by Aseem Gupta | May 18, 2017 | Biography, Lives & Historical Figures
In January 1965, Syrian security officers entered an apartment in Damascus and uncovered one of the most extraordinary espionage operations in the history of the Middle East. The apartment belonged to Kamal Amin Thaabet, a wealthy Syrian businessman who had returned...
by Aseem Gupta | May 1, 2017 | History, Empires & Civilizations
In 184 CE, the Han dynasty still ruled one of the largest and most sophisticated empires in the ancient world. Its emperors claimed the authority of Heaven, its officials administered an extensive bureaucracy, and its institutions had held much of China together for...
