Akkad , ancient region in todays central Iraq . Akkad was the northern (or northwestern) division of ancient Babylonia. The region was roughly in the area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ( see Tigris-Euphrates ) and their northern boundary extended beyond the boundaries of the
Lithograph from 1884 representing an Inuit family with their traditional equipment • ISTOCK From the XVIth century, the term Eskimo was used to designate a large part of the inhabitants of the arctic and subarctic regions of the globe. It is unclear whether this term originally meant raw meat ea
Christmas day 1979 happened what it was perceived worldwide as a massive, surprising and highly efficient invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union . The Western bloc saw this intervention as a brazen act of aggression by a totalitarian state. From Moscows perspective, however, it was a limited co
Military decorations are not something relatively recent, since the Egyptians from the Old Kingdom (between 2686 and 2181 BC) knew them and awarded them to their most outstanding soldiers. Greeks, Celts and Romans also had different decorations, whose names have come down to us although their meanin