A large percentage of this article contains ideas that have been debunked by historians, including Neo-Pagan historians. On the subject of Joan of Arc: English government records and dozens of eyewitness accounts show that the English government manipulated the trial, using a group of “collaborators” to convict her on deliberately false charges, while also falsifying important parts of the transcript according to eyewitnesses who were at the trial. She had previously been approved by a large group of high-ranking clergy at Poitiers in April 1429, and her conviction was later overturned in 1456 by the Chief Inquisitor, Jehan Brehal, after the English were driven out of France. The idea that she belonged to a "Diannic cult" is not even alleged by the trial transcript : it was made up by Margaret Murray based very loosely on a tree which the judge claimed was a "fairy tree" but Joan said she didn't believe in fairies. The idea that she never identified her religion is stark nonsense: the numerous quotes we have from Joan both in the transcript and in the extensive eyewitness accounts, private letters, etc, show that she bluntly and repeatedly described herself as a Catholic on numerous occasions: e.g. she sent an ultimatum to the Hussites telling them she would take part in Pope Martin V's crusade against them unless they "return to the Catholic faith and the original light"; her banner and rings had the names "Jesus" and "Mary" on them; she said several specific saints (Michael the Archangel, St. Catherine and St. Margaret) had ordered her to help Charles VII; eyewitnesses at her execution said she called out the name "Jesus" several times before she died, etc, etc. Her only link to Gilles de Rais was the fact that he was one of dozens of commanders in Charles VII's army, but none of the 15th century documents even mention the two of them speaking to each other. On the issue of the "Malleus Maleficarum" : read Neo-Pagan historian Jenny Gibbons' summary of the consensus among current historians: the various claims in the "Malleus" about its authorship and alleged acceptance by the medieval Catholic Church are refuted by the other 99% of the evidence. Its sole author, Heinrich Kramer, was neither an inquisitor (except in his own mind) nor respected by the other clergy (who viewed him as a nutcase), but the Malleus claims otherwise by alleging that all of his clerical opponents were actually his supporters (e.g. Inquisitor Jacob Sprenger banned Kramer from preaching, and certainly did not work with Kramer nor serve as a co-author of the book; the Bishop of Brixen, George Golser, shut down Kramer's attempted trial at Innsbruck and then expelled him from the city while describing him as senile; the alleged Papal decree included in the book has long been viewed by historians as a forgery since no such Papal decree actually exists; the faculty at the University of Cologne condemned the "Malleus Maleficarum" as illegal and heretical rather than supporting it, leading the Church to ban the book three years after publication; and so on). On the wider issues of witch hunting: the "eight million executions" figure is a variation of the discredited "nine million" figure that has been traced to an 18th century author who just extrapolated using arbitrary math. The figure accepted by modern historians is about 40,000 to 50,000 from 1450 to 1750 (the period when the vast majority of these prosecutions took place). Most witchcraft prosecutions were carried out by secular courts for the same reason ancient Roman (pagan) law had also banned the use of black magic (viewed as a crime, not a religious matter), as did most other law codes throughout history. In medieval Christian Europe it was likewise generally prosecuted only if people thought the alleged witch was using it for harmful purposes, and hence was prosecuted much like any other crime except with witchcraft being viewed as the "weapon" or method. The medieval Catholic Church's standard view (at least for the majority of the clergy) was that witchcraft was a superstition, not a rival religion. Among other sources to back up these points, see the following:
I have lived in S.A. for 50 years and I have never been aware of the construction depicted in the first photo’. I most certainly would be aware of it, if it was/is in S.A.
I really enjoyed that piece, particularly the last part about the “toad stone” – I didn’t know about it at all. I’m researching a piece about frogs, so thanks for all the info. Cheers!
It sounds like some sort of professional jealousy regarding who gets to announce it first. The discovery may be celebrated by the decendants of the invaiders but probably not welcomed by natives who suffered many years of repression. Just another story of man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. But that’s in the past, things have changed and it’s PC to just gloss it over now.
The ‘Earl of Pembroke’/Endeavour/Lord Sandwich was actually scuttled, along with a dozen other ships off Goat Island when threatened by the French, thus the hesitancy of the authorities to confirm the finding. Other sources mention that, in scuttling a ship, all the portable valuables are often taken. My first thought was to look for the bell … but that would surely be one of the first things taken.
