History

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A principle of the Kingdom of God is that we reap what we sow. This is the reality of history. Amid much of the chaos, today lies the fragile and weak seeds that nations and leaders sowed in the past. At the End of History, we enjoy discovering the roots of those tangled webs of self-destruction by taking a deep look at the history behind today’s disorder.

Genocides and Mass Murders Since 1900

Reading Time: 6 minutes Our list and summary of genocides and mass murders since 1900 – constantly being updated. Throughout our research for the podcast series Never Again, Again – The Ongoing History of Genocide we encountered difficulty finding a comprehensive list of genocides. Part of the problem is that the word genocide is a highly contested word filled…

August 30, 2021
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Graveyard of Empires – Afghanistan

Reading Time: 5 minutes Afghanistan has long been the graveyard of empires. Throughout history, it seems every great empire and conqueror was enticed to the lands of Afghanistan. One of my favorite movies that most people have never heard of is The Man Who Would Be King. It is based on a Rudyard Kipling story of two British adventurers…

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Stalin’s Mass Murders

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our recent podcast episode Evil Men, from the Never Again…Again – Continuous History of Genocide series, we looked at Mao and Stalin. If evil is measured by a ruler’s death count, no one in history comes close to comparison to the sociopaths Mao and Stalin. Stallin’s mass murders set him apart as uniquely and…

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History of the Taliban

Reading Time: 7 minutes When the US invaded Afghanistan in 2001, a narrative was quickly developed and sold to a generation that the Taliban were among the most oppressive regimes on the planet. This group, which sheltered Osama bin Ladin, also oppressed women, murdered minorities, and exercised religious fundamentalism to maintain their hold on power. Of course, all these…

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The Great Partition 1947

Reading Time: 5 minutes Seventy-four years ago this week, India and Pakistan each declared their independence and partitioned the subcontinent into the newly defined nations of India and Pakistan. The immediate results included the massive flight of Hindus and Muslims across the partition lines of the new borders that separated India and Pakistan. The tragedy known as the Great…

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Pol Pot and the Cambodian Genocide

Reading Time: 8 minutes In 1975 a communist group known as the Khmer Rouge took control of the small nation of Cambodia. Under the leadership of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge carried out a revolutionary Marxist plan that became the Cambodian genocide. More than 2 million Cambodians, one-quarter of the country, were killed in the Cambodian genocide. As a…

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Holodomor – Ukraine’s Genocide by Starvation

Reading Time: 5 minutes The word Holodomor translates to death by hunger or killing by starvation. It is the name given to the genocide carried out by Stalin and the Soviet Union against the Ukrainian people between 1932-33. Across the Soviet Union, around 8 million people died in the great famine. Not all the Holodomor’s victims were Ukrainian. An…

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Mass Killings Under Mao – One of History’s Most Evil Men

Reading Time: 2 minutes In our recent podcast episode Evil Men, we examined the two worst killers of the 20th century. Many listeners were surprised that Hitler was not included in the list. Instead, it was Mao and Stalin. When evil is measured simply by the total death count a single leader initiated or inspired, no one in the…

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The Great Terror

Reading Time: 6 minutes This post looks at the Great Terror, sometimes called the Great Purge, that Joseph Stalin unleashed upon the Soviet Union beginning in 1936. Learn more from our podcast episode, Evil Men, in our Never Again, Again history of genocide series.  The immediate aftermath of the Russian Revolution left Vladimir Lenin in the role of dictator.…

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Biafra Genocide – A Forgotten History

Reading Time: 6 minutes Between 1967 and 1970, an estimated 2 million Igbo Nigerians were killed by the Nigerian military after seceding to form the Republic of Biafra. After the failure of military attacks on the region known as Biafra, a military blockade induced famine and the Biafra Genocide. The Nigerian military added to the famine by bombing Biafra’s…

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