Today we will continue with Prof Weber and further explore the history of the Ancient Greeks. So, get your coffee, sit back and relax, and watch Prof Weber tell us about the Hellenists.
Follow this link to the: The Hellenistic Age Hellenistic kingdoms extended Greek culture throughout the Mediterranean.
We will be posting Prof Weber for the next two weeks to end the classical period before the rise of Christianity.
The African Bush or Border Wars were a series of conflicts fought on the borders of South Africa. The main theater was Angola where the Totalitarian Progressive regime of Castro was propping up the Leftist regime of the MPLA. In 1976 Cuban forces intervened in support of this Leftist regime.
Their enemy was UNITA which was fighting against The Progressive forces. Although aided by the US, their main backer was South Africa. The South African Defense Forces maintained a buffer in Southern Angola to prevent Communist guerrilla from attacking their positions in Namibia. In 1987 the Communists decided to launch an offensive against UNITA forces in Mavinga. The SADF intervened and in October they encountered Cuban and MPLA forces at Cuito Cuanavale. By February of 1988 the South Africans accomplished their goal of bleeding the Cuban/MPLA forces and stopping any further attacks on UNITA positions. It was a massive defeat for Progressive forces.
At the time South Africa was hated by the world media and the Progressives claimed a Cuban victory. The reality is they were thoroughly defeated by the SADF/UNITA and begged for a cease fire.
Below is a video clip showing the truth about what happened at Cuito Cuanavale. It was a massive defeat for Totalitarian Communist Progressive forces.
Treat this as an Open thread.
(Hat Tip: Buckeye Abroad)
Good morning, all.
Today on the Saturday Morning Lecture Series, we will continue with Prof Eugen Weber’s “The Western Tradition”. Our topic, Greek Thought “Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle laid the foundation of Western intellectual thought.”
Follow this link to #6 Greek Thought
So grab you coffee, and ease into the weekend!
( i am continuing with Weber instead of original writing on Zimbabwe so that we can at least keept the classical period as one set of lectures tight in a row, i like continuity)
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