Monday, July 27, 2020

Misunderstood Moments in History - Why the Persians Failed to Conquer G...

The old old story. New to me was the realization of how great a part the weather played in freeing Greeks from the Persian octopus. As in the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588; as--very similarly when you think about it--also in the Japanese delivrance (by typhoon) from the cruel grasp of Kublai Khan, in 1274, and then again 1281. Miraculous, if not Divine, say/admit I th'obdùrate atheist.

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