History is unfair to women. And Ancient History, even more so. Official historiography says that, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the Guti people (it is believed that they are ancestors of the Kurds) came down from the mountains and devastated Sumeria creating small Taifa kingdoms in each cit
France and England entered into negotiations to reach an agreement with the USSR, however, Stalin, offended in Munich, began the path towards his “political turn ”. Stalin feared to see the Western democracies a new Munich at the expense of Poland. The Russians, in April 1939, proposed to France and
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born in Alcalá de Henares on September 29, 1547. He was the fourth son of the licensed surgeon Don Rodrigo de Cervantes and Doña Leonor de Cortinas . His father was deaf and poor, he pushed his family through various Spanish cities, including Valladolid, Madrid and S
In May 1919, Greek troops landed in Smyrna. It was there that the first clashes with armed Turks took place in a foretaste of what was to come. Gradually the situation calmed down and the Greek forces expanded their zone of control. Pergamos, the Greek ancient city is located 90 km north of Smyrn