As an aside, it’s interesting to note that had the Prussian General von Steuben not organized Washington’s desperate rabble of troops, and had the French not assisted in the Revolution, England may well have won. There’s a stamp issued in 1931 by the US, honoring Rochambeau, Washington, and DeGrasse equally for the 150th anniversary for winning the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 as well as a 1930 stamp honoring General von Steuben, who also has at least one statue honoring him.
Nicko4404, right call. This persecution is civil. It's just like a evolutionist to blame religion. Every tyrant in history forced their religion on their population for control. Except possibly Genghis Khan, who was curious about which religion was the true religion, and let his followers choose any religion. Even the tenants of fascism required a religion for population control. Communism banned all religions. When Constantine adopted Christianity, it was for population control, not the gospel. Hense the council of Nicea picking and choosing what books to eliminate or change in the Bible. Yup, you nailed it. Civil. Not moral, but ethical. Morals are God's natural laws, ethics are man's construct that he changes at will. God's natural laws are unchanging. The Crusades, to witch trials, to Marxism are all ethical murder. Even atheism and evolutionism are theocratic civil population control. Blessings
WaaHooo! Boy O boy did this ring my bell! Supposed to be extinct? Mmm. According to Graham Hancock the Toxodon was also supposed to be extinct. Yet he found no fewer than 46 representations of them in Tiahuanaco, and again in Gobekli Tepe on a pillar. Of course this is not proof a Sivatherium existed in Kish, but I think it's possible that some animals didn't go extinct as early as we thought. After all we have some that never did. The Field Museum in Chicago? I had the privilege to poke around there and the Oriental Institute in 69-71 while ditching school while my dad was getting his PHD at UofC. I was just a delinquent adolescent, but museums were the only thing that interested me before I ran off to cowboy since. A consevator at the Feild Museum took a shine to my interest. He was working on the Cahokia mounds exhibits. So I got to go behind the scenes and see how places like this work. I can just imagine them finding the antler peices of the Sivatherium in a dried mud box..lol. It's said that the rein ring was found with the skeleton of a horse. Not to down on such acclaimed scholars, but who woulda thought to look for anything else? Though I spent the last 50yrs cowboyin, and shoeing horses, I've been blessed to be able to not just see, but touch dromadary, bactrans, zebras, and even trim hoofs of elephant (that was cool). I also have a great deal experience training horses and driving them. And any other critters I could harness.( Sh*t& giggles) So I just can't imagine a Sivatherium couldn't be rode or drove. There's a hand that rides a bison at the rodeos. Seen at the Denver Stock show. Also knew a guy in Rico, Colorado that rode a cow elk in the Delores parade a couple years. Ain't nuthin less domesticated than that. I'm guessing a Sivatherium would probably weigh a ton, maybe more. But I shod a lot of Belgian and Percheron that big. I'm not sure they really know if a Sivatherium is giraffe or camel or deer. The skeleton sure shows an awfully small ospedis to be as heavy as a bactran camel. But clearly an artiodactle. Nobody knows. Sure be interesting if the Field Museum kept the 'horse' skeleton found with the rein ring, and reexamined it. Mighty mystery !!
Boy Howdy! Archeology marches on with new theories. The original theory of bovine worship is changing. I applaud new genetic testing and comparison to wild/ domestic types. This does make sense. But it only brings more questions than answers. Were they in fact worshiped or exploited? Or both? Bovines are a powerful creature for pedestrian human control. But not terribly smart. Were they castrated? Did they use them for draft? Since mudbrick building skill was in use, did they build fences? It seems their town concept of small adjoining rooms filled in and built up, with a plaza type roof would be safe from wandering bullocks and easy to spot approaching herds or even monitor domestic ones. Clearly there is much we don't know. I don't buy the theory that domestication shrunk wild phenotypes. The Iberians have been breeding bulls to be the most fierce aggressive fighting bulls for 3thousand years. Not as big as Orachs, but nuthin domestic about em!
Boy Howdy! Archeology marches on with new theories. The original theory of bovine worship is changing. I applaud new genetic testing and comparison to wild/ domestic types. This does make sense. But it only brings more questions than answers. Were they in fact worshiped or exploited? Or both? Bovines are a powerful creature for pedestrian human control. But not terribly smart. Were they castrated? Did they use them for draft? Since mudbrick building skill was in use, did they build fences? It seems their town concept of small adjoining rooms filled in and built up, with a plaza type roof would be safe from wandering bullocks and easy to spot approaching herds or even monitor domestic ones. Clearly there is much we don't know. I don't buy the theory that domestication shrunk wild phenotypes. The Iberians have been breeding bulls to be the most fierce for 3thousand years. Not as big as Orachs, but nuthin domestic about em!
