The true history of Rollo, the Viking from whom all current …
WEBSep 7, 2019 · This is Hrolf Ganger, known by the nickname of Rollo the Walker, a Norwegian Viking warlord who is considered the first Duke of Normandy. Rollo headed a group of Norwegians and Danes who, in addition to pillaging the coasts of the North Sea, served as mercenaries of whoever hired them. Exiled from the kingdom of Norway, he commanded expeditions ...
Albinoni's Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo ...
WEBFeb 24, 2019 · Surely this is surprising because, after all, the famous Adagio in G minor is not only one of the best-known pieces of classical music but also one of the most popular among music lovers with a closely linked name of title and author: “Albinoni’s Adagio”. It is ironic, therefore, that in reality the work is not by that baroque composer but by a biographer of him who lived two centuries ...
Devshirme, the recruitment of Christian children by the Ottoman …
WEBAug 18, 2020 · The first, called Kapıkulu Süvari (Cavalry of the Servants of the Sublime Gate), was an elite troop structured into six divisions and made up of the sipahi (a word derived from the Persian sepâhi), equivalent to the European knights.In other words, they were noble holders of a swindle (fiefdom) which, in a conceptual medieval survival, had been granted to them by the sultan in exchange for ...
Luz Long, the German athlete who befriended Jesse Owens and …
WEBMay 13, 2020 · The next day the final was held – immortalised by Leni Riefenstahl’s camera in her Fest der Völker (Festival of Nations), the first part of her famous Olympia film – and although Long managed to jump 7.87, Owens smashed that mark with 8.06, breaking the Olympic record and climbing to the top of the podium; the bronze went to Japan’s Naoto Tajima (who would later win in the triple jump ...
La Brújula Verde – Magazine Cultural Independiente
WEBLa Portára es uno de los monumentos más emblemáticos de la isla griega de Naxos, situada en las Cícladas. Este gigantesco pórtico de mármol, que se erige en una pequeña península frente a la ciudad de Naxos, es todo lo que queda de un ambicioso proyecto arquitectónico: un templo (que nunca se terminó) dedicado al…. La Brújula Verde ...
Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan
WEBOct 6, 2022 · Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan. by Jorge Álvarez October 6, 2022. The death of Magellan/Image: Nmcast on Wikimedia Commons. On August 10, 1519 began the expedition that circumnavigated the globe for the first time. We all know the names of several of its protagonists: Magellan, Elcano, Pigafetta, Charles ...
Rivers and seas made of mercury inside the tomb of China’s first ...
WEBJan 10, 2020 · The famous terracotta warriors are only a part of the gigantic mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of unified China, who reigned between 221 and 210 BC. In fact, the complex, located 30 kilometers east of Xian in the northwest of the country, houses more than 400 tombs covering the impressive area of 60 square kilometers.
10 inventos y descubrimientos de la Antigua Grecia que han …
WEBOct 27, 2015 · Estos son 10 inventos y descubrimientos de la Antigua Grecia que han llegado a nuestros días. 10. Molino de agua. Aunque en un principio se adscribió a un origen árabe el descubrimiento del molino de agua, gracias a un estudio del investigador británico M.J.T. Lewis ha quedado demostrado que este invento tiene un origen griego.
Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland - LBV Magazine English ...
WEBMar 31, 2019 · Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland. When vikings arrived in Greenland in 985 they found a land almost completely covered by snow and ice. Except for a few clearings of vegetation, mainly at the southern end, where they built their settlements. One of these was the Qinngua Valley, where the …
Ibn Wahshiyya, the Nabataean who could have translated Egyptian ...
WEBMay 12, 2019 · We are referring to the Arab scholar Ibn Wahshiyya. In mid-September 1822, Jean-François Champollion managed to finish off the work that had haunted him for fifteen years: deciphering the mysterious hieroglyphic writing of Pharaonic Egypt. Champollion was a French professor at the University of Grenoble, where he …