While Europe today has 12 monarchies out of a total of 44 countries, the European continent has seen dozens, if not hundreds of kingdoms come and go over the centuries. And if some lasted close to 1,000 years others couldn’t even make it an entire decade. Here are 10 such European kingdoms that most people […]
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Despite their knuckle-dragging, backwards-looking territorialism, the war machines of the world are under constant pressure to stay one step ahead of the times. If they don’t, they lose wars. In theory anyway. It doesn’t always hold true in practice. These ten weapons from the distant past have all been deployed on modern battlefields — sometimes […]
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Court scenes are usually filled with drama, tension, emotion, twists, and even violence. That’s why they often make for good television. And then, of course, there are those that are simply… odd. History is full of bizarre and unique court proceedings, so today we’re taking a look at ten of them. 10. The Impiety of […]
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From Ancient Egypt to Rome to Britain, history is full of great empires that have had a major impact on the story of human civilization, though we’re not here to talk about them. Instead, we’re more interested in the empires and civilizations that have been left out of history books, probably because many of them […]
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History is filled with moments where citizens take to the streets to speak out against something they don’t agree with that impacts their lives. Of course, not every protest is powerful or consequential, but some have the power to change nations or even create them. Throughout the existence of civilizations, protests have been a way […]
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When imagining a picturesque medieval landscape, it’s nearly impossible not to also visualize a castle somewhere in the background. And while it’s true that various types of fortifications have been around since ancient times, it was during the medieval period that castles truly came into their own. But what most people don’t know about medieval […]
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Lost cities have long been the subject of fascination. Places like Atlantis, El Dorado, or the Lost City Of Z have stirred all sorts of wild theories and deadly expeditions but to no avail. Others like Troy, Petra, Memphis, or Machu Pichu have since been rediscovered. When it comes to lost cities, we tend to […]
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Cooking and baking today are fast, easy, and convenient. You can find an appliance or tool for everything, and an instruction on how to make anything with fairly easy steps. Home cooks have never had it better and great home cooking has become more normal than not. However, back in the days before all of […]
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Even more than two decades after the World Trade Center was destroyed, it remains the defining event of the 21st Century. For years it made terrorism the fear in the forefront of the cultural consciousness. It also completely overshadowed centuries of terrorist activity, and in the process contributed to a highly skewed vision of the […]
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Everyone has done at least one thing they regret or wish everyone would forget. The same applies to nations. Nations that have existed for centuries or millenniums are bound to have a few skeletons in the closet that they wish everyone would just ignore. But unfortunately, some things are easier to forget than others. Whether […]
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