Lebanon-Israel
Hezbollah Strikes Missiles at Israel
Hezbollah responded to the Israeli assassination of senior commander Taleb Abdallah on Tuesday evening with more than 200 missiles in 48 hours. Abdallah, one of the highest-ranking Hezbollah leaders killed in the past eight months of fighting, oversaw the border strip’s central region as commander. On Wednesday, Hezbollah released 19 statements outlining their plans for reprisal for Abdallah’s assassination, including missile attacks and targeting of civilians. In the last 48 hours, Hezbollah has launched missile strikes and attacks using drone squadrons on various Israeli command headquarters and an industrial site. As of now, Israel has yet to report any casualties.
This map depicts the escalation of Hezbollah missile strikes in northern Israel between June 12th and June 13th. Click on the map to learn more.
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Graphic Source: L’Orient Today
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Russia-Ukraine
Putin Proposes Cease-Fire
This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a cease-fire to commence peace talks over his country’s invasion of Ukraine. The cease-fire was conditioned on Ukraine immediately withdrawing its forces from the entirety of four regions claimed as Russian territory in 2022, Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia, and to stop any attempts at NATO membership. The conditions are most notable for Russia’s insistence that Ukraine abandon territory that Russian forces do not currently control or have never controlled, particularly in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian government responded to Putin’s speech with reminders that none of the proposed concessions by Ukraine are new, and Ukraine will only accept the restoration of its full territorial integrity as laid out by the United Nations Charter.
This map depicts an assessed control of terrain in Ukraine and main Russian maneuver axes as of June 13, 2024. Click on the map to learn more.
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Mexico
Mayan Sacrifice of Boys Revealed
New research has revealed that human sacrifices made in the ancient Mayan city of Chichén Itzá were male, not young women and girls as was previously thought. In the study published by Nature, researchers looked at the genomes of remains found inside an underground water storage chamber. Radiocarbon dating revealed that the cistern was in use between the seventh and twelfth centuries, and the genetic analysis indicated that the sacrificed individuals were all young boys, a quarter of whom were related. Burials were thought to have traditionally served as fertility offerings, but this theory has been challenged by the new findings. The discovery of two male twins at the site suggests the sacrifice may have been a memorial to the sacred Mayan story of the Hero Twins, which described two brothers who ventured to the underworld to avenge their father.
This map depicts the site at which the studied remains that revealed an all-male sacrifice were found, located within the ancient city of Chichén Itzá in the Yucatan Peninsula. Click on the map to learn more.
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Q: What mountain pass has historically been a gateway for invasions of India from the northwest?
A: Khyber Pass
The Khyber Pass is a mountain pass of the Spīn Ghar (Pashto: “White Mountains”) in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, on the border with the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Since it was part of the ancient Silk Road, it has been a vital trade route between Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent as well as a strategic military choke point for various states that controlled it. About 33 mi (53 km) long, it has historically been the gateway for invasions of the Indian subcontinent from the northwest; it was traversed by Persians, Greeks, Mughals, and Afghans from the north and by the British from the south. The Khyber Pass has witnessed the spread of Greek influence into India and the expansion of Buddhism in the opposite direction.
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