Tag Archives: Persia

“Religion” is Not a Human Universal

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 April 2026

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The Armenian Revolutionary Movement: 1860s to 1915

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 March 2026

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Roman Eastern Foederati and Arab Monotheism Before Islam

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 5 July 2025

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Was Islam’s Ka’ba Always in Mecca?

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 11 June 2025

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Ahmad al-Shara Met Donald Trump, and the Islamic State is Not Pleased

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 May 2025

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A Note on Alexander the Great Inspiring Roman Invasions of Persia

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 February 2025

Alexander of Macedon being a model for Roman statesman went back to the era of the Republic, and this imitatio Alexandri was often expressed by trying to repeat his feat of conquering Persia.

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Assessing the Early-Codification Theory of the Qur’an

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 November 2024

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The Nature of Pre-Revolutionary Russian Imperialism

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 29 August 2024

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The Letter of Mara bar Serapion: Implications for the Historical Jesus and Christianity’s Triumph

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 19 April 2023

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The Shah’s Perspective on the Islamic Revolution That Toppled Him

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 October 2022

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