Most of us think of chemical weapons as a twentieth century phenomenon. But did you know that one existed in the medieval world as well? We call that chemical weapon Greek fire. For many, the term chemical weapon has negative connotations. We recall the gas mask as an essential piece of equipment for World War […]
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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 […]
The Anfal Campaign Against the Iraqi Kurds
The Anfal Campaign against the Iraqi Kurds – Today in History. September 7, 1988 is an important day for the ethnic minority Kurdish people of Iraq. September 7 and 8 marked the end of a major military drive by Iraqi forces in the Anfal Campaign against the Iraqi Kurds of northern Iraq. The military operations […]