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Why Venezuela's Military Stays Quiet in the Face of U.S. Pressur
The Great Hesitation: Why Venezuela's Military Stays Quiet in the Face of U.S. Pressur In the early days of 2026, the world watched with bated breath as geopolitical tensions between Washington and Caracas reached a boiling point. Despite a series of precision strikes and the dramatic capture of Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, a question continues to haunt military analysts and casual observers alike: **Why did the Venezuelan army—the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB)—not launch a full-scale retaliation?**
By Khan Shahabout a month ago in History
The History of the World’s Costliest and Rarest Elements
This article explores how rare elements became valuable, which elements are considered the most expensive in history, and why their worth continues to rise in the modern world.
By Say the truth about a month ago in History
The Night Alexander the Great Burned Persepolis
On a spring night in 330 BCE, fire swallowed one of the greatest cities the ancient world had ever known. Marble columns cracked. Gold melted into the streets. Palaces that had stood for two centuries collapsed into ash.
By The khanabout a month ago in History
The Vredefort Impact Crater: Earth’s Oldest and Most Valuable Cosmic Scar
Origins of a Cataclysmic Event Approximately 2.02 billion years ago, a massive asteroid—estimated to be 10 to 15 kilometers in diameter—collided with Earth at an unimaginable speed of around 20 kilometers per second. The energy released by this impact exceeded 10 billion Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs, making it one of the most violent events ever recorded in Earth’s geological history.
By Say the truth about a month ago in History
Ancestors and Spiritual gifts.
I used to think spiritual gifts were something people chose—something you decided to develop once you became “spiritual enough.” I believed intuition, spiritual awareness, and psychic sensitivity were skills you learned over time. What I didn’t know was that many spiritual gifts are ancestral inheritances, passed down quietly through generations.
By divinefeminineOmoabout a month ago in History
Ash and Ink
The air in Alexandria no longer smelled of salt and jasmine. It smelled of scorched papyrus and the metallic tang of fear. Kimon was nineteen, a junior scribe whose only contribution to history thus far was the steady transcription of tax records. But today, he wasn’t holding a ledger. He was standing in the Great Hall of the Serapeum, clutching a leather satchel to his chest as if it were a shield. Outside, the city was a symphony of chaos—the rhythmic thud of Roman boots, the crackle of timber, and the screams of a world being rewritten by the sword.
By LUNA EDITHabout a month ago in History
You Can Still Turn Back
The gas lamps flickered softly inside the White House room. Outside, Washington was unusually calm for a city that had just survived a brutal civil war.
By The khanabout a month ago in History
The Net Worth of Nazi-Looted Wealth in History An Examination of One of the Largest Organized Thefts Ever Recorded. AI-Generated.
--- ## **What Was Nazi-Looted Wealth?** Nazi-looted wealth refers to assets stolen or forcibly seized by the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. This looting was not random; it was highly organized and supported by state policies.
By Say the truth about a month ago in History
Aqualuna's Shroud
Silas had salt in his veins and the taste of failure on his tongue for thirty years. They called him mad, chasing whispers of a city of glass, swallowed whole by the ocean off the coast of what used to be Persia, or maybe Egypt, depending on who was drinking. He’d sunk every cent, every favor, into this obsession, a name whispered in ancient texts: Aqualuna. Not glass, not really. More like crystallized memory, polished by a thousand thousand years of currents. The old man, they’d say, finally lost his mind to the sea’s dark stories.
By HAADIabout a month ago in History
The Day Julius Caesar Ignored a Warning
Julius Caesar did not walk to his death unaware. That is what makes his story so haunting. On the morning of March 15, 44 BCE—the Ides of March—Caesar received more than one warning. He was cautioned by friends. Troubled by his wife’s dreams. Even a stranger tried to stop him in the street.
By The khanabout a month ago in History
A Historical Journey of the Subcontinent. AI-Generated.
The history of the South Asian subcontinent is one of the richest and most complex stories in the world. Spanning thousands of years, it is a land where civilizations rose and fell, cultures blended, empires expanded and collapsed, and ideas shaped the destiny of millions. From the ancient cities of the Indus Valley to the long struggle for independence in the twentieth century, the subcontinent’s journey is a powerful story of continuity, change, and resilience.
By M Ahmad about a month ago in History
Questions in the Bible
There are roughly 3,300 questions in the Bible, from God’s first question, “Where are you?” in Genesis, to the final questions in Revelation.
By Margaret Minnicksabout a month ago in History