Showing all results tagged "History"
Born in 1548, a captured Ethiopian herdsman is sold as a slave in Yemen, taken to Baghdad and from there to present day India, Malik Ambar not only raised his own armies, but casually replaced kings when they became annoying. A remarkable true story that is not nearly as well-known as it should be.
05.2023 | Jen Isaac
Will Chile’s dark history be eclipsed by a brighter future?
For travellers with a taste for history and a curiosity about the future, this is an ideal time to visit Chile.
08.2022 | Lesley Stone
Moral Money Series: Christianity
“Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts, suffering follows – like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.
09.2020 | Peter van der Walt
Moral Money Series: Christianity
The problem in examining ‘Christianity’ – as with most religions – is that when you use the term, it refers to a wide variety of ideologies and aesthetic expressions.
07.2020 | Peter van der Walt
But like, you know, how did it take over the language?
We all use them… even though we are not specifically aware of doing so.
06.2018 | Peter Dearlove
The profit made from war and words
It is in documenting our conflicts that propaganda first began.
06.2018 | Lee Blake
Moral Money Series: An introduction to faith and finance around the world
Religion affects the lives of adherents and non-adherents in very real, very immediate economic ways.
07.2017 | Pete van der Walt