BigWuffleton
BigWuffleton t1_iugb3nz wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Revealed: TE Lawrence felt ‘bitter shame’ over UK’s false promises of Arab self rule by Aboveground_Plush
That's not at all how the peace process worked in the middle east after World War 2, they were mostly all British or French colonies and that didn't change after the peace treaties were signed.
Hell the Soviets had their army kicked out of Iran purely with diplomatic pressure, it wasn't so cut and dry as "wherever my armies are will be my puppets now"
BigWuffleton t1_j3pe41h wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Deciphering ancient texts with modern tools, Michael Langlois challenges what we know about the Dead Sea Scrolls and biblical archaeology by MeatballDom
Like it or not, Christianity has been a large influence on European/Western history and is therefore important to study how/if it changed over time and how different interpretations were used and carried into practice.