Crown Prince Rudolf of Habsburg on his deathbed, 1889 • WIKIMEDIACOMMONS On November 21, 1916, the death of François-Joseph Ist marked the end of an era. The old emperor had been the protagonist and the witness of almost 70 years of European history, from the revolution of 1848 until the First W
The historical background of the Barbaren series could not be more attractive. A succession of military campaigns, beginning in 12 BC, had given Rome control of the German territory between the Rhine and the Elbe. In 9 AD Publius Quintilius Varus was designated as legate of the Germania Magna with
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
La Ferrassie , also Written by La Ferassie , paleoanthropological site in the Dordogne in France, where Neanderthal Fossils were found in a rock shelter between 1909 and 1921. Although the first report was made in 1934, examination of the remains was not completed until 1982. The old