The Great Awakening was a religious movement that swept through Europe and the British colonies in the 18th century. It emphasized individual spiritual awakening and a direct relationship with God. This led to a decline in the power of traditional religious institutions and an increase in religious toleration. The Great Awakening also helped to lay the foundation for the American Revolution by promoting ideas of individual liberty and equality.
On the 11th of November, after sunset, while looking up at the sky, I became aware of the appearance of a new star, brighter than the others, located almost directly above my head. As I knew, almost from my childhood, perfectly the stars of the sky, I knew that there had never been any star in that
Louis XVII (1785-1795), Dauphin of France, is the second son of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. After the execution of his father, he is declared king by the noble emigrants under the name of Louis XVII. Nevertheless, his reign is only theoretical. The child remains imprisoned in the Temple, where h
One of the darkest periods of Turkish rule in Crete was the five years 1890-1897. The Greeks had begun to manifest, in practice, intense reactions against the Turks. On January 23, 1897, 500 Turks attacked the Greeks at Akrotiri and besieged Halepa. In the meantime, the Greek Consul of Chania, N. Ge
The armored phalanx was of course the supreme weapon of the Greeks. But no weapon alone is sufficient for success. The Greeks knew this from prehistoric times, when they defeated their opponents thanks to the close connection between the various weapons of their armies. This was also true in clas