An interesting word captured my attention while researching the fall of Babylon, Prussia, Persia, Media, parts of the Roman empire and other nations that no longer exist. The word is hybris. Hybris appeared in this excerpt of an article by J R Fears taken from http://bigthink.com/learning-from-the-past/reflections-on-the-rise-and-fall-of-empires. The Persians (referred to in the Bible) are the ancestors of the modern Iranians. But the Iran of King Darius was the leading military/political/economic power of its day.  Why then […]