Humans honor their dead (c. 50,000 BC - Europe/Asia) Elaborate burial rites have been adopted by Neanderthal communities in Europe and Asia, indicating growing respect for the dead and suggesting that ideas and beliefs about some sort of afterlife are now generally accepted. Funeral Rites In
Hominids walk on two feet (c. 3.5mi BC - East Africa) Tanzania, hominids are walking on two feet, leaving footprints in consolidated volcanic ash, known as tuff. The condition of the ash could preserve the footprints for millions of years. Marks on the floor In addition to the hominid footprin
Extinct large game (c. 8000 BC - North America):The number of megafauna, large game that was a typical feature of this area, has been decreasing for some time. and that, probably, was what attracted the first settlers here. Now these animals seem to have disappeared entirely. It appears that mastodo
The Chauvet Cave houses the oldest known human artistic productions, dating from the Paleolithic and with complex painting techniques. By Me. Tales PintoThere are 425 animal figures, mainly 65 rhinos, 74 lions and 66 mammoths, engraved on the walls and stalactites of the walls of the Chauvet Cave.
Craftsmen make copper tools (c. 5000 BC - Middle East) Communities are producing more copper tools and weapons, thanks to an ingenious new process that allows them to extract it from glowing rocks containing ores of the metal. Funeral Rites In the grotto of Shanidar, in Iraq, a man is buried a
Achaeans They were Indo-European semi-nomads who migrated to Greece looking for fertile land to grow food. They lived in the Bronze Age. Upon entering Greece, they came across the Pelagius who lived in the Stone Age. They suppressed the Pelagians, occupied their fertile land and created the Mycen
Hunting habits led the first humans to change their diet in Prehistory, influencing their evolution and the environment in which they lived. By Me. Tales PinroSeveral species of the genus homo evolved over millions of years until the arrival of the species homo sapiens , which scientists say we con
We cannot say that the discovery of agriculture was an advance that fatally determined the abandonment of the old ways of obtaining food. By Rainer Sousa For a long time, historians have framed gathering and agriculture as two experiences that mark a complete break in civilization. However, new res
Ancient peoples, before they knew writing, already produced works of art. Cavemen made beautiful figures on their walls, representing animals and people of the time, with hunting scenes and religious rites. They also made sculptures in wood, bones and stones; Scientists study these objects and paint
Some time ago, in an article that we published here with the title When Poland snatched territories from Czechoslovakia before being invaded by Germany in World War II, we ended the text with a lapidary phrase:«Poland had sown winds and now gathered storms». Well, that stormy moment began on Septe
On March 23, 1943, general elections were held in Denmark, the first to be held since the country had been invaded by Germany three years earlier, in the context of World War II. The participation was massive and the Germans expected the victory or, at least, a good result of the Danish Nazi party
The Second World War gradually ended in Europe in the spring of 1945 (in the Pacific it lasted until the end of the summer). After Hitlers death on April 30, Admiral Dönitz replaced him as head of the German government and on May 2 he surrendered Berlin to the Soviets, the same day that most of the
During World War II the Germans built numerous defensive and offensive structures along the French coast and, in particular, in the Strait of Calais, the area closest to the British coast. One of them was the fortress of Mimoyecques, to which we have already dedicated an article. Another, just as
Of the peculiar diplomatic relations, apparently cordial, that the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany had in the 1930s, in the run-up to the Second World War and even when it began, one of the most surprising examples is the transfer of the former to the second, a naval base for its navy that would allow
It is almost impossible that someone has never seen a movie about the Pacific campaign in World War II. So, it is also unlikely that the word banzai is unknown; who more who less, we all know that the Japanese soldiers shouted it in battle. Actually, it is the synthesis of a longer expression, as we
On the night of May 16-17, 1943, an RAF squadron carried out a daring mission deep into German territory to destroy two dams in the Ruhr Valley, the industrial heartland of Germany. The ensuing flood destroyed two hydroelectric power stations and several factories and mines, crippling Germanys stee
The Battle of Saipan took place between June 15 and July 9, 1944, on the largest of the Mariana Islands, the northernmost of Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. It was a complete disaster for Japan, as the United States landed and began a sweeping advance, using artillery-backed flamethrowers and mach
Belgiums role in World War II was not particularly brilliant. Relying on a policy of neutrality, its army was outdated and poorly equipped, so when it finally mobilized under international pressure it could only hold out against the Wehrmacht for eighteen days before capitulating. Even what was cons
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
We have already spoken before about the participation of animals in the wars that humans maintain against their peers. Most of the time, this intervention is usually as a weapon (horses, elephants, dogs, etc.), although other times it is merely the trigger for the explosion, in the case of that dog
The Iraqi air force received, in 1980, 12 MiG-25P fighters, 12 MiG-25R reconnaissance and six MiG-25PU trainers. However, these aircraft belonged to export versions and were inferior to the Soviet ones. Iraq demanded and won the aircraft upgrade. Iraqi MiG-25s first flew over Iran in May 1982. Ho
The ring armor (chain mail) was worn over many centuries in different variations. Even as full armor armor evolved, it didnt completely disappear from the scene. In this post we take a look at the history of the ring armor. Before we start, a little note on the terminology: The term chain mail is
When the First World War ended, the soldiers who had participated in it and had been lucky enough to survive returned to their homes. As in all wars, some adapted better than others in that return, but many found themselves with the unpleasant situation of not having a job. In the case of the Austr
In April 1945, the last major battle in Europe resulted in the Soviet takeover of Berlin, the suicide of Adolf Hitler, and the fall of Nazism. The Battle of Berlin it was the last confrontation on the European war scene, at the end of the Second World War. In that battle, millions of Soviet soldier