16th century engraving showing how cocoa was harvested in antiquity You know how cocoa was harvested in ancient times ? The operation was anything but easy and effortless, but essential to obtain a precious food, destined to spread all over the world. The cocoa, originally from the Amazon,
Presumed portrait of the twenty-year-old Marquis De Sade The storming of the Bastille , which took place on 14 July 1789 in Paris, it is considered the event that officially started the French Revolution. When the rioters broke into the old fortress, long used as a prison, to free the pris
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Portrait of Henry VIII Henry VIII powerless? It might seem like a paradox when referring to a man who went down in history for having six wives (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/8382/storia-moderna/le-6-mogli-di-enrico-viii-in-un-film-tv-con-video) and an impressive number of lovers , yet it