Russia & The Slave Raids

Slavery as abhorrent as it was and still is, has been practiced with varying degrees since the ancient times. From the time of ancient Egyptians to the Indians, the Greeks and the Romans and to the Ottomans, from republics to empires, almost every civilization has had slavery as a recognized and even legal concept with …

The Crimean War of 1853-56 CE & The Telegraph

Technology has always played a significant role in the business of war. Either the primitive bow and arrows or the average catapults or what the Ajatashatru’s military had used, the innovative weapons called the rathamusala (a chariot with a mace attached, causing much mayhem) and the mahashilakantaga (a siege engine resembling a huge catapult) or …