Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist group that originated from the Pashto ethnic group in Afghanistan. This group ruled the country in the late 1990s. The Taliban is an Islamic fundamentalist group that emerged within the ethnic Pashto countryside of Afghanistan in the 1990s. Its aim was to conque
Austrian Netherlands (1713–95), provinces in the southern part of the Netherlands (roughly consisting of the todays Belgium and Luxembourg) covering most of the Spanish Netherlands made out . Britannica Quiz Places in Music How well do you know your musical places? Test you
During the 1560s, Philip II ordered the construction of 50 new galleys for operations in the Mediterranean. The largest, the Real , was built in the Barcelona shipyards in 1568. Badly damaged in the Battle of Lepanto, she sank on her way back to Messina. In addition to the normal crew (20 to 30 men
October 25, 1772 (Pont-à-Mousson) - May 23, 1813 (Niedermackersdorf, near Gôrlitz) Portrait of Duroc Of noble stock, Duroc left the school of ChâIons as a lieutenant in 1793. Sent to the army in Italy, he became Bonapartes aide-de-camp there and, promoted to battalion commander, followed him to