As Karl Wittfogel reminded us in his Oriental Despotism, the union of throne and altar has been used for centuries to fasten a reign of despotism on society.7 . ... Karl Wittfogel, Oriental Despotism (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1957), esp. pp. 87–100. . 8. ..…
The country of course needed immigrants to settle the “Indian country” from which Indigenous nations were expelled or “exterminated” (as the Founders put it). ... Wax failed to elaborate on whether her parents, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, came from a cultural and social..…
The satellite was expected to undergo atmospheric re-entry in the late evening of Friday September 23, 2011 or early morning of Saturday September 24, 2011, Eastern Daylight Time. ..…
Turkey’s pro-American Middle Eastern rivals, led by Saudi Arabia, would eventually blockade Qatar, one of Turkey’s only friends in the region. ..…
Easter-Thomas; City Council #8.1: Pearl Eva Walker; City Council #8.2: Frank W. ..…
A member of the Geronimo Interagency Hotshot [wildfire] Crew, Bureau of Indian Affairs, San Carlos Agency in Arizona in 2014. ... Homes and ranches of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation were hit like a missile, more than 500 homes were left uninhabitable. . . ..…
Donoghue for Eastern District of New York, Assistant Director Mike McGarrity for FBI's Counterterrorism Division, Assistant Director-in-Charge William F. ..…
Leaving this region, the first migrants stayed near ocean shores, tracing band along the coastal areas of Indian Ocean including parts of Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and into South East Asia, down into what is now Indonesia, reaching Australia.. ..…
Incredibly, Judge Jack Weinstein, a senior judge serving the Eastern District, was appointed by President Johnson in 1967! ..…
US-Backed SDF Cooperating with Israel in Body Organ Trade in Eastern Syria . TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are cooperating with Israeli physicians in setting up hospitals for body organ trade in Eastern Syria, the Arabic-language media outlets reported Saturday. . . . . ..…
While around 100 people have as many as 50 people have died due to devastating floods in north-eastern state of Assam over the past one week. ..…
Western countries such recruiting new supporters, and propagating its propaganda. — Annual report of Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution, 2019.. ..…
The Native tribes of New England tried to use their connections with the English settlers to push each other around, though some preferred to ally with the Dutch or French, and thus, eventually, the French & Indian War was inevitable. ..…