“Your Excellency, you have carte blanche (full authorization). The authority of the state must be restored in Sicily, unequivocally, I repeat unequivocally. If the existing laws hinder you, that will...
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With Franco’s Army of Africa just 115 kilometers from Madrid in the summer of 1936, the Republican leadership decided to hide the country’s gold reserves, the fourth largest in the...
The perception that heavily armored knights, especially when fighting on foot, were cumbersome is entirely mistaken. Both historical references, eyewitness accounts, and the excellent work done by reenactment groups attest...
Quite often, the image of the Bulgarian Empire under Simeon (913-927) is presented on Social Media with extremely “inflated” territories for Bulgarian dominance. However, the reality is different.
In May 1081, the Norman Duke of Italy, Robert Guiscard, crossed the Adriatic Sea and invaded the Byzantine Empire. He had already entrusted the governance of Longobardia to his son...
The “Huey Tzompantli” was the colossal skull rack located in the central square of Tenochtitlan, in front of the giant temple of Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. It was an immense construction,...
Nikiforos Grigoras was born in Heraclea Pontica, with historians specifying his birth between the years 1292 and 1295. He stands out as one of the prominent figures of the Palaiologian...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
Compasses are one of the characteristic forms of pottery in the Early Cycladic I period (3200 – 2800 BCE), particularly common in burials. These are spherical or cylindrical vessels with...
Leaving Kütahya, Tamerlane continued his march, reinforced by the emirs Amir Suleiman and Sundjuk along the way. He immediately captured Altintas, south of Kütahya. With Güzël Hissar of Aydin, he...
“Your Excellency, you have carte blanche (full authorization). The authority of the state must be restored in Sicily, unequivocally, I repeat unequivocally. If the existing laws hinder you, that will...
With Franco’s Army of Africa just 115 kilometers from Madrid in the summer of 1936, the Republican leadership decided to hide the country’s gold reserves, the fourth largest in the...
The perception that heavily armored knights, especially when fighting on foot, were cumbersome is entirely mistaken. Both historical references, eyewitness accounts, and the excellent work done by reenactment groups attest...
Quite often, the image of the Bulgarian Empire under Simeon (913-927) is presented on Social Media with extremely “inflated” territories for Bulgarian dominance. However, the reality is different.
In May 1081, the Norman Duke of Italy, Robert Guiscard, crossed the Adriatic Sea and invaded the Byzantine Empire. He had already entrusted the governance of Longobardia to his son...
The “Huey Tzompantli” was the colossal skull rack located in the central square of Tenochtitlan, in front of the giant temple of Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc. It was an immense construction,...
Nikiforos Grigoras was born in Heraclea Pontica, with historians specifying his birth between the years 1292 and 1295. He stands out as one of the prominent figures of the Palaiologian...
After the pacification of the army in 327 BCE, the Greek king quelled another revolt of the Sogdians with the well-known feat of capturing the eponymous rock and moved towards...
Compasses are one of the characteristic forms of pottery in the Early Cycladic I period (3200 – 2800 BCE), particularly common in burials. These are spherical or cylindrical vessels with...
Leaving Kütahya, Tamerlane continued his march, reinforced by the emirs Amir Suleiman and Sundjuk along the way. He immediately captured Altintas, south of Kütahya. With Güzël Hissar of Aydin, he...