Hello Gary, I have the same battle against the mainstream theory of planetary motion. I believe evolution is evidence the Earth has not remained in it's current position and is slowing down in rotation. It is suggested we had 420 days in a year according to coral records and used to spin faster. If so, days would have been only 18 hours long. This does not make sense, it is not logical knowing our Jurassic, larger, hairier, more blubbery and cumbersome species that lived then. Logically if the distance from the sun to Earth was greater, then a year and season would be longer, 420 days a year, it would be cooler and more suitable for the Jurrasic animals and life to exist.
Here is a site in NZ that writes about finding bones of larger humans
Has the metal been analyzed? One could probably learn more from that than speculation about interpreting the artist’s intent. Sure would be interesting if the copper turned out to be from Isle Royal, or maybe they would rather not know.
Why do I distrust these conclusions? There appears to be a agenda for climate change, and sealing it up again. Just for starters. I don't always agree with Pete Wagner, but he often says, people don't get paid to tell the truth.
By placing the heads at the feet of the victim, they were making a statement to who ever might unearth it. This was mass execution. Not surprising. Very disturbing none the less. I do hope the truth is exposed too. No doubt it will be from greed, power and resources.
A few things. Firstly, the demonising of witches was a method of control by the Catholic Church, targeting individuals both male and female who challenged the civil powers of priests in their communities. Not religious power, but civil power. The use of rural superstitions and rituals was quite secondary, and just a means to an ends. In a largely illiterate society, these sayings and customs held the agricultural year together. Secondly, the Salem witch trials were, as far as I'm aware, the only formal witchcraft trials in North America. The sheer hypocrisy that happened to Joan of Arc says it all as far as the Catholic Church and the Inquisition are concerned. Totally evil organisation, as any serious study of its history will reveal!
I’ve long suspected this was a reaction of the jews coming from the burial belief of Egypt, encountering the cremation belief of the Zoarastrianism from Babylonia.
The early kings of Benin were not semi-mythical beings. The word, ogiso doesn't mean Sky King, it is derived from the *Edo phrase, “Oye vbe ogie no rre iso”, He looks like the king that lives in the sky. This was the praise name given to the first king of Benin City who called Igodo. Benin kingdom did not become rich due to slavery. Benin traded with the Europeans included pepper, ivory and cloth. In fact, Benin kings did not allow the sale of male slaves. As the Edo say,” Vbe oghi de Oba no na khian ovien orre”, What pains the Oba that makes him sell his slaves. Benin traded with Oyo, Igala and Nupe kingdoms; and collected tributes from practically every city-state of present Southern Nigeria. The British force that was ambushed on 4th January 1897 was on a mission to kidnap the Benin king and replace him with a puppet “Native council” The British acting consul-general, James Phillps, who led the force had earlier written to the Foreign Office on the 16th November 1896 of his intention to visit Benin City, depose the Benin king and pay for the mission with the ivory in the Benin king’s palace. The details of what led to the British invasion, destruction and looting of Benin City are in the book, Summon My Ehi to Ugbine by Okpame Oronsaye. *Edo is the language of the indigenes of Benin City.
Babylon's Fall is foretold in Daniel ch.2 okay pretty much throughout The entire Book of Daniel.
Has anyone noticed the odd statue King Nebuchadnezzar Dreamed of?
Let's see it had a Head of Gold
Chest & Arms of Silver
Waist of Brass or Bronze
Leg's of Iron
& Feet of Iron/Clay
A great rock that no one touched smashes the Statue an a wind blows the statue's shattered remains away an that Rock in place of Statue Grew and grew till it filled Up the Whole Earth.
Rounding back to your question Why did Babylon Fall?
Because God Wanted the Empire to Fall.
That's my take on The Babylonian Empire an the reason why it Failed. That's all I wish to share on this fascinating Subject.
I guess until next discussion this is my only explanation, so Goodbye Everyone.
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I think that most people who do think came to the conclusion that Darwinian evolution is not true, a long time ago.
