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Tatar Jihad against Russia & the Russian Conquest (1200-1953)

By Hans Mayfield · 17 years ago

This article offers the complete history of the military conquests between the Slavic Russians and the Islamic Tatar Jihad in Russia around modern Ukraine. The article also offers the history of the later returning military ...

History of Yugoslavia (1918-2007)

By Hans Mayfield · 16 years ago

Below is a brief walkthrough of the history of Yugoslavia from its roots as the post-WWI Kingdom of Jugoslavija, to the division of the Jugoslavs over support for Fascism or socialism, to the foundations of ...

History of Italy & Western Europe: from Roman rule to Germanic

By Hans Mayfield · 17 years ago

This essay is twofold: firstly, a thorough historical background into the internal decline and external conquest of the Roman empire by "barbarian" Germanic, Hunnish, and Slavic peoples, and the shift of historical control and advancement ...

Sources on pre-Christian German/Norse Religion

By Hans Mayfield · 16 years ago

This is an introduction and brief analysis of the ancient Edda texts written by Snorri Sturlusson in the 12th century. It is the major source of our knowledge regarding pre-Christian Germanic and Norse religion. Originally ...

An inside look at Bulgaria, Land of Gold & the Thracians

By Hans Mayfield · 17 years ago

This is an inside look at the current cultural, ethnic, historical, religious, social, and linguistic dimensions of Bulgaria, complete with photos from my 2007 vacation. It also analyses the issue of Islam in Europe, the ...

A 10th-century Arab's depiction of Ancient Russia

By Hans Mayfield · 17 years ago

This article regards the cultural, ethnic, and political primary sources of 10th-century Abbasid Arab Muslim traveler and ambassador Ahmad ibn Fadlan in his journey along the Volga river basin, including his depictions of the pre-Christian ...

Causes of the Holocaust

By Hans Mayfield · 17 years ago

The following article is a historical analysis calling for an unbiased, objective study into the causes of one of the most famous incidents in world history. It is NOT a Holocaust denial, nor a justification ...