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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 53

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2024/04/history-matrix-part52/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 682 AD, King Erwig of the Visigoths escalated the oppression of the Jews in Spain. He made it illegal to practice any Jewish rites (brit milah,) and hard-pressed for the conversion or emigration of the remaining Jews. In Africa, the last Byzantine (Roman) bases of Tripoli and Carthage were overrun by Muslim forces led by Uqba ibn Nafi. […]

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 52

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2024/03/history-matrix-part51/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In mid-668 AD, the Byzantine/Roman Emperor Constans II was killed in his bath during a mutiny at Syracuse. Likely, Constans was assassinated by his chamberlain on orders of the Byzantine general Mezezius who shortly after was proclaimed emperor by the army.After a 27-year reign, Constans was succeeded by his son Constantine IV (the “Bearded”,) alongside his brothers Heraclius and

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 48

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/12/history-matrix-part47/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In early 628 AD, Byzantine (Roman) Emperor Heraclius issued an ultimatum for peace to Sasanian (Persian) King Khosrow II or Iran, but he refused the generous terms. As a result, the war-weary Persians revolted against Khosrow’s regime at the capital of Ctesiphon and Khosrow’s son Kavadh II was installed as new king.Kavadh immediately killed his father and began negotiations

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 46

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/12/history-matrix-part45/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 599 AD, as 12,000 Byzantine soldiers were taken prisoners by the Avars in the Balkan Peninsula, Emperor Maurice refused to pay ransom and all of the soldiers were executed. Maurice’s failure to buy back his soldiers made him very unpopular among the Byzantine troops. In 600 AD, after rapidly growing and expanding, the Germanic and Slavic people began

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 44

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/11/history-matrix-part43/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 573 AD, after Emperor Justin II refused to pay the annual tribute to Persian King Khosrau I, the Byzantine–Sassanid War was reignited. After a six-month siege, King Khosrau I captured the Byzantine/Roman stronghold of Dara.Also, a smaller Persian army crossed the Euphrates River and ravaged Syria. The cities of Apamea and Antiochia were plundered. In Europe, the Frankish

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 42

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/11/history-matrix-part41/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 541 AD, the alleged “Plague of Justinian” was said to have ‘appeared suddenly’ in Egypt and then it “spread” to Alexandria. According to the manipulated historical records, it severely affected the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire, especially Constantinople with an estimated death toll of 15 to 100 million in total. However, we know that viruses and plagues

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 40

The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part39/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 506 AD, Emperor Anastasius I accepted a peace agreement with the Sasanian Empire (Persia,) allegedly based on status quo. In Europe, King Alaric II issued the “Lex Romana Visigothorum,” also known as “Breviary of Alaric;” an abstract of Roman laws and imperial decrees, compiled by a commission appointed to provide a law code for Alaric’s Roman subjects. The

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World History, Humans and the Matrix Through the Lens of Legends – Part 38

In this part we will cover the Battle of Cape Bon, which was considered to have been the last chance for survival for the Western Roman Empire. And also, the ultimately ‘Fall of Western Rome.’ The previous part is here: https://bartoll.se/2023/09/history-matrix-part37/All parts of this series can be found here: https://bartoll.se/world-playbook-quickstart/ In 468 AD, in a effort to reconquer Africa, Emperor Leo I assembled a massive war fleet at Constantinople at the costs of more

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