What if the world we currently live in were to collapse? What sounds like the theme of a new post-apocalyptic TV-show in fact is what occupies an emerging scientific movement called Collapsology. It can be best described as the cross-disciplinary study of industrial and societal collapse due to climatic instabilities. Collapsology proposes that humans have…Read More
Category: History and Culture
Empire and What Remains of It
Abstract: Empire- a project of exploration and exploitation. While days of mercantilism are over, what remains of the Empire? In the 21st Century are overseas territories as important as they were? Have they found their footing in international relations and law? Or are they still serving as satellites and centers feeding the Crown? The French…Read More
Phoenicia: A Forgotten Civilization and History’s First Global Empire
Abstract Lebanon’s history is one of the least talked about but one of the oldest in history, dating back to the ancient civilization of Canaan or Phoenicia. The influence of the Phoenicians was felt far and across the ancient world. The Phoenicians managed to spread their influence because they ventured beyond their homeland both physically…Read More
Contribution of Muslim Rulers in the Society of the Iberian Peninsula -Spain
Abstract The Iberian Peninsula is a mountainous region in Europe located in the present days in Spain and Portugal. Muslims recognized this region as Andalusia. Gibraltar channel had separated Europe and Africa on the southern side of this peninsula. Different power rules this land in multiple periods of history. In the medieval period, this area…Read More