Historiography & Debates

  • The Holocaust: Debunking Denialism with Primary Evidence

    The Holocaust: Debunking Denialism with Primary Evidence

    The Holocaust is the most meticulously documented genocide in human history. The claim that it was fabricated requires believing in a impossible logistical miracle: that thousands of Nazi officers, millions of survivors, Allied soldiers, independent photojournalists, aerial reconnaissance crews, and internal German municipal agencies simultaneously faked millions of pages of paperwork, photos, blueprints, and…

  • Assyrian Continuity: Debunking the Modern Revisionist Invention Myth

    Assyrian Continuity: Debunking the Modern Revisionist Invention Myth

    The claim that modern Assyrian identity was invented by 19th-century British missionaries is contradicted by pre-colonial historical documents, modern historical linguistics, and peer-reviewed population genetics. Primary evidence—including 16th-century Vatican records referencing Patriarchae Assyriorum, the 8th-century BCE Çineköy Inscription linking “Syria” directly to “Assyria”, post-fall administrative continuity in Achaemenid Athura, and modern archaeogenetics—proves uninterrupted continuity…

  • From Empire to Identity: The Continuous Survival of Assyrians

    From Empire to Identity: The Continuous Survival of Assyrians

    For centuries, a persistent myth has circulated: that the Assyrians—one of the most influential civilizations of the ancient world—“went extinct” after the fall of their empire. This claim is not only historically inaccurate, it ignores the continuous existence of a people whose identity, language, and culture have survived against extraordinary odds. The Fall of…

  • Why an Independent Kurdistan Could Threaten Middle East Stability ?

    Why an Independent Kurdistan Could Threaten Middle East Stability ?

    The idea of an independent Kurdistan has been debated for decades, especially across regions of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and Iran, where large Kurdish populations live. Whether Kurdistan would be a “threat” to the Middle East depends heavily on perspective. Below is a balanced analysis of why some analysts and governments argue it could pose…