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Group: Geuzen (the Beggars)
People: Simone Luzzatto
Topic: Parwan, Battle of
Location: Carchemish Turkey

Parwan, Battle of

Years: 1221 - 1221

The Battle of Parwan is fought near Ghazni between sultan Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu of the Khwarezmid Empire and the Mongols in early 1221.

“The longer you can look back, the farther you can look forward...This is not a philosophical or political argument—any oculist will tell you this is true. The wider the span, the longer the continuity, the greater is the sense of duty in individual men and women, each contributing their brief life's work to the preservation..."

― Winston S. Churchill, Speech (March 2, 1944)