MarjanTThe Arts Florence's Medici Family Used Portraits as Propaganda smithsonianmag.com - Meilan Solly When Cosimo I de’ Medici, a 17-year-old from a lesser-known branch of Florence’s famed Medici family, came to power in 1537, the republic’s elite …
MarjanTMilitary History Here's Why General Cornwallis Surrendered In The Battle Of Yorktown grunge.com - Scott Williamson British General Cornwallis is perhaps best remembered for his informal surrender at the conclusion of the Battle of Yorktown.
MarjanTAcropolis The Olive Tree of the Acropolisverified_publisher Atlas Obscura Thousands of years ago, the gods Poseidon and Athena battled for the favor of Athens. According to legend, Poseidon smashed his trident upon the land …
MarjanTRoman Empire The Ideology of the Holy Roman Empire worldhistory.org - Isaac Toman Grief "The Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire," wrote Voltaire, and this interpretation still dominates the popular …
MarjanTBadass Women History Class Failed To MentionBy CrackedFrom pirates to philosophers, there have been women throughout history kicking ass and taking names. So let's learn a few more of their names.
MarjanTThomas Jefferson The Forgotten French Scientist Who Courted Thomas Jefferson, Then Betrayed Him smithsonianmag.com - Shaun Assael In December 1792, a 46-year-old French botanist named André Michaux arrived in Philadelphia to visit with some of the city’s most influential …
MarjanTIndia The untold story of India’s WW2 prisoners of war historyextra.com Some 75,000 Indian soldiers were captured by Axis powers during the Second World War. Diya Gupta explores how their experiences change their view of …
MarjanTRoman Empire Which Were The 5 Greatest Ancient Roman Cities (After Rome)? thecollector.com - Vedran Bileta “All roads lead to Rome,” says an old proverb. Indeed, for centuries Rome was the biggest and most important city of the Roman world. Rome was the …
MarjanTForests The real urban jungle: how ancient societies reimagined what cities could beverified_publisher The Guardian - Patrick RobertsVisions of “lost cities” in the jungle have consumed western imaginations since Europeans first visited the tropics of Asia, Africa and the Americas. From the Lost City of Z to El Dorado, a thirst for...
MarjanTEuropean News Opinion: New Berlin refugee museum must be a place of reconciliationverified_publisher DW English - Frank Hofmann The history of German displacement and expulsion after World War II has been documented in a new center in Berlin. For many Europeans, however, the …
MarjanTWar Hitler’s ‘war of annihilation’: Operation Barbarossa, 80 years on France 24 - Stéphanie TROUILLARDPerhaps the most pivotal moment in the Second World War took place on June 22, 1941 when Nazi Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union – shocking the world and striking fear into Joseph Stalin’s...
