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The Life of the Chinese General and Poet, Cao Cao – His Rise to Great Power

Early life Cao Cao was a military dictator and poet in ancient China during the end of the Han dynasty. The early life of Cao...

5 Forgotten Peoples of the Early Middle Ages

1. Vascones An Indo-European tribe settled in the Pyrenees mountains bordering both Spain and France, the Vascones were first encountered by the Roman Republic. Their...

10 Facts About the Celts

Origin The origin of the Celts has proven troublesome to ascertain. Although descendants of the Celts today are found mainly on the British Isles, as...

The Iberian Peninsula During Antiquity

In 1868, a hunter discovered one of the best surviving examples of pre historic Iberian life in the cave walls of Altamira near Santander....

Battle of Austerlitz (1805) – Napoleon’s Greatest Victory

The Battle of Austerlitz, December 2, 1805, was the decisive victory of the Napoleonic Army against the armies of the Third Anti-Napoleonic Coalition. It...

Battle of Tannenberg (1914) – The Almost Complete Destruction of Russia’s Second Army

The Battle of Tannenberg, August 26-30, 1914 was between Russian and German troops during the East Prussian operation in the First World War. The Schlieffen...

The Battle of Bouvines 1214

The Battle of Bouvines on July 27, 1214, during the Anglo-French war from 1202 to 1214, between the troops of the French King Philip...

Battle of Agincourt – The Introduction of a New Warfare and the Longbow

The Battle of Agincourt took place on October 25, 1415, between French and English troops near the town of Agincourt in Northern France, during...

Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC

The Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC, was a decisive victory in the conquest of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great, when he defeated...

The Battle of Manzikert 1071 and the Beginning of Seljuk Dominance

The Battle of Manzikert occurred on August 25-26, 1071, in the territory of the Byzantium Empire, near the city of Manzikert, between the Seljuk...

Iran after the Sassanid Empire and Arabic Conquest

In 633 the forces of the newly established Rashidun Caliphate moved into Sassanid Mesopotamia and captured village to village eventually moving into the Sasanian...

The History of the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia

Origins Estimates in the anthropological, archeologist and various other sciences are given that the arrival of the Aboriginal peoples to the continent of Australia dates...

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