The Cyrus Cylinder and the five Oil Prices in the Strait of Hormuz: Petroyuan vs. Petrodollar, by Alfredo Jalife-Rahme

President Trump has read neither Xenophon's Cyropaedia nor Cyrus the Great's Cylinder, and probably even the Bible. He is unaware of the splendor of Persia-the first great empire in ancient history. Similarly, he is ignorant of the modern history of oil from Carlos, the head of operations of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), to the present day. Yet, this cycle persists and will endure until the dollar collapses.