Usual name given to the various armed conflicts, interrupted by truces and peace treaties, started in 1337 and ended in 1453, between the two great European powers of the time:England and France. The immediate pretext for the cessation of hostilities was the claim of the kings of England to occupy t
Plans of the Seraphic Mary. Armed by Mr. Gruel de Nantes for Angola, the ship carried barrels in the holds and 307 slaves piled up on the steerage. Engraving, 1770 • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS From the XVIth in the 19th century, about 25,000 slave convoys crossed the Atlantic. 443 shipwrecks and 148 expe
During the Second World War, the submarine had easily placed itself at the head of all naval weapons for its influence on the course of the war.The Germans in particular had perfected its tactics to the point that he was very close to assuring them the victory which could not have failed to follow t
Like many other modern practices, voting was created by the classical world. Greece and Rome were the first to design the intricate electoral system used today in the United States and other countries. However, the voting in the Greco-Roman era often differed greatly from what it is today. Voting