View of the Shah Mosque, built in Isfahan in the 17th century for the ruler Abbas I. • ISTOCKPHOTO Around 1700, Iran was at the heart of European politics. For two centuries, the Safavid dynasty and the Ottoman Empire have been in permanent rivalry, both political and religious, and several Euro
In the 15thth century, great discoveries are multiplying and the world is expanding. In 1481, Pope Alexander VI reserved to Portugal the monopoly of the discovery of new lands in the bull (document signed by the pope) æterni regis But the glorious return of Christopher Columbus in 1493 changed the
The Conjuração Baiana is among the so-called Nativist Rebellions that took place between the 17th and 18th centuries in Brazil. By Me. Cláudio FernandesFrom the mid-seventeenth century, with the colonial system already set up in its mercantile and slave-like structure, Brazil had to face a series o
Detail of the vault of the collapsed transept crossing, with charred pieces of the spire frame, April 26, 2019 • INRAP/SERVICE DE PRESSE It has been more than a year since a fire destroyed part of Notre-Dame de Paris on April 15, 2019. As of July 30, an exceptional law entrusted Inrap (National