Coming from the upper middle class, Valéry Giscard dEstaing studied to be a finance inspector. He began his political career in 1956 by being elected deputy. In 1958, he approached General de Gaulle and joined the government in 1959 as Secretary of State. He was appointed minister for the first time
When Shivaji plundered the Mughal territory in South India several times, his attention turned to Karnataka. Agriculture and a variety of industries flourished in Karnataka for four centuries without Muslim invasions. Because of this the people there were very prosperous and peaceful. At this time s
Livy is a rare bird in the world of Latin historiography. Unlike what happens with other great Roman historians such as Tacitus, Cato or Sallust, Tito Livio did not hold any public office nor did he have an active role in Roman political life, but instead dedicated his entire life to completing the
Second sister of Napoleon, she married General Leclerc. She becomes a widow when he is killed during the Santo Domingo expedition. She sold her duchy to the kingdom of Italy and left to join her brother on the island of Elba where she encouraged him to reconcile with Murat.