A large percentage of this article contains ideas that have been debunked by historians, including Neo-Pagan historians. On the subject of Joan of Arc: English government records and dozens of eyewitness accounts show that the English government manipulated the trial, using a group of “collaborators” to convict her on deliberately false charges, while also falsifying important parts of the transcript according to eyewitnesses who were at the trial. She had previously been approved by a large group of high-ranking clergy at Poitiers in April 1429, and her conviction was later overturned in 1456 by the Chief Inquisitor, Jehan Brehal, after the English were driven out of France. The idea that she belonged to a "Diannic cult" is not even alleged by the trial transcript : it was made up by Margaret Murray based very loosely on a tree which the judge claimed was a "fairy tree" but Joan said she didn't believe in fairies. The idea that she never identified her religion is stark nonsense: the numerous quotes we have from Joan both in the transcript and in the extensive eyewitness accounts, private letters, etc, show that she bluntly and repeatedly described herself as a Catholic on numerous occasions: e.g. she sent an ultimatum to the Hussites telling them she would take part in Pope Martin V's crusade against them unless they "return to the Catholic faith and the original light"; her banner and rings had the names "Jesus" and "Mary" on them; she said several specific saints (Michael the Archangel, St. Catherine and St. Margaret) had ordered her to help Charles VII; eyewitnesses at her execution said she called out the name "Jesus" several times before she died, etc, etc. Her only link to Gilles de Rais was the fact that he was one of dozens of commanders in Charles VII's army, but none of the 15th century documents even mention the two of them speaking to each other. On the issue of the "Malleus Maleficarum" : read Neo-Pagan historian Jenny Gibbons' summary of the consensus among current historians: the various claims in the "Malleus" about its authorship and alleged acceptance by the medieval Catholic Church are refuted by the other 99% of the evidence. Its sole author, Heinrich Kramer, was neither an inquisitor (except in his own mind) nor respected by the other clergy (who viewed him as a nutcase), but the Malleus claims otherwise by alleging that all of his clerical opponents were actually his supporters (e.g. Inquisitor Jacob Sprenger banned Kramer from preaching, and certainly did not work with Kramer nor serve as a co-author of the book; the Bishop of Brixen, George Golser, shut down Kramer's attempted trial at Innsbruck and then expelled him from the city while describing him as senile; the alleged Papal decree included in the book has long been viewed by historians as a forgery since no such Papal decree actually exists; the faculty at the University of Cologne condemned the "Malleus Maleficarum" as illegal and heretical rather than supporting it, leading the Church to ban the book three years after publication; and so on). On the wider issues of witch hunting: the "eight million executions" figure is a variation of the discredited "nine million" figure that has been traced to an 18th century author who just extrapolated using arbitrary math. The figure accepted by modern historians is about 40,000 to 50,000 from 1450 to 1750 (the period when the vast majority of these prosecutions took place). Most witchcraft prosecutions were carried out by secular courts for the same reason ancient Roman (pagan) law had also banned the use of black magic (viewed as a crime, not a religious matter), as did most other law codes throughout history. In medieval Christian Europe it was likewise generally prosecuted only if people thought the alleged witch was using it for harmful purposes, and hence was prosecuted much like any other crime except with witchcraft being viewed as the "weapon" or method. The medieval Catholic Church's standard view (at least for the majority of the clergy) was that witchcraft was a superstition, not a rival religion. Among other sources to back up these points, see the following:
Edward Peters' book "Inquisition";
Jenny Gibbons' essay on the overall issue of witchcraft prosecution (numbers, etc): http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Phil%20281b/Philosophy%20o...
Another Wiccan essay admitting the consensus among historians: https://www.beliefnet.com/faiths/pagan-and-earth-based/2000/09/a-time-fo...
Jenny Gibbons' essay on the Malleus Maleficarum (written for a popular, Neo-Pagan audience, hence the tone - and read past the first (facetious) paragraph otherwise you'll misunderstand her point entirely): http://www.summerlands.com/crossroads/remembrance/_remembrance/malleus_m...
On Joan of Arc, see the following:
Her ultimatum to the Hussites: http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_letter_march_23_1430.html
Eyewitness accounts on the nature of her trial: http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_Condemnation_Trial_Motives_Cond...
Wikipedia gives a summary of current scholarship: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
A list of quotes from her, some of which bluntly indicate her religious views: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc
I hit the save button twice, whoops.
I have lived in S.A. for 50 years and I have never been aware of the construction depicted in the first photo’. I most certainly would be aware of it, if it was/is in S.A.
What a load of malarkey! What a disappointing article.
I really enjoyed that piece, particularly the last part about the “toad stone” – I didn’t know about it at all. I’m researching a piece about frogs, so thanks for all the info. Cheers!
It sounds like some sort of professional jealousy regarding who gets to announce it first. The discovery may be celebrated by the decendants of the invaiders but probably not welcomed by natives who suffered many years of repression. Just another story of man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. But that’s in the past, things have changed and it’s PC to just gloss it over now.
