One of the most appreciated pieces of the Merseburger Domstiftsbibliothek , that is, the library of the Chapter of the Cathedral of Merseburg, is a medieval liturgical manuscript that contains an unusual palimpsest dated between the 9th and 10th centuries:a set of two magical formulas in verse, writ
Ifat , Muslim state that from 1285 to 1415 in Central Ethiopia in the fertile highlands of the east bloomed Shewa . Towards the end of the 13th century, a ruler whose dynastic title was Walashma gained supremacy over the Muslim kingdoms to the east of Shewa. By gradually winning the ne
Mikhail Gorbachev , a Russian politician, was the last leader of the USSR from 1985 to 1991. A rising figure in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he became secretary general of the party and took charge of the destinies of the second superpower of the time. Gorbachev contrasts sharply with h
Assyria is the ancient region of northern Mesopotamia around the city of Assur, founded around 2600 BC. on the banks of the Tigris (today its ruins are in northern Iraq). It was part of the Akkadian Empire of Sargon of Acad until 2154 BC, which united all the Mesopotamian cities. And from the II mil