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13 09, 2017

Assyrians – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

By |2019-09-05T05:40:38-07:00September 13th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Assyrians – Mesopotamia – West Asian history

Assyrian history: the head of an Akkadian king (maybe Sargon, who invaded Assur) Where did the Assyrians live? We first hear of the Assyrians around 2300 BC. That's when Sargon of Akkad invaded their [...]

4 08, 2017

Lawyer’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

By |2019-11-03T18:29:34-08:00August 4th, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Lawyer’s Tale – Chaucer – Canterbury Tales

The Lawyer's Tale: This is probably a picture of either the real Constantina or her mother Helena (Santa Costanza church, Rome) The Lawyer's Tale In the time of the Roman Empire, [...]

2 08, 2017

King Arthur’s Britain – Medieval history

By |2019-09-11T11:29:54-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on King Arthur’s Britain – Medieval history

Like the people King Arthur was fighting: Sutton Hoo invaders' helmet (500s-600s AD, now in the British Museum) The end of Roman Britain When Constantine III revolted in England in 406 AD and [...]

1 08, 2017

Basil, Zoe, and the Armenian Dynasty

By |2019-11-07T17:01:57-08:00August 1st, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Basil, Zoe, and the Armenian Dynasty

Basil starts the Armenian Dynasty In 867 AD, Basil killed Bardas and took over as Roman Emperor. That started the Armenian Dynasty. People call it that because of Basil's Armenian ancestors. (Sometimes people call it the Macedonian [...]

27 07, 2017

ibn al-Nafis – Discoveries of Islamic scientists

By |2019-09-06T09:40:40-07:00July 27th, 2017|Islam, Science|Comments Off on ibn al-Nafis – Discoveries of Islamic scientists

Illustration in Ibn al-Nafis Who was ibn al Nafis? Ibn al Nafis was born in Syria in the early 1200s AD, just as the power of the Seljuks was collapsing. He studied [...]

23 07, 2017

Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

By |2018-04-23T15:22:28-07:00July 23rd, 2017|Art, Islam|Comments Off on Medieval Islamic pottery – Islamic art

A tin-glazed plate Just about the time of the Arab conquests (about 600-700 AD), potters started to use metal-based glazes on their pots. So Islamic pottery looks very different from the Roman pottery that came [...]

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