Sealand

Sealand
Author: Dylan Taylor-Lehman
Publisher: Diversion Books
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1635766362

A “thoroughly researched, stranger-than-fiction” history of the world’s tiniest rebel nation, filled with intrigue, armed battles, and radio pirates (Robert Jobson, author of Prince Philip’s Century). In 1967, a retired army major and self-made millionaire named Paddy Roy Bates cemented his family’s place in history when he inaugurated himself ruler of the Principality of Sealand, a tiny dominion of the high seas. And so began the peculiar story of the world’s most stubborn micronation on a World War II anti-aircraft gun platform off the British coast. Sealand is the raucous tale of how a rogue adventurer seized the disused Maunsell Sea Fort from pirate radio broadcasters, settled his eccentric family on it, and defended their tiny kingdom from UK government officials and armed mercenaries for half a century. Incorporating original interviews with surviving Sealand royals, Dylan Taylor-Lehman recounts the battles and schemes as Roy and his crew engaged with diplomats, entertained purveyors of pirate radio and TV, and even thwarted an attempted coup that saw the Prince Regent taken hostage. Incredibly, more than fifty years later, the self-proclaimed independent nation still stands—replete with its own constitution, national flag and anthem, currency, and passports. Featuring rare vintage photographs of the Bates clan and their unusual enterprises, this account of a dissident family and their outrageous attempt to build a sovereign kingdom on an isolated platform in shark-infested waters is the stuff of legend. “Memorable . . . This idiosyncratic history entertains.” ―Publishers Weekly “Endlessly captivating, like a thriller, and filled with crisp, evocative writing. Now, you’ll have to excuse me, I’m visiting the principality to become an official ‘Lord of Sealand.’” ―Bob Batchelor, author of The Bourbon King

The First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia

The First Dynasty of the Sealand in Mesopotamia
Author: Odette Boivin
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2018-03-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1501507826

The Sealand kingdom arose from the rebellion against Babylonian hegemony in the latter half of the 18th century BCE., forcing it to share power over Sumer and Akkad. Although its kings maintained themselves throughout the turmoil leading to the demise of the Amorite dynasty at Babylon, it remains one of the most poorly documented Mesopotamian polities. Until recently, it was known to us mainly through its inclusion into later king lists and chronicles, but the recent publication of well over 400 archival texts from a Sealand palace, soon followed by literary and divinatory tablets, finally makes it possible to study this polity from primary sources. This book proposes a history of the Sealand kingdom based on the new evidence and a reevaluation of previously known sources. The aspects examined are: the economy — mainly the palatial administration and transformation of agricultural and animal resources; the panthea and the palace-sponsored cult, which show that Sealand I kings may have positioned their rule in a Larsean tradition; the political history, including a discussion of the geography and the relative chronology; the recording and transmission of knowledge on the Sealand I dynasty in Mesopotamian historiography.

Mariners Weather Log

Mariners Weather Log
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1989
Genre: Marine meteorology
ISBN:

November issue includes abridged index to yearly volume.

Babylonia under the Sealand and Kassite Dynasties

Babylonia under the Sealand and Kassite Dynasties
Author: Susanne Paulus
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2020-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1501510290

Babylonia in the second half of the 2nd millennium BCE is one of the most understudied periods of Mesopotamian history. In the last few years, discoveries of new texts and archaeological materials from the Sealand Dynasty have emerged, which expand the possibilities to fill this gap in our knowledge of Mesopotamian history. At the same time, scholars have started to revive Kassite studies using new materials, methods, and questions. While those works are groundbreaking contributions to the field, many questions about the history and chronology, archaeology, economy, language of Babylonia during this period are still unsolved. This volume brings together eleven contributions by leading scholars in the Sealand and Kassite period, approaching those questions from an archaeological, ethnological, historical, linguistic, and economical point of view. The book opens with an introduction into the history and research on Babylonia under the Sealand Dynasty and the Kassites.

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2098
Release: 2001
Genre: United States
ISBN:

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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002: Justification of the budget estimates, Department of State, Maritime Administration, the judiciary

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002: Justification of the budget estimates, Department of State, Maritime Administration, the judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1588
Release: 2001
Genre: United States
ISBN:

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