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Comic: What some people long for, others do not want.

24 Feb 2022 1 minute read 0 comments JCnakama

In this article I will share with you a story or short story in comic format, with a moral or reflection at the end, with the aim of raising awareness about the issue I represent here, which is a situation that occurs very often in our society. A com...

THE BATTLE OF HIMERA, 480 BC: The 1st Sicilian War

24 Feb 2022 13 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked

The Persian Invasions proved desperate wars for the Greeks at the start of the 5th century BC, bringing the homeland of democracy itself very close to its knees with the Ionian Revolt, and at famous battles such as Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis, Pla...

Can You Pay Your Taxes With Wood You Find in Your Backyard?

21 Feb 2022 13 minute read 2 comments Probs Cheatin

Tally sticks, circa 1299, showing accounts of the bailiff of Ralph de Manton of Ufford Church, Northampton (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40189959) Would you believe me if I told you that a group of people were able to buy a large portion of own...

The lake of Ecchia - The legend of the house, the ox and the old woman

20 Feb 2022 5 minute read 0 comments n4tiv3

A story that comes back ... an event of 1536 that still haunts us ...The hisory of lake d'Ecchia: a legend that comes from afar and that has recently found some disturbing confirmations. It was 1536 when a large landslide upset the slopes under the...

Curse This Darken Night! | Homayoun’s New Song!

17 Feb 2022 1 minute read 4 comments Melina Mehr

The song of “curse this darken night” or "in this darken night" belongs to a historical-love series called " Jeyran ", which was recently made and belongs to the Qajar dynasty in Iran. The series is about the life of Jeyran, one of Naser al-Din Shah...

What a 12th Century Legend Tells us About Rule and Infidelity

16 Feb 2022 2 minute read 0 comments VVoytila

I will not trouble you with the insanely complicated context of this legend and how we came to know about it, suffice it to say that this is a 12th century legend or, more accurately, literary tradition from Silesia, now Poland, which reports how Vla...

Český Krumlov - the Renaissance treasure of the Czech Republic

14 Feb 2022 2 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Český Krumlov is one of the most beautiful medieval cities in Europe, also known as the Renaissance Czech treasure. Czeski Krumlov to miejsce które jest zaliczane do najładniejszych średniowiecznych miast Europy, nazywany jest również renesansowym...

When Did Esports Start?

14 Feb 2022 4 minute read 0 comments MintDice.com

Many people think that Esports has come up only recently, and because of the recent rise in popularity, it seems that way. Between the high-tech tournaments and the streaming on platforms like YouTube and Twitch, gamers everywhere have come together...

The Money Changers Discover Banking.

13 Feb 2022 11 minute read 1 comment Probs Cheatin

  Engraving by Éttienne Delaune (1518–1583) of a goldsmith's workshop in Augsburg, Germany, 1576 We trudge forward through the gracefulness of time to continue our narrative of manipulators and the manipulated. The money changers and everyone else....

"Those who are looking for paradise on earth must come to Dubrovnik" - Bernard Shaw

9 Feb 2022 3 minute read 1 comment marianomariano68

Dubrovnik is the pearl of the Adriatic and is said to be the most beautiful city in Croatia, as the eminent playwright and essayist, Nobel Prize winner Bernard Shaw wrote. Dubrownik to perła Adriatyku i podobno najpiękniejsze miasto w Chorwacji, j...