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.
Try this tasty medieval bread recipe that you can do at home.
Wheat was the number one food source in the medieval period. Evidence for the use of flour in order to make bread could be monitored way back millennium ago.
The Hulk vessel was invented in the early medieval period - it was a sea craft that is known as the predecessor of the more advanced carrack and carvel vessels.
A Knarr was a vessel used for cargo storage - it was a cargo ship that had a wide hull and was deeper and shorter than the standard longship. The reason for this was for it to store more cargo and for much smaller crews to operate it.
The Gentleman Pirate was born as Stede Bonnet to a moderately wealthy family. Bonnet turned his comfortable life around and ventured towards a life of crime in becoming a pirate.
In the Medieval period, every kingdom was at war, everyone was fighting against everyone and it was just a mess.
As technology developed a lot of things changed.
