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Philip II of Macedon was the king of Macedon (an Ancient Greek kingdom) who remained the king from 359 BC to 336 BC till his death. He was the first Greek ruler who defeated all the opposing Greek city-states and founded a united Greek kingdom to fight against the Persian Empire. Later, his son Alexander III ( Alexander the Great ) defeated the Persians with the help of the united Greek troops and founded the Hellenistic civilization.  Early Life Philip II was born in 383 BC in Pella (Macedon). He was the youngest son of Amyntas III, the king of Macedon. From 368 to 365 BC, Philip remained a prisoner in Thebes, during which he received a diplomatic and military education. He returned to Macedon in 364 BC. By 359 BC, Philip’s elder brothers (Alexander II and Perdiccas III) had died. After their deaths, Philip was able to take the throne in 359.  Philip II as King At the time of the accession of Philip II, the situation in Macedon was very miserable. His broth...

The Charter of Madinah ( Mithaq al-Madinah) or the Constitution of Madinah was a charter outlined by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) after the Muslim Migration to Madinah in 1 AH (622 AD). It was an agreement between different communities of Madinah, including Muslims (Ansar and Muhajirun), Christians, Jews, and pagans. The purpose of this charter was to establish and maintain cordial relations between different communities of Madinah and save Madinah from any foreign attack. Background & Reasons Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) started preaching Islam in Makkah in 610 AD, but most of the people of Makkah rejected his prophethood and decided to stick to their previous religion. They also made life difficult for Muhammad (PBUH) and a few of his companions. So, when around 13 years passed, and the hopes about the conversions of Makkans remained grim, Muhammad (PBUH) decided to migrate towards Madinah (then Yathrib). It happened when Muslims in Makkah received an invitation from the prom...

Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor (Tsar) of the Russian Empire. His dominion included the whole Russian Empire,  Finland,  and Poland. He remained the Tsar of Russia from 1894 to 1917 before his abdication.   During his reign, the Russian Empire declined internally and externally. Russian army and navy suffered one of the most humiliating defeats in Russian history against Japan during the  Russo-Japanese War (1904-05). The position of Russia was also miserable during World War 1 (1914-18).  These defeats and other matters affected the economic conditions of the empire negatively. Therefore, Nicholas II initially had to replace the absolute monarchy with a constitutional monarchy after the  Russian Revolution of 1905 . Later, the Russian Revolution of 1917  ended his reign and replaced the monarchy with  communist rule. On 17 th July 1918, Nicholas II was killed along with his whole family by the new soviet rulers of ...

Abd-ul-Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud (commonly known as Ibn-e-Saud ) was the founder and first king of Modern Saudi Arabia,  the 3 rd Saudi State. He re-conquered Riyadh (the home city of his family) in 1902 from the  Al Rashid family. This event was the base of the formation of modern Saudi Arabia, and  he later completed the establishment of Saudi Arabia in 1932. Early Life Abdul Aziz was born in Riyadh on 15 th January 1876. His father,  Abdul Rahman bin Faisal,  was the last ruler of the  Second Saudi State (1818-1891). The  Al Rashid family (the opponents of the  Al Saud family in Najd)  captured Riyadh  in 1890 and forced the Saudis to take refuge in the southern desert of Arabia. Later, Abdul Aziz and his family stayed in Qatar and Bahrain for some time. Later, they settled in  Kuwait and remained for around a decade. At the start of their exile, Ibn-e-Saud was just 15 years old.   Conquest of Najd ...

Modern-day Saudi Arabia is a vast country, established in 1932 after the unification of the majority areas of the Arabian peninsular under the rule of the al-Saud family. Modern Saudi Arabia is also the Third Saudi State because Saudis established two previous states in the 18 th and 19 th centuries. Saudis gained influence through the Salafi ideology of Islam, which is quite similar to the  Puritan faith of the Christian religion. Brief History Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab (1703-1792) was a famous preacher and religious scholar of Najd (central Arabia). The basis of his teachings is on strict Islamic beliefs, where the emphasis is on the propagation of T awheed (monotheism) and rejection of shirk (polytheism), bidah (innovations in Islam), and supplication from anyone except Allah.  Ibn-e-Saud's family accepted h is religious ideology, and later both families allied. Under an agreement, Ibn Abdul Wahhab accepted the political supremacy of the al-Saud family in their c...

Juan Ponce de Leon was a Spanish explorer and nobleman who also became the first Governor of Puerto Rico under the Spanish Empire. He was the first European to reach Florida (now in the USA), which was also the initial exploration of the mainland USA (area south of Canada and north of Mexico). Early Life Juan Ponce was born in 1474 in the now-Spanish province of Valladolid. During his youth, he took part in the fights against the Muslim rule of Granada for the re-conquest of Spain.  Juan Ponce was the first governor of Puerto Rico Arrival in the Americas After the re-conquest of Spain in 1492, the chance of a military expedition in Spain ended for Juan Ponce. Therefore, he decided to go abroad to test his luck. He joined Christopher Columbus for his second voyage to the New World in 1493, along with 1200 men. A fter visiting several islands, their fleet reached the final destination of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now the  Dominican Republic and ...

Ancient Greek Philosophy started in the 6 th Century BC and continued till the Ancient Greek period, which later vastly affected the Hellenistic period, Classical Islamic Philosophy, and European Renaissance. There are two main periods of Greek Philosophy. The first is pre-Socratic Philosophy,  while the other is Classical Greek Philosophy. Famous Greek Philosophers and their philosophies are mentioned below according to these two periods. Pre-Socratic Philosophers Pre-Socratic Philosophy is the Greek Philosophy before the famous Greek philosopher Socrates. These philosophers were the first ones who asked rational questions about things like the creation of this universe and the reality of everything while refusing the previous mythological definitions. They were also the pioneers of scientific and mathematical study by introducing paradoxes and problems.  According to Aristotle,   Thales (624-546 BC) was the first Greek philosopher. He was born in Mile...