The city of Granada from the Alhambra Palace, residence of the Nasrid kings from the 13th to the 15th century • ISTOCK We owe to Ibn Khaldûn, Arab thinker of the XIVth century, an original theory on empires. According to him, the only way to create wealth is to accumulate it by raising taxes. An
We have already explained in another article how was the origin of Swiss neutrality. That proverbial political line of the Swiss country dates back to the perpetual peace treaty signed with France in 1516, which three centuries later expanded making it universal and maintaining it to this day. But i
The sources present a very different reality:far from the A consummate drinker and womanizer who has gone down in history, the Caesar was characterized throughout his life by his sobriety, moderation and extreme chastity beyond what was strictly necessary to ensure the future of his lineage. Caesar
The European peasant uprisings of the 14th century were reactions to the intensification of work served and provided the beginning of the disintegration of feudalism. By Tales PintoDuring the 14th century, western Europe experienced a period of crisis in the feudal regime, resulting in new social pr