The Mayans formed one of the great societies that inhabited pre-Columbian America. They lived in the region that corresponds to the present-day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, as well as Belize and parts of Guatemala and Honduras in Central America. Political Organization of the Mayans The Mayans did
After the chaos of the Terror, the political instability oscillating between the Directory, the Empire, the Restoration, the July Revolution, the July Monarchy, the February Revolution of 1848 and the IIth Republic (1848-1851), France finally experienced, with the advent of the Second Empire (1852-1
Norman armor In the 11th century, Norman armor was that which was used during of the conquest of England by William the Conqueror and during the first crusades. It consists of a padded tunic, the gambeson, over which the hauberk is worn, a mail shirt, a “bowl” type helmet with nose protection and a
The world of religious institutions is more complex than it seems at first glance. For a layman, everything is reduced to regular clergy (those governed by a monastic rule) and secular clergy (independent priests and deacons), but then each one is subdivided into various types of institutions. Of th