10 Temmuz 2009 Cuma

Empires that changed history


Come and…
Witness how the 2000 year-history of Chinese empire flourished; be a part of the assassinations, court conspiracies and peasant revolts that turned China upside down! Cross the Bosporus with Alexander the Great, walk into the Asian steps and fight elephants in Indian forests. Take side of Persians and defend Persepolis against Alexander!
Join Islamic armies; wave your sword for the word of God, and let the justice prevail; conquer Andalusia with Umayyads, rewrite the history of Europe!
Ally with Caesar, march into the heart of Rome; overhear the gossips in the Senate, mingle with the Romans on the streets of Rome; applause the emperors before watching their executions silently. See how much blood, sweat and tears were shed to build Rome.
Mix with the Byzantine knights, shoot your arrows from the walls of Constantinople to attacking enemies; then join the forces of Mehmed the Conqueror, surmount the walls of Constantinople and take the city changing the history forever!
Enlist in Attila’s army and scare Europe to death; appear at the gates of Rome and make Popes kneel down before you. Ride horses with the Mongols, reduce to ashes whatever confronts you and set about plundering the world as if there was no tomorrow!
Make friends with Italian explorers, set sail with Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch sailors into the unknown. Note the slaughters of the greedy ‘conquistadors’ who followed your route and see how the cross-bearers Christianized and ‘enlightened’ ‘Indians’. Get lost in the dark corridors of British castles the walls of which are beaten by rain. Take your seat around the dining tables of the queens and kings whose hearts beat for an empire the sun never sets on. Have afternoon tea with British sailors, soldiers and statesmen while following the expansion of British Empire from the rocky mountains of North America to the desolate shores of Australia…
Enter into Admiral Nelson’s service and blast the French with artillery fire! Serve as Napoleons’ orderly and wave your sword in Egyptian deserts, the salty waters of Mediterranean and the Russian steps dreaming of frenchifiying the world French!
Listen to the provocative and fervent speeches of Adolf Hitler in the suburb pubs of Munich, feel the Nazi Terror in your bones. Travel to the concentration camps in the railway cars stinking urine, blood and sweat. Share the last moments of Führer in his bunker and try to find your way in the dust storm caused by the collapsing dreams of Nazis…
Write speeches for Lenin in Petrograd, support the working class masses marching towards the palace of Czar Nikolai. Oust the monarchy and found the Soviet Union! Meet the brains of the ‘Evil Empire’ that terrified the world with its nukes, secret services and ruthless ideology. Shudder at Stalin’s presence, get excited at that of Khrushchev and applaud Gorbachev’s reforms. Hold your breath at the hot fronts of Cold War.
Fight ‘redcoats’ with Americans shoulder by shoulder; lay the foundation for the United States of America! Help black Americans out in their struggle for freedom, lift off for space, feel the ground shaking by atomic blast. Follow the foot prints of ‘American Imperialism’, tear the Soviet Empire down! Try to figure out the philosophy of the last standing empire of today’s world.


Come! Do not read history, be a part of it!



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