The archaic age of China, as often happens when it comes to ancient civilizations, and in particular the period when these populations did not yet know writing, is shrouded in a thick blanket of mystery and much of what we know of the first millennia of Chinese history is mainly derived from archaeo
The history of the Greeks it does not begin in Greece or rather, it does not begin in mainland Greece, but on the island of Crete where towards the end of the third and the beginning of the second millennium BC the Minoan civilization develops , we do not know exactly when these people actually
The Middle Ages was certainly not the era that definitively created that temporal gap between classical and modern times. As we all know, the greatest classical works by Latin authors were collected and copied in this era, thanks to scriptorium , the places of the monasteries where the amanuens
Between 336 and 323 BC Greece, Anatolia, Egypt and all of Asia Minor from Phoenician to the eastern border of Persia along the Ganges river, were conquered by the young Alexander III of Macedonia, son of Philip II of Macedonia. Macedonia in the fourth century lives in an ambiguous situation, their
At the end of the 9th century the building built by Charlemagne it had now flaked apart. The Frankish monarchy had separated from the empire which, under the dynasty of the Ottos, became the one that will go down in history as the Roman-Germanic Empire. Meanwhile, the Normans set out to conquer a
The comparison between the mitochondrial DNA of the current Tuscan population and that extracted from bones discovered in some ancient tombs showed that the Etruscans did not come from Anatolia, as instead claimed by Herodotus, but were an indigenous Italic population, as claimed by Dionysius of Hal
Carthage was one of the most powerful and important cities of the ancient world, founded on the northern coast of Africa, near modern Tunis , as a Phoenician commercial hub, which later became a new colony, towards the end of the 9th century BC. by settlers from the cities of Tire and Cyprus. Tra
Political, constitutional, economic events. Not to mention the enterprises (and revolutions) of Attila, Justinian, Charlemagne, Frederick II, Gregory VIII . Alongside the high tradition specialist historiography has long recognized the importance of the daily chores of a mass of unknown people
The history of African Americans is a troubled and suffered path, marked by slavery, segregation and racial hatred, to the point that 400 years later the KKK cells have not completely disappeared. But despite all this, in 2008 the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr it came about, at least in part,
Why did the ancient Egyptians practice mummification ? And in what did this practice consist? A testimony, although now disputed and overcome thanks to modern archeology, comes to us from the historian Herodotus :he left us a fairly accurate description of this practice, arguing that it happen
In the 13th century, commercial contacts between Europe and Asia were consolidated. The gold and silver of Sumatra, Korea and Malaysia. Sandalwood, bamboo and the camphor tree from which to extract a fragrant essence. Aromas such as incense and musk, then precious stones such as rubies and sapphires
The middle Ages. How many times hearing this term have you thought of something negative. Think of a dark age, dominated by superstition, by the unstable power created with the fall of the Roman Empire, hordes of barbarians who plundered cities and where religion was there only refuge to make sense
The golden age of piracy was an extraordinarily interesting era, full of unusual characters such as the gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet, the newlyweds Anne Bonnet and Calico Jack or the best friend of death aka Bartholomew Roberts. But when it comes to pirates, the most natural name is the fury of the
The story I want to talk about was ignored for a long time by Italian military historiography after World War II. Im talking about the “ Bellomo case , The only trial instituted by the Allied organs, in the aftermath of the Liberation, against a high-ranking officer of the Italian army considered
The most famous cavalry charge of the Second World War is certainly the one carried out by the Savoia Cavalleria in Isbuschenskij , in the Russian steppes, on August 24, 1942 . The importance of the fact of arms had both a psychological value, managing to break the encirclement that the Russians
On June 24, 1940 , just two weeks after the start of the war on the Italian side, it was sunk by the corvette H.M.S. Falmouth and the destroyer H.M.S. Kimberley , the Royal Submarine “Luigi Galvani”. The history of the Royal Navy during the Second World War is characterized, more particularly by
As soon as a civilization reaches a given level of control and manipulation of its environment it finds itself at a crossroads, which will lead it to choose whether to continue on the path of progress and innovation, thus progressing towards ever greater technical capacity or continue on path of the
On December 23, 1940, the Senate and the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations, through their legislative commissions, approved the law n. 2042 on linguistic matters, providing: The use of foreign words in the headings of industrial or commercial companies and professional activities is prohibited. [...
This week we decided to interview Prof. Fulvio de Giorgi, professor of History of Pedagogy at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and author of several books:Paul VI. The Pope of the Modern (Morcelliana, 2015), The Gray Republic. Catholics, citizenship, education for democracy (La scuola, 201
Charlemagne , a man, a symbol, a myth. His exploits have inspired countless poets and singers and historical non-fiction is teeming with texts concerning his biography, and often the myth of Charlemagne has taken over the life and history of this incredible character, central to the dynamics that w
After World War I, Germany lost the possibility of developing an air force due to the restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty went further, preventing Germany from owning or even building planes for civilian use. Although Germany illegally avoided the ban thanks to the Rapallo t
A wave of rapes, looting and lynching. Tragic misunderstandings and unrealized dreams. The end of the worlds greatest conflict turned out to be the most difficult for many of its participants to survive. After all, its always darkest before dawn. As always, all positions in the TOP10 ranking are
The short life of Saga Krestos was one great adventure and a hoax. This black young man turned out to be an amazingly good actor who, thanks to his cleverness and erudition, made an astonishing journey from Cairo to Paris. Along the way, he became involved in the struggle for zones of religious infl
Anco Marcio (or Marzio) The Rome of the Kings , the first and farthest from us from a chronological point of view, is largely shrouded in mystery and many of its main aspects are completely unknown to us. History and legend are not particularly generous with news even as regards Anco Marcio