A manor was a large estate in the European feudal system, typically held by a lord or knight in exchange for service to a higher-ranking lord or monarch. The lord of the manor was responsible for administering the estate, collecting rents and taxes from the peasants who lived on the land, and providing military service to his liege lord.
Page 1 of 4 The Battle of Antietam took place in Maryland on September 17, 1862, during the Civil War. It pitted Confederate General Robert E. Lee against Union General George B. McClellan. This battle is one of the bloodiest of the Civil War:24,000 dead in a single day. The Maryland Campaign Whil
It is curious that one of the largest empires of antiquity had such weak foundations that, in reality, it was only sustained by the charisma of its builder. We are talking about Alexander the Great. That giant with feet of clay that he formed with his military genius dissolved as soon as his binder
The Roman cavalry initially faced foot soldiers who either did not fight in dense order, or did not have the proper training to withstand a cavalry charge, such as the Lygians, the Samnites or the Gauls. Against these foot soldiers the frontal advance of a mass of cavalry made sense. The Roman ca
The Battle of Sushi was fought on 8 May 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh war between Armenian and Azeri forces. The city is a strategic point in the mountains of Nagorno-Karabakh and the occupation provided the controller with strategic advantages. Nagorno-Karabakh was an autonomous province of