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5 days ago · The 12th-century Lewis chessmen in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland. The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject of speculation. From India it spread to Persia, where it was modified in terms of shapes and rules and ...
2 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
1 day ago · A singular German city, full of history and significance. Martin Charlesworth. Gothic marvel of Marburg, Hesse. View image in fullscreen. The university town of Marburg. Photograph: Deutschland ...
For a long time, the battle was considered to be beneath the notice of Ottoman writers. In fact, as Onur Yildirim notes, Ottoman chroniclers did discuss the battle, though they did not comment on its significance within a longue-durée history of Ottoman naval power or expansion/decline. Rather, most discussed the battle as a consequence of ...
17 hours ago · by World History Edu · May 11, 2024. Queen Victoria, born in 1819, ascended to the throne of the United Kingdom in 1837 at the age of 18 and reigned until her death in 1901. Her long reign of 63 years and 7 months, known as the Victorian era, was marked by industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military changes within the United ...
1 day ago · History provides a chronological, statistical, and cultural record of the events, people, and movements that have made an impact on humankind and the world at large throughout the ages.
4 days ago · The late sculptor Eva Hesse is back in the spotlight again with an exhibition of works at Hauser & Wirth in New York that brings together five of her most important large-scale works made in the...
