After their defeat in Vienna, in 1683, the Turks accepted the counterattack of the Austrians, retreating to present-day Serbia. After the conquest of Belgrade by the Imperialists (the army of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, led by the Habsburg ruler of Austria), the Turks made Nice their
Eyes opened at 5.27 in the morning. After retiring from the toilet, sat down to write the details of yesterdays journey. Today we have to leave for Venice at 11 am. The train is at 12 noon. Vijay messaged the owner of the service apartment which Vijay had booked in Venice from here that we will reac
When the Persian king Darius marched against the Scythians in 513 B.C. Pursuing them for several months to the East, he took care to leave a contingent of his troops guarding the bridge he had built over the Danube, to ensure retreat in case of need. Leading this group, made up mainly of Greeks from
In the 15thth century, the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions made these two powers the first European empires with a powerful maritime fleet. The expedition of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the discovery of the New World offered new economic prospects for Spain. The Portuguese, during their expe