Zoroastrians in the Great Game
In the early 1900s the small but influential Zoroastrian community in India contemplated establishing a colony in Iran. Could the Parsis rely on British support?
In the early 1900s the small but influential Zoroastrian community in India contemplated establishing a colony in Iran. Could the Parsis rely on British support?
In 13th-century England excommunication was akin to spiritual leprosy. How did it work?
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In the 1970s and 1980s Wimpy faced off with McDonald’s in a battle over what it meant to eat British.
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Whether as ‘Gloriana’ or ‘Good Queen Bess’ Elizabeth I is one of England’s most iconic monarchs, but did her gender shape her reign?
European intelligence agencies assisted Mossad’s Wrath of God assassination campaign, while their governments condemned them.
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