During the 16th century, European ships began to arrive in Chinese waters with increasing frequency. The Portuguese were the first to arrive, in 1513, and they were soon followed by the Spanish, Dutch, and English. These European ships came in search of trade, and they brought with them new goods and ideas that would have a profound impact on Chinese society and culture.
Six million murdered Polish citizens. Villages and cities burned and razed to the ground. Plundered property and works of art worth tens of billions of zlotys. This is what the Balance of Injuries inflicted on Poles by German criminals looks like. They argued that they would bring order to peopl
Since the early 80s, fm radio has had time to impose itself, to conquer all layers of the population, to evolve in quality, to target its listeners, to find its rhythm, to impose itself in the habits of consumers, and of course to cement its business model. Nowadays, it is not surprising to turn the
Source of the image above:www.segunlospadresloshijos.com/…/ tag/historia/ In the Treaty of Paris (1898) Spain, defeated in the Spanish-American War, ceded Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and the island of Guam to the United States, then an emerging power. A year later, in 1899, Spain handed ov
Under the Ancien Régime, Christmas celebrations were above all religious celebrations intended for contemplation. Dangeaus description in his Journal of December 24 and 25, 1697 illustrates well the pious habits of the royal family at this time: Tuesday 24, Christmas Eve:the king made his devotions