The ‘Earl of Pembroke’/Endeavour/Lord Sandwich was actually scuttled, along with a dozen other ships off Goat Island when threatened by the French, thus the hesitancy of the authorities to confirm the finding. Other sources mention that, in scuttling a ship, all the portable valuables are often taken. My first thought was to look for the bell … but that would surely be one of the first things taken.
As an aside, it’s interesting to note that had the Prussian General von Steuben not organized Washington’s desperate rabble of troops, and had the French not assisted in the Revolution, England may well have won. There’s a stamp issued in 1931 by the US, honoring Rochambeau, Washington, and DeGrasse equally for the 150th anniversary for winning the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 as well as a 1930 stamp honoring General von Steuben, who also has at least one statue honoring him.
Nicko4404, right call. This persecution is civil. It's just like a evolutionist to blame religion. Every tyrant in history forced their religion on their population for control. Except possibly Genghis Khan, who was curious about which religion was the true religion, and let his followers choose any religion. Even the tenants of fascism required a religion for population control. Communism banned all religions. When Constantine adopted Christianity, it was for population control, not the gospel. Hense the council of Nicea picking and choosing what books to eliminate or change in the Bible. Yup, you nailed it. Civil. Not moral, but ethical. Morals are God's natural laws, ethics are man's construct that he changes at will. God's natural laws are unchanging. The Crusades, to witch trials, to Marxism are all ethical murder. Even atheism and evolutionism are theocratic civil population control. Blessings
WaaHooo! Boy O boy did this ring my bell! Supposed to be extinct? Mmm. According to Graham Hancock the Toxodon was also supposed to be extinct. Yet he found no fewer than 46 representations of them in Tiahuanaco, and again in Gobekli Tepe on a pillar. Of course this is not proof a Sivatherium existed in Kish, but I think it's possible that some animals didn't go extinct as early as we thought. After all we have some that never did. The Field Museum in Chicago? I had the privilege to poke around there and the Oriental Institute in 69-71 while ditching school while my dad was getting his PHD at UofC. I was just a delinquent adolescent, but museums were the only thing that interested me before I ran off to cowboy since. A consevator at the Feild Museum took a shine to my interest. He was working on the Cahokia mounds exhibits. So I got to go behind the scenes and see how places like this work. I can just imagine them finding the antler peices of the Sivatherium in a dried mud box..lol. It's said that the rein ring was found with the skeleton of a horse. Not to down on such acclaimed scholars, but who woulda thought to look for anything else? Though I spent the last 50yrs cowboyin, and shoeing horses, I've been blessed to be able to not just see, but touch dromadary, bactrans, zebras, and even trim hoofs of elephant (that was cool). I also have a great deal experience training horses and driving them. And any other critters I could harness.( Sh*t& giggles) So I just can't imagine a Sivatherium couldn't be rode or drove. There's a hand that rides a bison at the rodeos. Seen at the Denver Stock show. Also knew a guy in Rico, Colorado that rode a cow elk in the Delores parade a couple years. Ain't nuthin less domesticated than that. I'm guessing a Sivatherium would probably weigh a ton, maybe more. But I shod a lot of Belgian and Percheron that big. I'm not sure they really know if a Sivatherium is giraffe or camel or deer. The skeleton sure shows an awfully small ospedis to be as heavy as a bactran camel. But clearly an artiodactle. Nobody knows. Sure be interesting if the Field Museum kept the 'horse' skeleton found with the rein ring, and reexamined it. Mighty mystery !!
Boy Howdy! Archeology marches on with new theories. The original theory of bovine worship is changing. I applaud new genetic testing and comparison to wild/ domestic types. This does make sense. But it only brings more questions than answers. Were they in fact worshiped or exploited? Or both? Bovines are a powerful creature for pedestrian human control. But not terribly smart. Were they castrated? Did they use them for draft? Since mudbrick building skill was in use, did they build fences? It seems their town concept of small adjoining rooms filled in and built up, with a plaza type roof would be safe from wandering bullocks and easy to spot approaching herds or even monitor domestic ones. Clearly there is much we don't know. I don't buy the theory that domestication shrunk wild phenotypes. The Iberians have been breeding bulls to be the most fierce aggressive fighting bulls for 3thousand years. Not as big as Orachs, but nuthin domestic about em!
