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Trojan War

(12th or 13th Century B. C. E.) Legendary Bronze Age conflict between Mycenaean Greeks and Troy. Despite the problems inherent in any attempt to employ the Homeric epics in a historical reconstruction of the Trojan War, the latest archaeological evidence from and around the site of Troy has led many scholars to reappraise the Homeric […]

The Fall of Ctesiphon and the Battle of Jalula

Syria, Palestine and Roman Mesopotamia were not the only regions in which the Muslims were steamrollering an increasingly desperate defence. Much like their victory at Yarmuk, their victory at Qadisiyyah and Sa’d’s ruthless pursuit of Jalinus had exposed the entirety of Persian Mesopotamia and left the road to Ctesiphon open. With its potential as a […]