Tag: History News Network
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The Medieval Christian King Inspired by the Muslim World
“If I had been present at the Creation,” the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, “Many faults in the universe would have been avoided.”
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“So Help Me God”: A George Washington Myth that Should Be Discarded
from historynewsnetwork.org: One of the most widely held myths about George Washington is that immediately after he took the prescribed oath to become the nation’s first President, he solemnly added the words, “So help me God” and thus began a tradition that has been followed ever since. Unfortunately, this myth, accepted by such fine historians…
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The Long Forgotten History of Tolerance for Religions of All Kinds in the Middle East
from historynewsnetwork.org: The Middle East is fertile ground for religions. Its deserts, mountains and marshes have inspired mystics and prophets; its tribes have provided followers and fighters who can form a new prophet’s core following; and older, persecuted religions can find refuge in its impassable topography. Also, although much of that region seems today to…