Her real name Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764) was the mistress of King Louis XV, who gave her the title of marquise . She participated in the political life of the kingdom, for example by promoting the rise of certain ministers like Choiseul and by contributing to the reve
In the 9th c. A.D. the Byzantine-Arab wars continued with unabated intensity. In general, it was a period when the Arabs largely had the upper hand, according to what is commonly said. This was also the reason why the Byzantines planned and executed a crude operation, in the heart of enemy territory
The Limnes project was a product of the imagination of the KKE leader Nikos Zachariadis. It was put by him in the 3rd Plenary and of course, democratically, it was approved. The 3rd Plenary took place on September 11, 1947 in Yugoslavia and the plan was called The Lakes because of the nearby Prespa.
The capture of Rhodes, the last Christian bastion of the East, momentarily awakened the pope and the European powers. Again, a Greek contributed to this awakening, Janos Laskaris, a descendant of the Laskarids, the imperial family of Nicaea. Another Laskaris would later play a catalytic role in the