Cultural Dynamics in the Wake of Alexander’s Empire
Alexander, Seleucus, and Antiochus I sought to establish their rule in foreign lands by bringing in a significant number of Greeks, estimated at around...
Fragmentation and the Spread of Hellenism
The battle of Ipsus, in line with the prophecy in Daniel 8, saw Greece conquering Persia only to fragment into four secondary kingdoms. Another...
Wars Among the Diadochi
Two years after Antipater’s death, chaos returned. Cassander asserted control over Macedonia and Greece, while Antigonus ousted Eumenes from the east. Antigonus then aimed...
Embracing Nature’s Challenges
The GOLDOSK Adventure
Crocuses Smiling Under the Rain!
Would you continue walking on muddy mountain paths even if dark rain-loaded clouds covered the sky, and a...
From a Sunday Stroll to Nature Enthusiasts
The GOLDOSK Journey
A delightful Sunday morning in the spring of 2010 marked the beginning of a new venture for a friend and me. We...
Qatar’s Journey
A Hub for Education and Shopping
Becoming a Center of Science…
The government of Qatar has put tremendous effort into transforming Doha into a prominent education...
Greek word as do-goodism
The old model was fading. In the later empire, more and more of the euergetism (one might render that Greek word as do-goodism) came...
Theoderic more enlightened
We, of course, would like to see Theoderic more enlightened still. Then by a familiar rhetorical ploy he could be the idealized barbarian with...
To all Jews who live in Genoa
Those Jews of Genoa had addressed their ruler, as they would have done a century or two earlier no less frankly, to ask for...
From Alican and Dilucu border gates to Karakale
Igdir is known for its borders with three countries. The border with Armenia is ver. close. Alican border gate connects Igdir with Erivan and...
