The Vikings lived from the late 8th to the 11th century. Cheddar cheese, however, was first produced in the English village of Cheddar in the 12th century.
Where did the interest of him for the painting? Since I was a child I have always been good at drawing, but it was my father who instilled in me a taste for art. I remember his great interest in the artists of the Italian Renaissance, the first great masters I came to know. I couldnt have been mor
We are the true depository of Christian values. We suffer the most. Of course, completely innocent. It is here that the ideals have survived in the most pristine, crystalline form ... It is we who will bring redemption to the world, claim the Poles. And the Russians. And the Ukrainians. And Serbs…
The Arabs were the greatest threat to the existence of the Byzantine Empire until the arrival of the Turks. After their initial successes and the conquest of Egypt, Palestine and other Byzantine lands, their goal was to conquer the Queen of Cities, Constantinople. Although they failed, twice, the
In the period 938 – 967 AD the worst enemy of the Byzantine Empire was the emir of Aleppo, the famous Saif al-Dawla. The emir had become a source of fear and terror in the region of todays Syria, daring attacks deep into Byzantine territory. al-Natullah was a fanatical Muslimdetermined to bring t