Note:this article has undergone a update after viewing chapter 4, see last section at the end of it (does not contain spoilers). In 1981, an almost unknown Wolfgang Petersen , then director of films like The NeverEnding Story (1984), In the line of fire (1993), The Perfect Storm (2000) and yes, als
Jerusalem today, with the Old City in the foreground. • ISTOCKPHOTO At the end of the Xth century, what the Muslims had called al-Quds (the Holy) fell into the hands of the Fatimids of Egypt, who established a Shiite caliphate there. Caliph al-Hakim came to power in 996 and exercised it with fa
Created by decree of the Convention on July 28, 1793, the eleventh regiment of hussars will take part in the Vendée war, then it campaigns on the Rhine in 93. It will then be on the Bidassoa in 1794, in Germany in 1796 and 1797, in Italy in 1799 and 1800. 11th Hussar 11th Hussar With the re
In 1526 the huge army of Suleiman the Magnificent crushed the small army of the Hungarian king Laios at Mohács in southern Hungary. After this glorious victory, the Ottoman troops, after spreading death and destruction, conquered the rest of Hungary without a fight and reached Vienna, which they uns