The war ended in a stalemate with the border between North and South Korea near where it had been at the war’s beginning. The Korean War Begins When Korea was liberated from Japanese control at the end of the Second World War, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed temporarily to divide Korea at[…]
A brief introduction to famous African rulers and their impact on medieval and Renaissance European culture. By Dr. Bryan C. Keene Adjunct Professor of Art History Pepperdine University Introduction The exhibition Balthazar: A Black African King in Medieval and Renaissance Art (on view at the Getty Center until February 16, 2020) examines the figure of the[…]
Introduction The Ten Thousand Immortals were the elite force of the Persian army of the Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330 BCE). They formed the king’s personal bodyguard and were also considered the shock troops of the infantry in Persian warfare. Their name comes from the policy of always keeping their number at exactly 10,000; if one[…]