Boy Howdy! Archeology marches on with new theories. The original theory of bovine worship is changing. I applaud new genetic testing and comparison to wild/ domestic types. This does make sense. But it only brings more questions than answers. Were they in fact worshiped or exploited? Or both? Bovines are a powerful creature for pedestrian human control. But not terribly smart. Were they castrated? Did they use them for draft? Since mudbrick building skill was in use, did they build fences? It seems their town concept of small adjoining rooms filled in and built up, with a plaza type roof would be safe from wandering bullocks and easy to spot approaching herds or even monitor domestic ones. Clearly there is much we don't know. I don't buy the theory that domestication shrunk wild phenotypes. The Iberians have been breeding bulls to be the most fierce for 3thousand years. Not as big as Orachs, but nuthin domestic about em!
Hello Gary,
I have the same battle against the mainstream theory of planetary motion. I believe evolution is evidence the Earth has not remained in it's current position and is slowing down in rotation. It is suggested we had 420 days in a year according to coral records and used to spin faster. If so, days would have been only 18 hours long.
This does not make sense, it is not logical knowing our Jurassic, larger, hairier, more blubbery and cumbersome species that lived then. Logically if the distance from the sun to Earth was greater, then a year and season would be longer, 420 days a year, it would be cooler and more suitable for the Jurrasic animals and life to exist.
Here is a site in NZ that writes about finding bones of larger humans
https://tangatawhenua16.wixsite.com/the-first-ones-blog
Has the metal been analyzed? One could probably learn more from that than speculation about interpreting the artist’s intent. Sure would be interesting if the copper turned out to be from Isle Royal, or maybe they would rather not know.
Why do I distrust these conclusions? There appears to be a agenda for climate change, and sealing it up again. Just for starters. I don't always agree with Pete Wagner, but he often says, people don't get paid to tell the truth.
By placing the heads at the feet of the victim, they were making a statement to who ever might unearth it. This was mass execution. Not surprising. Very disturbing none the less. I do hope the truth is exposed too. No doubt it will be from greed, power and resources.
A few things. Firstly, the demonising of witches was a method of control by the Catholic Church, targeting individuals both male and female who challenged the civil powers of priests in their communities. Not religious power, but civil power. The use of rural superstitions and rituals was quite secondary, and just a means to an ends. In a largely illiterate society, these sayings and customs held the agricultural year together. Secondly, the Salem witch trials were, as far as I'm aware, the only formal witchcraft trials in North America. The sheer hypocrisy that happened to Joan of Arc says it all as far as the Catholic Church and the Inquisition are concerned. Totally evil organisation, as any serious study of its history will reveal!
I’ve long suspected this was a reaction of the jews coming from the burial belief of Egypt, encountering the cremation belief of the Zoarastrianism from Babylonia.
The early kings of Benin were not semi-mythical beings. The word, ogiso doesn't mean Sky King, it is derived from the *Edo phrase, “Oye vbe ogie no rre iso”, He looks like the king that lives in the sky. This was the praise name given to the first king of Benin City who called Igodo. Benin kingdom did not become rich due to slavery. Benin traded with the Europeans included pepper, ivory and cloth. In fact, Benin kings did not allow the sale of male slaves. As the Edo say,” Vbe oghi de Oba no na khian ovien orre”, What pains the Oba that makes him sell his slaves. Benin traded with Oyo, Igala and Nupe kingdoms; and collected tributes from practically every city-state of present Southern Nigeria. The British force that was ambushed on 4th January 1897 was on a mission to kidnap the Benin king and replace him with a puppet “Native council” The British acting consul-general, James Phillps, who led the force had earlier written to the Foreign Office on the 16th November 1896 of his intention to visit Benin City, depose the Benin king and pay for the mission with the ivory in the Benin king’s palace. The details of what led to the British invasion, destruction and looting of Benin City are in the book, Summon My Ehi to Ugbine by Okpame Oronsaye. *Edo is the language of the indigenes of Benin City.
Hi All,
Babylon's Fall is foretold in Daniel ch.2 okay pretty much throughout The entire Book of Daniel.
Has anyone noticed the odd statue King Nebuchadnezzar Dreamed of?
Let's see it had a Head of Gold
Chest & Arms of Silver
Waist of Brass or Bronze
Leg's of Iron
& Feet of Iron/Clay
A great rock that no one touched smashes the Statue an a wind blows the statue's shattered remains away an that Rock in place of Statue Grew and grew till it filled Up the Whole Earth.
Rounding back to your question Why did Babylon Fall?
Because God Wanted the Empire to Fall.
That's my take on The Babylonian Empire an the reason why it Failed. That's all I wish to share on this fascinating Subject.
I guess until next discussion this is my only explanation, so Goodbye Everyone.
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