The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel (Hebrew: הַכֹּתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, translit.: HaKotel HaMa’aravi; Ashkenazic pronunciation: HaKosel HaMa’arovi; Arabic: حائط البراق, translit.: Ḥā’iṭ al-Burāq, translat.: the Buraq Wall, or Arabic: المبكى…
Antioch on the Orontes (/ˈæntiˌɒk/; also Syrian Antioch) was an ancient Greco-Roman city on the eastern side of the Orontes River. Its ruins lie near the modern city of Antakya,…
The Egnatia Road (Greek: Ἐγνατία Ὁδός) also called the Via Egnatia was a road constructed by the Romans in the 2nd century BC. It crossed the Roman provinces of Illyricum,…
Damascus (Arabic: دمشق Dimashq) is the capital and likely the largest city of Syria, following the decline in population of Aleppo due to the ongoing battle for the city. It…
Jerusalem (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Yerushalayim; Arabic: القُدس al-Quds [“The Holy”]) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead…
François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778) known by his pen name Voltaire, was a French writer, deist and philosopher. All mortals are equal; it…
The Guide for the Perplexed (Hebrew: מורה נבוכים, Moreh Nevukhim; Arabic: دلالة الحائرين, dalālat al-ḥā’irīn, דלאל̈ה אלחאירין) is one of the three major works of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, primarily…
Intro While most of the major names of states and cities mentioned in the Bible (such as Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, and Rome) have been used for centuries, others have…
Misanthropy is the general hatred, distrust or contempt of the human species or human nature. A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. The word’s origin…
Abrahamic Religions: Similarity & Comparision Intro Abrahamic Religions currently there are about 3.4 billion believers in the world, and this according to 2020 statistics, corresponds to about 56% of the…
René Descartes; Latinized: Renatus Cartesius; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the father of modern western philosophy, much of subsequent Western philosophy…
