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Medieval Advice for Pregnant Women - Medievalists.net
The wonderful and bizarre pieces of advice offered to pregnant women by a group of medieval peasant women.
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When Hannibal was nine years old, his father took him to the Temple of Melqart in Carthage and made him swear a sacred oath never to be a friend of the Romans.
Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) was an English navigator and hydrographer. He was the first person to map the coastal outline of Australia in 1801-1803, following his circumnavigation of the 7.692 millio...
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from Napoleonic France in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars p... View More
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The Roman Republic ended with the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March 44BC. Click the link below to read the chain of events that led to this pivotal moment in Roman history
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On 2 December 1594, Gerardus Mercator died from complications related to continues strokes. He was 82 years old. Mercator was born in the small town of Rupelmonde, not far from Antwerp, on 5 March 151... View More
Gerardus Mercator: Cartographer and Geographer
by Heather R. Darsie On 2 December 1594, Gerardus Mercator died from complications related to continues strokes. He was 82 years old. Mercator was born in the small town of Rupelmonde, not far from…
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Byzantine Spies and Espionage
Here, I will deal with the methods and dangers of information and intelligence flow that authorities in Byzantium could gather in local markets and fairs, important ports, and taverns and inns, and ho...
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The First Viking Raids Against The Umayyad Emirate Of Cordoba
The early 840s were a time of heightened Viking activity. Norsemen took advantage of the Carolingian Dynasty’s civil war among the sons of Louis the Pious (d. 840). Lothair, one of these son…
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The Two Towers: Crusader Acre and its Defences
The Accursed Tower and Tower of the Flies were the infamous defences of the city of Acre. Strange legends surround both towers, and they would prove to be formidable challenges to besieging armies dur...
