Hellenism is understood to mean the period of dominance of Greek culture in the ancient world that followed the death of Emperor Alexander the Great. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe concept of Helenism was first used by the German historian Johann Gustav Droysen (1808-1884) to characterize the process
Krupa is a small town in todays Bosnia-Herzegovina. In 1565 things were different as the city was a border fortress between the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire which was still ruled by Suleiman the Magnificent, who was rather petty and dishonorable... The death of Ferdinand of Habsburg, ki
The successful test of the first Soviet atomic bomb RDS-1 in August 1949 inspired the countrys leadership to proceed with the acquisition of a thermonuclear weapon, better known as a hydrogen bomb. The Soviets had access to the American plans thanks to the German scientist Klaus Fuchs. The projec
The pagophagy It is a disease that causes the sufferer to eat only ice, snow and frozen drinks. Although it is not very clear what causes it, there are actually multiple possible causes, it is considered one of the variants of Pica, an eating disorder that consists of the irresistible desire to eat