If you have even a perfunctory knowledge of what happened during the Civil Rights Movement in the US, you remember the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The purpose of the act was to end segregation in public places because segregation discriminated so heavily against African Americans living in the South. It also banned segregation in employment […]
Month: September 2020
Byzantine Chariot Racing – Sports Without Gladiators
Perhaps it is unusual to follow up my first post on the Byzantine Empire with a post on Byzantine chariot racing. However, sports are an area in which this medieval empire appears quite modern. Plus, they’re fun, and in the Byzantine world they were a big deal. But a major difference existed between the sports […]
Review of Freshwater Road, by Denise Nicholas
Freshwater Road is a historical novel from Denise Nicholas and appeared in 2008. To read my other recent book reviews, see: A Long Petal of the Sea, by Isabel Allende This Tender Land, by William Kent Krueger The Impossible Girl, by Lydia Kang The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret […]
Is the Byzantine Empire Underrated or Just Ignored?
I get the question all the time: Was the Byzantine Empire underrated? Have you ever even heard of the Byzantine Empire? If you’re a regular follower of my blog, possibly not. If you got to this post from an Internet search, perhaps you have. Either way, most people know little about the great empire that […]