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The Lost Art of Rune Inscription | Fascinating Viking Runestones

Remnants of Scandinavia’s Viking past are scattered throughout the countryside of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Among the most intriguing are the stones covered in...

5 Things You May Not Know or Were Misinformed About Marie-Antoinette

Marie Antoinette, the 15th child of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I and the powerful Habsburg empress Maria Theresa, was born in Vienna, Austria, in...

The Way Sexual Acts Were Treated In The Medieval Ages Will Make You Feel Free Today

We can all agree that sex is pretty awesome. But, alas, it wasn't always this way. In the past, sex was seen, at best,...

Can You Believe Why This Man Is Being Rewarded 2 Million Pounds?

A normal man named Derek McLennan was searching with his metal detector in a field when he stumbled upon a large jackpot that will...

10 Historical Strategy Games That Make You Feel Like a King!

We at About History have played all of the given games here, and enjoyed every single one of them. We decided to reveal to...

You Will be Happy You Were Born Without the Shadow of the Inquisition Watching Over You

The Catholic Church  In its fight against heresy the Church did not find the preachers of the order of Franciscans and Dominicans  effective. The Church...

The Brutal Military Tactics of the Mongols Make ISIS Look Like Child’s Play

Genghis Khan (1162 - 1227) is the man that led the notorious Mongol, and the man that later became the "Great Khan" of the...

The Catalan Company and How They Weakened the Byzantine Empire for Ottoman Conquest

The stare of the Byzantine Empire  No doubt that the restoration of 1261 significantly weakened Byzantine defensive power in Asia Minor. This weakened period of...

The Daily Life of a Byzantine Emperor

The Emperor and the Public  Due to the specific authority of the Byzantine Emperor, it is very difficult to describe his relationship with the general...

What Did Viking Warriors Wear In Order to Stay Warm in Those Cold North Winters?

The Vikings were Norse or Scandinavian people famous for being pirates, explorers, and merchants who raided and colonized areas in Europe. Norsemen used their...

How the Mongol Empire Rose to Power Will Make You Respect Them Even More

The Empire of Genghis Khan  The Empire of Genghis Khan, the greatest in extent the world has ever seen (it was six thousand miles from...

What Kind of Food Was Common Among the People in the Middle ages?

Back in the Middle Ages, there were very various types of food. Who you were, where you lived, and whether the harvest was good or...

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