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 ...
The tiny Croatian island that has more than 23 kilometers of walls …
WEBSep 6, 2019 · Without reaching the Greek profusion, Croatia has 79 large islands, more than 500 smaller islets and another 642 tiny rocks covering an area of about 3,300 square kilometers. One such small island is Baljenac (or Bavljenac), located off the Dalmatian coast in the south of the country and forming
World’s oldest portrait, carved in ivory 26,000 years ago
WEBNov 15, 2018 · The Hirschlanden Warrior, the oldest life-size anthropomorphic Iron Age sculpture north of the Alps On November 5, 1963, an enigmatic stone sculpture dating back almost 2,600 years was discovered in Hirschlanden, now a district of Ditzingen in the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. It is….
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 ...
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 ...
The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour …
WEBOct 15, 2019 · The sword embedded in the rock of the precipice of Rocamadour for 9 centuries. Durandal (or Durandarte) was the famous sword of Roland, the Frankish knight who died at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass on 15 August 788 by attack of the Basques. The accounts of that battle and the subsequent fate of the …
When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.
WEBMar 19, 2019 · During the works a tomb was found, which can still be seen in one of the courtyards of the hotel. Some experts believe that this is the tomb of Archimedes, while others are inclined to assign it to Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse between 317 and 289 BC. There is no trace of the column, the sphere and the cylinder.
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 ...
La Brújula Verde – Magazine Cultural Independiente
WEBDetectan una galaxia que está siendo devorada por un agujero negro supermasivo. Un equipo internacional, codirigido por la Universidad de Cambridge, utilizó el telescopio Webb para observar una galaxia aproximadamente del tamaño de la Vía Láctea en el…. Historia.
Devices - LBV Magazine English Edition
WEBNov 22, 2023 · A nocturnal is a device used to determine local time based on the relative positions of two or more stars in the night sky. Sometimes called a horologium nocturnum (nighttime timepiece) or nocturlabe (in French and occasionally used by English writers), this tool is related to the astrolabe and sundial.