Where the Gauls Struck Gold: Corent May Hold the Ancient World's Largest Mint
On a plateau in central France, archaeologists have uncovered the Gaulish coin complex where the Arverni minted gold and silver staters on the eve of Caesar's conquest.
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Is Peru the Oldest State in the Americas?
If a state is understood as the organized administration of a territory, Peru has never ceased to have one: first an autonomous state, built on the remains of the Wari Empire; then a kingdom; then a republic. …
The Potato: an Andean root crop modified by ancient Peruvians that saved Europe from famine and is traveling to Mars
From a toxic Andean tuber to a global staple, the potato sustained empires, transformed Europe, exposed the dangers of monoculture and returned to Lima, where its genetic diversity now helps protect the world’…
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The extermination of cats in the 13th century could have caused the spread of the plague in Europe
Some say that the cat chase in the 13th and 14th centuries is a myth, but in every myth there is some truth. Superstitions that associate it with the devil and bad luck survive from that time.
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March 31, 1492 The expulsion of the Jews from Spain
On March 31, 1492, the Catholic kings signed the edict of expulsion of all the Jews from their kingdom, a significant date that has caused controversy to this day
The attack against Alexander II the first monarch assassinated in a terrorist act
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Joanna of Castile and Aragon, the most famous political prisoner of the 16th century
On April 12, 1555, the Queen Joanna I of Castilee and Aragon, Joanna the Mad, died in Tordesillas, declared insane by her husband, her father and her son, the King Carlos V
Stalingrad: How Hitler’s hubris led to the defeat of the Sixth Army
Two dictators, Hitler and Stalin, risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of their soldiers to take and defend Stalingrad, the deadliest battle in history