One hundred years ago the British Government issued a document which would change the face of Middle East politics for ever. On 2 November 1917 the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, Lord Arthur Balfour wrote to Lord Walter Rothschild, a leader of the Jewish community in Britain and annou…
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September 11, 2001 has been called the Day the World Changed. There is truth in that statement, but it was a very minor change compared to the comprehensive political and social upheavals experienced in Europe at the dawn of the 19th Century. Before that era of change, it had been an entirely differ…
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In the previous issue we met the founder of the Holy Roman Empire, Charlemagne. Our next great conqueror considered himself to have taken up the mantle of Charlemagne calling him “our illustrious predecessor”. This Man of Destiny, as many called him, followed in the steps of Charlemagne in ma…
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