The Thirty Years War (1618-48) was one of the most destructive in world history. The Habsburg army fought hard in this conflict. At a time when there were still no regular armies, at least in todays sense of the term, armies were formed during wars and disbanded at their end. This practice also
The stereotype of the tyrannical king, capricious and insensitive to the suffering of the people is true to a certain extent and almost always in times after the origin of that institution, when it was the guarantor of the survival of his people. A good example could be the Chinese Shāng Tāng, who e
Ancient Athens was famous in the Mediterranean world for many things, such as its culture and democracy, but also for its festivals. Towards the end of the 5th century B.C. the city had about 120 public holidays a year, which gives an average of one festival every three days. That is why the autho
The War in Syria began in 2011, within the context of the Arab Spring when there was a series of protests against the government of Bashar al-Assad (1965). The war took a heavy toll on an estimated civilian population of more than 24 million people in the first five years and is not over yet. Reaso