Protestant Britain — Parliament's Rise Restoration · Exclusion Crisis ·…
Francia — The Royalty of the Merovingians and Carolingians Metz · Merovingians · Salian Franks · Clovis · Carolingians · J.S. Jowett Francia — The Royalty of the Merovingians and Carolingians Celtic Metz · Trojan…
King Charles, the Commonwealth & the Duke of Buckingham Charles I · Duke of Buckingham · English Civil War · Cromwell · J.S. Jowett King Charles, the Commonwealth & the Duke of Buckingham Petition of Right · Eleven…
The Third Crusade — King Guy, Conrad of Montferrat & the Kingdom of Jerusalem Third Crusade · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Saladin · Richard I · J.S. Jowett The Third Crusade — King Guy, Conrad of Montferrat & the Kingdom of…