On November 27, 1095, during the Clermont Council (France), the attendees experienced a mixture of surprise, stupefaction and enthusiasm upon hearing the unusual address of Pope Urban II . Although the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos had launched a dramatic request for help in the face of the M
The Tatars of Kazan, together with their fellow-citizens of Astrakhan and Crimea, were, for centuries, the main rivals of Russia. The Tatars, descendants of the Mongols of the Golden Horde, who conquered Russia, for about two centuries, raided Russian lands at regular intervals, spreading terror and
The Parambanan Shiva Temple Group, located in Central Java, is the largest and largest Hindu temple group in Indonesia. This group of temples is mainly dedicated to Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma. This temple is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Parambanan Temple is a center of to
Two private companies have announced that they have discovered the wreck of the battleship USS Nevada about 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor. The photos of the remains, in fact, show that parts of the ship remain intact. The search for the remains of the American warship was also made pos