Probably the only thing North and South Korea agree on is their mania for their neighbor Japan. Anyone who is a little aware of the geopolitical movement in Northeast Asia will know that harmony does not exactly reign between the three countries. But the bad blood comes from afar, from much older th
Although not officially, informally the capital of a kingdom could be considered the population where the Court was established. In this way, Madrid could be considered the capital of Spain since 1561 when Felipe II established his Court there. That yes, with a parenthesis of five years (1601-1606)
In the heart of Tokyo, surrounded by neon lights and concrete masses, there is a small tomb where the remains of an ancient samurai leader have rested since ancient times. This is Taira No Masakado , one of the great villains in the history of Japan. Actually, only his head is buried there, which wa
If a comic fan is asked about manga, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the image of Son Goku or any other character with an impossible hairstyle, ethereal features and enormous round eyes. Who has not vibrated when they were little when they returned from school every afternoon with The
It is known that in kabuki , one of the classic forms of Japanese theatre, cannot be performed by women, and the female roles are played by transvestite men who often turn out to be more feminine than the very ladies they are trying to imitate. They are the onnagata , ambiguous and provocative figur
Japan has given great inventions to the world:the bullet train, sudoku, instant noodles, karaoke... The harakiri , a gruesome ritual by which the ancient samurai slashed their entrails to commit suicide, is another of those genuinely Japanese contributions to universal culture. Strictly speaking, gu
The governments decision to modify the Civil Code to grant Spanish nationality to the descendants of the Jews who were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 has aroused an inordinate interest in Israeli citizens. Nothing strange if we think that they kept their language and even the keys to th
Dante Alighieri In addition to being the greatest Italian poet, he was a man of action, committed to his city, Florence, which he loved above all things and which he ended up losing forever. Fate has wanted that he, not even after death, has he been able to return to the shelter of his homeland. A
The Sistine Chapel It was built between 1471 and 1483 by order of Pope Sixtus IV , to which he owes his name. It was the result of rehabilitating and expanding the Capilla Magna , an old fortified medieval hall where the meetings of the papal court took place and, from then on, it would become the v
The English novelist William Somerset Maugham used to say… The value of money is that with it we can send anyone to hell. It is the sixth sense that allows you to enjoy the other five. And so Innocent VIII must have thought when he agreed to receive money from the infidels... In 1481 the Ottom
Who has not seen in his life this famous figure, a humanoid bearded goat with wings, a pair of breasts and a torch in the middle of his two large horns? Throughout Western occult history, the name of the mysterious Baphomet it is invoked in every age and at different times in history. Although ther
On January 10, 1457, justice was administered in the courts of Savigny according to the following facts:“On the Tuesday before Christmas, recently past, a sow and her six piglets, currently imprisoned, were caught in flagrante delicto of murder and manslaughter in the person of Juan Martín… ” The j
The border milestone between Spain and France nº 262, between the Navarran valley of Roncal and the French valley of Baretous, has witnessed every July 13 since 1375 the ceremony of the Tribute of the Three Cows . With it, the letter of peace or “facería is fulfilled. ” (agreement to resolve a confl
We have all learned during our school years that Christopher Columbus he accidentally discovered America on October 12, 1492, Rodrigo de Trianas Tierra a la vista, the caravels Pinta, Niña and Santa María, the subsequent voyages and everything that that historic moment meant for Spain. It is also tr
Throughout history we have demonstrated our ample capacity to devise different methods of torture or execution, but I believe that death Ling Chi (slow death or death by a thousand cuts ) surpasses them all for its cruelty. The Ling Chi method was a form of torture and execution used in China from
In 1029, King Olaf II of Norway returned from exile to recover the lost throne against the Danes. The following year, at the battle of Stiklestad , he was mortally wounded. Along with Olaf, his brother Harald Hardrada fought. that he was able to flee with a group of faithful. They were hired as me
Pope Pius II he brought together the representatives of Christianity at the Council of Mantua (1459) to convene a new crusade against the Turks who, since the capture of Constantinople, had been advancing through Eastern Europe. The call was received with indifference by European leaders - more conc
When Urban II received a visit from an ambassador of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos Asking him for help in defeating the Seljuk Turks, the pope saw an opportunity to unite all of Christendom under one banner. So, he would not only lend aid to the emperor, but once the territory lost to the
After the death of Nicholas IV, in April 1292, the conclave met to elect the new Pope but the College of Cardinals, made up of 12 members, was divided among the supporters of the Orsini and the Colonna , which made it impossible for any of the candidates proposed by each of the factions to outnumbe
After the disappearance of the Western Roman Empire at the hands of the barbarians, its inhabitants maintained Roman customs while incorporating other new arrivals with the peoples who settled in the old imperial domains. These changes were reflected on the tables, where Roman wine and beer from the
In the mid-nineteenth century, the so-called “gold rush broke out in California. «. The news of the discovery of a gold nugget in Coloma (California) in 1848 spread like wildfire throughout the country and even crossed the oceans. Whether in caravans from any corner of the US or on ships from across
You probably remember from your history lessons some Ibrahim Ibn Jakub - a Jewish traveler from Muslim Spain, who was the first to write something about the Polish state. The curious merchant told about the customs of the Slavs, about the brave warriors of Prince Mieszko, as well as about the people
The conquering king, the stoic king, the brave, strong and courageous king… From the years 1680/90, the Sun King is also and above all a great sick body. Fever, gout, diarrhoea, dizziness, he is very often unwell. At 45, he already has only a few snags left. The Kings entourage admires his courage a
The flight of sportsmen from communist countries to the West was a problem common to all demoludes. This, of course, also applied to Polish footballers. Thanks to Sebastian Pilarskis research, we learned the scale of this phenomenon among Ekstraklasa players. The first footballer who decided to