It is considered, wrongly, that the type of hoplite warrior, which dominated the battlefields of the classical times, was a consequence of the creation of the institution of the city-state. In fact, the Late Mycenaean heavy infantry also fought as hoplites. Until the Trojan War (mid 13th century
The fate of Japan has been played out several times throughout its history, and the Genpei wars are one of them. At the end of the s. XII, two samurai clans, the Taira and the Minamoto They disputed the control of the country in a long and bloody civil war that had the entire empire on edge. But not
On April 25, 1898, the United States officially declared war on Spain with the excuse of the explosion and sinking of the Maine . The military power of the United States, the obsolete Spanish fleet, the unstoppable Cuban independence process and the inexperience of Spanish politicians quickly tipped
The Spanish transition, understood as the period between the death of Franco on November 20, 1975 and the electoral victory of the PSOE on October 28, 1982, was characterized by the transition from a dictatorial political regime to a democratic one. This course was channeled through pacts and negoti