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

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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...
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You Must Know About the Most Advanced Item Of It’s Time, The Antikythera Mechanism

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Discovery The Antikythera mechanism was discovered inside a shipwreck, 50 meters under water near the Greek Island of Antikythera. This shipwreck was found by a...
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The Brutal Military Tactics of the Mongols Make ISIS Look Like Child’s Play

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Genghis Khan (1162 - 1227) is the man that led the notorious Mongol, and the man that later became the "Great Khan" of the...
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The Catalan Company and How They Weakened the Byzantine Empire for Ottoman Conquest

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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...
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The Daily Life of a Byzantine Emperor

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

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The Vikings were Norse or Scandinavian people famous for being pirates, explorers, and merchants who raided and colonized areas in Europe. Norsemen used their...
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How the Mongol Empire Rose to Power Will Make You Respect Them Even More

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

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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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Ancient History

The Marian Army Reforms , What did Gaius Marius do to change Rome ?

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Gaius Marius Gaius Marius comes from a latin family, that lived  in a village close to the town of Arpinum. His parents didn't give him any...
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The 7 Ways Medieval English Soldiers Were Recruited For Battle

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Recruiting a soldier for battle is not the easiest task one can have, especially in the medieval ages. In a period where most were...
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How A Poor Mongolian Soldier Became A General After Almost Killing Genghis Khan With An Arrow

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The almighty Genghis Khan, the emperor of emperors, the man made of flesh and blood just like you and me. Whenever we fully admire somebody...
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Tecpatl, The Story of the Sacrificial Knife That Was Used to Take Away a Human Heart

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The Aztec culture is vast and complex, it has many traditions that are considered mysterious and taboo from our perspective. The Tecpatl  knife that...
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