The Emperor Charlemagne inherited an extensive territory that he continually expanded throughout his reign. While his power remained absolute and centralized, it became necessary to dispatch ...

The Ennead (known in Egyptian as pesedjet, Greek Εννεάδα – Ennead) is a concept in ancient Egyptian mythology and theology developed in the significant religious center of Heliopolis in Lower Egypt.

A partisan is a type of polearm weapon with a long wooden handle and a metal spire. It has two symmetrical cutting edges that are straight and terminate in two curved fins at the base. The partisan ...

The Antidote, a manuscript written by Empress Catherine the Great (Catherine II, 1729-1796), was translated into English and dedicated to “the first and greatest lady of our time” by an unknown author ...

Did Catherine the Great eat dirt in real life when pregnant? It is not true that Catherine the Great, Russia’s imperial ruler from 1762 to 1796, ate dirt when pregnant. This disorder is called pica ...

Shakespeare had a total of four sisters and three brothers. His oldest sister, Joan, and his other older sister, Margaret, had died before Shakespeare was born. While he was alive, William Shakespeare ...

Adolf Hitler was a bookworm. Even as a World War I soldier, he chose to spend what little money he had on books rather than on hookers and cigarettes. While stationed in the trenches, Hitler read the ...

The fact that the term “Iron Lady” was first used as an insult against the promising politician Margaret Thatcher in the Soviet Union only served to increase its notoriety among the British population ...

Born as Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever to the parents Cornelis Keever and Anna Pauwels in 1616, her father was originally from Elbing, Prussia (now Elblong), although he was a Dutch sailor. His first ...

A surprisingly large number of U.S. states are named after real historical figures. Some of these names belong to well-known monarchs and political leaders, while others trace back to lesser-known ...

Tatlin’s Tower was a concept structure designed by the Soviet avant-garde artist Vladimir Yevgrafovich Tatlin (1895–1956). He came up with this design for a massive memorial honoring the Third ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe have reconstructed the most complete picture to date of how mid-14th-century climate ...