The custom of preserving or removing facial hair , more than indicating a common habit, it opens the way for us to understand traits of different cultures spread around the globe. Around 30,000 years ago, our ancestors discovered that it was possible to remove beards using sharp stone chips. In fact
Even today, many believe that rational thinking was largely responsible for the development of all scientific knowledge accumulated until then. Observation and experiments have helped man to unravel the great unknowns of nature. In this sense, it is customary to observe the natural sciences (Biology
The Halloween It is a very popular festival in the United States that originated in the British Isles and is derived from a festival held by the Celts in antiquity. During this party, which takes place on October 31, children dress up as monsters and take to the streets asking people for sweets. Her
It is a mechanical decapitation device, invented in the period of the French Revolution. Created by Joseph Ignace Gillotin in 1738, the guillotine was intended to provide a quick and painless death to those condemned to death.Dr. Gillotin defended in the National Assembly that this would be a a more
The Brasilica War, also known as the Sugar War, was a military strategy used in 1630, when the Dutch attacked northeast Brazil in order to settle in the region with an interest in trade. sugar bowl Led by Matias de Albuquerque, the Portuguese-Brazilians, as well as blacks and indigenous people, plan
The Celts had two great migratory waves, that is, in two moments they began to spread as the singer Vini would say water downhill and fire uphill. First it was in 1800 BC, when the idea of sacred land came up, they needed to find this sacred land, so they went out in all directions. In the begin
Fort Álamo was built and founded in the 18th century, more precisely in 1718, in the city of Texas that belonged to Spain, by envoys from the San Antonio de Valero Mission that was one of the first expeditions commanded by Spain in that region. The purpose of this fort was to protect the Indians who
The fonts historical they are items with traces of the past that are bequeathed to posterity and serve as a basis for historians to carry out their research work on the human past. Until the 19th century, only written sources were considered as historical sources, but from the 20th century onwards a
Talking about other peoples lives is a very old practice, from the time of caves. Prehistoric men sought information about other peoples lives to find out about their weaknesses, their fears, what they knew how to do, their desires and others.At that time, there was no writing and consequently the i
The legend of the presence of the Phoenicians in Brazil was fueled by a mixture of “scientific curiosity”, European imagery prior to the 15th century navigations and a fraud. When studying Ancient Age, Phoenician civilization has a lot prominence, especially when it comes to the wars that the Roman
The femicide law concerns the murder of women because of their female status. The Feminicide Law establishes that if a homicide is committed against a woman as a result of or in conjunction with domestic and family violence or as a result of contempt or discrimination due to the condition of women
Anyone who likes math probably knows Archimedes -- the one who yelled Eureka! when he discovered a method to calculate the volume of a body. Although the Greek mathematician is recognized for his theories and inventions, his full potential has yet to be revealed. In an essay published in the journal
The relics marked a peculiar religious experience in medieval times, exposing the various places that the sacred can occupy in the life of societies over time. By Rainer Sousa During the Middle Ages, the expansion of Christianity was responsible for the development of various faith experiences. At
The Annales School provoked a real revolution in the way of doing History from the critique of the positivist historical method that prevailed in the 19th century. By Me. Cláudio FernandesWhen there is a group of historians or even two or three generations of historians working around a specific in
Watergate was a political scandal that rocked American politics in the early 1970s, resulting in the end of Richard Nixon government . It all started when five men were arrested trying to break into the Democratic Party headquarters in Washington in 1972. Soon a spy scheme was discovered. linked to
The einsatzgruppen were Nazi death squads trained to eliminate, in the occupied territories, those considered undesirable by the Third Reich. By Me. Cláudio FernandesAt the beginning of World War II , the Nazis organized special operations groups under the SS (paramilitary elite troop of the III R
Less existential worries, less works of art and the man in the background. This is how the Western Hemisphere would be if Greek civilization had never existed. Society would be less reflective and rational. We would live based only on faith, says José Leonardo Nascimento, a professor at the Universi
If youve ever seen how corn was domesticated, you should understand that the process that led to wheat being planted in Africa and Asia was the same process followed by its American relative. However wheat posed a problem, the places where the wheat was planted soon became dry and nothing was born f
It seems to be on everyones mind that a movie theater always goes with popcorn, preferably in a big bucket. In the beginning, man was essentially a hunter, but over time the number of men was increasing in relation to the number of animals to be hunted. You could walk all day without finding a goo
The Christmas it is one of the most important moments of Christianity, as it celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, an event that took place in the year 1, in Bethlehem, in present-day Palestine. We celebrate Christmas on December 25 , although there is no historical proof that Jesus was actually bor
It is obvious that in the Middle Ages sexual life would be full of taboos and prohibitions, anywhere in the then known world. And therefore it is obvious that the same thing would happen within the context of the Byzantine Empire, which came to tame the somewhat loose morals - according to its logic
Women killed babies and hid their bodies to get an extra ration of bread. Their parents sent older children to the street to beg for food and money. Girls were often forced into prostitution. Only one thing mattered in the ghetto:survive. Even at the expense of my own children… In concentration
Kat didnt have an easy life. The work itself was ungrateful. Added to this was laborious learning and social ostracism. On the other hand, it was possible to earn a lot from the executions. You close your eyes. Unfortunately, not for long. A loud pounding on the door pulls you out of your half-s
You must have heard of London Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, etc. There is another famous bridge in Florence, Italy Ponte Vecchio. Also called the Golden Bridge, the closed arch, the arch bridge of the river Arno, is a famous tourist destination. After the destruction of the former bri