Whether it was their daily stew, their seasonal vegetables, their wild fruits, the fresh milk products, or oats and cereal, the Viking diet certainly made them into the legendary warriors everybody knows. Viking food was diverse and nutritious for all layers of society, which is also something highly unusual in medieval times. How come they …
Killed in battle against the powerful Ottoman Empire, the exact circumstances of Vlad the Impaler’s death remain a mystery. Perhaps he died during the fighting itself. Perhaps he was finished off by assassins who had been assigned that specific task. Most people now know that man only as the inspiration behind Bram Stoker’s Count Dracula. …
The rule and legacy of Harald Hardrada make him, according to many historians, the last king of the Vikings. He was the last ruler that represented the ruthless yet caring nature of the Vikings. These characteristics were also the very basis of his demise. While allowing his army to be a little looser than normal, …
King Athelstan was one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings of all time. Modern historians acknowledge him as the first King of England. He united different kingdoms and provinces of England, set up a sophisticated and well-educated court, and ruled for fourteen years. He is especially famed for defeating the Vikings who remained in northern England …
Mesopotamia, located in present-day Iraq, is renowned as the Cradle of Civilization. This ancient region witnessed the emergence of influential civilizations that laid the foundations for human progress. With fertile lands and advanced societies, Mesopotamia became the birthplace of complex civilizations. The term “Cradle of Civilization” refers to the region where early civilizations thrived, making …
Belemnite fossils are the most prevalent fossils that remain from the Jurassic and Cretaceous age; a period that lasted for about 150 million years. Popular contemporaries of the belemnites were the dinosaurs, and they actually went extinct around the exact same time. Their fossils tell us a lot about the climate and the seas of …