The First Industrial Revolution was generated by the Commercial Revolution that took place in Europe between the 15th and the mid-18th century. The expansion of international trade and the increase in wealth allowed the financing of technical progress and the installation of industries. Industrial
The British learned at great cost in blood the value of rifled rifles during the American Revolutionary War. In 1800 Ezekiel Bakers design was chosen to equip the Experimental Rifle Corps. During the tests 12 shots were fired of which 11 hit the target, a 1.8 m diameter round wood at a distance o
The Battle of Mishmar HaMek was one of the fiercest conflicts of the First Arab-Israeli War, known as Israels War of Independence. At the beginning of April 1948, about 1,000 Arabs of the Arab Liberation Army under Fawzi al-Kawji launched an attack on the Jewish kibbutz there. The kibbutz was bui
At this point it may seem strange that there is a place, or places, in Europe beyond the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear accident, where life is not possible. But we are not talking about remote or peripheral places. We are talking about the heart of Europe, precisely the strip of territory th