The early Middle Ages saw the rise of a new social body in Europe: the nobility. This group quickly gained prominence within the monarchy, acquiring titles and privileges that gradually became ...

The Mediterranean has been at the heart of Roman history since the founding of Rome, and even more so as its imperialism developed. This allowed it to control the entire Mediterranean region within a ...

As everyone knows, on April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to reach Earth’s orbit. He launched aboard the ...

Cryptozoology is a field of knowledge devoted to searching for and studying animals whose existence is disputed or not proven by science. Such creatures are called cryptids. There’s also cryptobotany ...

A pygmy legged dragon from Kyrgyzstan, ungulate whales and a live granny rug.

Without the Moon, our planet would be nowhere near as conducive to life. If the Moon did not exist, the first cells and organisms could possibly have developed much later or even never. The Moon seems ...

The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most renowned battles in Greek history. It was fought between Greek cities and 300 Spartans against Persia in 480 BC. During one of the most famous conflicts in ...

The Merovingian dynasty was the first Frankish line of kings who ruled in Western Europe from AD 476 to 752. Dynasty of Frankish kings descending from Merovech, the Merovingians ruled over Gaul until ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. He became Emperor of the French and played a significant role in European history ...

From the time of the Renaissance forward, these fortresses were renovated into elegant mansions complete with gardens, turrets, and other architectural flourishes. The Latin “castellum” refers to a ...

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought between the British Royal Navy, commanded by Admiral Nelson, and the combined fleets of France and Spain on October 21, 1805, during the ...