Tag Archives: political history

White Paper: The Mothers of the Kings of Judah: A Biblicist Examination of Maternal Backgrounds, Status, and Theological Significance

Posted on December 15, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The biblical record of the kings of Judah is unique among ancient Near Eastern royal annals in its consistent naming of the king’s mother (Hebrew: ’ēm hammélek). Far from being incidental genealogical detail, this pattern signals theological, moral, … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Repeated Efforts to Project Power into the Levant during the Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069–664 BCE): A Biblicist White Paper

Posted on December 14, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The Third Intermediate Period (TIP) marks Egypt’s transition from New Kingdom imperial dominance to a fractured landscape of Libyan dynasties, rival priesthoods, and regional strongmen. Modern historiography often emphasizes decline and disunity. The biblical record, however, fills in … Continue reading →

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Recommendations For A Warts And All Reading of Thai History

Posted on December 11, 2025 by nathanalbright

An honest “warts and all” reading list on Thai history has to do two things at once: give you a reliable chronological framework, and poke holes in the comforting myths of “harmonious kings, grateful peasants, and benign coups.” Below is … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Pattern of Paired Free and Slave State Admissions (1820–1850) and the Delays It Imposed on American Statehood

Posted on December 6, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Between 1820 and 1850, the United States Senate became the institutional battleground for maintaining a sectional equilibrium between free and slave states. This equilibrium—never formally codified but fiercely enforced through political custom—dictated that every new free state must … Continue reading →

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A Republic Reoriented: What If Publius Rutilius Lupus Survived the Social War and Marius Never Returned to Power? A Counterfactual Historical Essay

Posted on November 26, 2025 by nathanalbright

Introduction: A Pivotal Decade of Roman Instability Few periods in Roman history were as structurally fragile as the decade spanning the Social War (91–88 BCE), the rise of Sulla, and the blood-soaked Marian reprisals of 87–86 BCE. The conflict, which … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Thresholds of Linguistic Diversity: Defining Sprachbünde and Reassessing Neglected Zones of Contact Through History

Posted on November 25, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The concept of the Sprachbund—a linguistic convergence area where unrelated or distantly related languages share structural features due to prolonged contact—remains one of the most powerful yet inconsistently applied tools in historical linguistics. While well-known Sprachbünde such as … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Biblicist Typology of Political Behavior Among the Patriarchs, Old Testament Prophets, and New Testament Figures

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary This white paper presents a biblicist typology of political behavior as revealed in the lives of the patriarchs, Old Testament prophets, and New Testament figures. Rather than imposing external political theory, this analysis draws strictly from the canonical … Continue reading →

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A Biblicist Examination of the “Statutes of Omri”: Text, Theology, and Historical Implications

Posted on November 21, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary The phrase “the statutes of Omri” (חֻקּוֹת עָמְרִי) appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, in Micah 6:16, but it encapsulates a broad set of theological, political, and covenantal concerns. Although the biblical text does not directly enumerate … Continue reading →

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White Paper: A Typology of the Ways and Justifications People Use in Seeking Power

Posted on November 19, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Power—defined broadly as the ability to influence outcomes, shape environments, and command the actions of others—has always been central to social, political, and economic life. Individuals, groups, and institutions pursue power through a wide range of methods, often … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The History of Rome from Its Founding to the Establishment of the Papal State

Posted on November 18, 2025 by nathanalbright

Below is a comprehensive white paper tracing the history of Rome from its legendary founding to the establishment of the Papal State, organized into major periods, each with its own historical situation, structural dynamics, and long-range significance. It is written … Continue reading →

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