Collaboration of the teacher of History, Guillermo . In my opinion , these are the four wars that have the dubious honor of being considered the longest in history: – Occupying the fourth position (despite being the one that appears in the Guinness Book of Records) is the Hundred Years War , whic
In the midsummer of 415 BC. 136 warships and many transports carrying 2,100 Athenian hoplites, 500 Argive hoplites, 250 Arcadian hoplites and another 2,150 allied, vassal or mercenary hoplites, 480 light archers and javelinmen, 700 Rhodian slingers, 120 Megarians and 30 horsemen set out for Sicily w
After the capture of the city by the westerners, in 1204, and the establishment of the state of Nicaea, the Byzantine Army changed to a great extent. Recognizing the inability of the Byzantine cavalry to oppose the Latin knights, the leaders of the Empire of Nicaea formed units of mercenary knights,
In the mirror of its chancellorships, Germany appears as a haven of stability. The Federal Republic has only had eight chancellors since it was founded in 1949. Each chancellor has shaped the Federal Republic in his own unique way. 1949:Emerging from uncertainty Many chancellors were more controver