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July 2, 2022
History of the World in Soundtrack Albums 69-30BC
Cleopatra was Queen of Egypt and its last active ruler from 51 to 30 BC. As Wikipedia reports, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great After her death, Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire. Her native language was Greek, bug she was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn Egyptian. When her father died in 51 BC, Cleopatra reigned jointly with her brother Ptolemy XIII, but a falling-out between them led to open civil war .After...
June 30, 2022
History in Soundtrack Albums Part 7: 73BC
As Wikipedia reports, Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who was one of the escaped slave leaders in a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. He came from Thrace, present day south-western Bulgaria, and was trained at the gladiatorial school near Capua as a heavyweight gladiator called a murmillo. These fighters carried a large oblong shield and used a sword with a broad, straight blade. In 73 BC, Spartacus led 20 slaves in a daring escape, using kitchen utensils and seizing several wagons of gladiatorial weapons and armour. They defeated...
May 25, 2022
History in soundtrack album covers Part 6
King David of Israel misbehaves around 1,000 BCE. #Movies #Soundtracks #History #Israel #Bible
May 24, 2022
History in soundtrack album covers Part 5
Two events that, in an interesting co-incidence, may have both have happened around 1260 BCE. #greekmythology #bible #history #soundtracks #movies #egypt #archeology
History in soundtrack album covers Part 4 #history #soundtracks #movies #egypt
This movie features the Pharaoh Akhenaton, who lived from around 1350 to 1336 BCE and temporarily introduced monotheism to Egypt. #history #soundtracks #movies #egypt.
May 20, 2022
May 19, 2022
The New Party Night
According to The Times, WFH has made Wednesday evenings the new party night. “Wednesday is the new Thursday, and Thursday the new Friday, say bar owners.” But my question is – What about Monday? Can it become the new Sunday? This is going to get difficult. #WFH
