Ships were an important part of Viking society, not only as a means of transportation but also for the prestige that it conferred on her owner and skipper.
Pompeii along with other nearby villages and villas were in the surrounding area that was mostly destroyed and buried under 5-7 meters of volcanic ash, which was caused by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 CE.
The "firearm" was invented in China in the 13th century for celebration or for signaling.
The Chinese used gunpowder in the following centuries without ever testing it on the battlefield.
From a young age, Henry VIII was given the best education available from the current leading tutors. Henry was fluent in French and Latin. Not much of his early life it's known because Henry wasn't supposed to become king.
Ships were an important part of Viking society, not only as a means of transportation but also for the prestige that it conferred on her owner and skipper.
