If Man has never had too many scruples to make mincemeat of his neighbor in wars, better luck could not be expected for the animals at his service. Dogs, horses, pigeons, bees and pack animals, for example, have participated in the pandemonium of war, just as dolphins have recently joined. But in
The exploitation of pau-brasil was the first commercial practice in Brazil, and it played a major role in the 16th century. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe vegetable known as brazilwood It has also been called pau-de-Pernambuco, however, its scientific name is Caesalpinia echinata. It was often found
The clashes between Saladin and Baldwin IV during the twelfth century, in the years that followed the Second Crusade, were a fierce exchange of blows in which each victory was followed by defeat and vice versa. The so-called Leper King scored a resounding triumph in Montgisard that allowed him to sa
In summary, we call Religious Wars » the long conflict which opposed Catholics and Protestants in France in the 16th century. Although there are traditionally eight Wars of Religion (from 1562 to 1598), these are more like a long and single conflict of thirty-five years. The battles, most often cons