The name of Demetriou Chrysostomos will not mean anything to most people. He was the Orthodox bishop of the metropolis (religious jurisdiction) of Zante, a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, who has gone down in history as a hero along with the local mayor, Loukás Karrer, for having defied the Nazis by
The Timariot horsemen of the Ottoman Army were, quite literally, the horsemen of destruction that the sword threatened to put even central Europe under the crescent moon. The Timariote cavalry formed the basis of all Ottoman Armies until the middle of the 19th century. The timariots, i.e. timari
AMX-13, ARV, AVLB and variants Type :light tank.Crew :3 men,Armament :a 75 mm gun; a coaxial of 7.5 mm or 7.62 mm; 2 smoke launcher tubes on each side of the turret.Shielding :from 10 to 40 mm. Dimensions: length (barrel at 12 oclock):6.36 m; length (hull):4.88 m; width :2.5 m;height :2.3 m.Weight
Samurai on horseback with his armor, saber and bow • WIKIMEDIACOMMONS 1. How did the samurai appear in Japan? The warrior caste of the samurai is linked to the history of the political organization of the country. In the middle of the IXth century, the Fujiwara family, supported by men-at-arms