The Bastille was a powerful fortress with eight towers built in the 14th century to protect Paris from English attacks during the Hundred Years War. It gradually turned into a prison where the infamous Marquis de Sade was also held. On July 14, 1789, the citizens of Paris rose up and occupied the
Quipu at the Larco Museum in Lima • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS In South America, the Incas built an immense empire whose expansion began at the beginning of the 15thth century. The Four Quarters Empire, or Tahuantinsuyu in the Quechua language, extended over the current territories of Colombia, Ecuador,
The Caspian Sea is a large saltwater lake -the largest in the world- of 371,000 square kilometers and an average depth of 170 meters, which is fed by several rivers, the most important of which is the Volga. All this gives it a strategic situation, acting as a common natural border between Russia, A
Lockheed Martins SR-71 “Blackbird” strategic reconnaissance aircraft has been one of the most amazing aircraft in Air Force history. Flying at an altitude of over 26,000 m at speeds of over Mach 3, it was practically unshootable by the Soviets and capable of reading Soviet territory at will. A to