The New Year begins on January 1st. This is a fact for us and is not least reflected in the balance sheets of the fitness studios every year. But once you start thinking about this inevitable fact, you realize just how random this date actually is. The turn of the year could just as well take place
The mystery surrounding the so-called Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas is growing. The lake, officially known as Roopkund, is located at an altitude of 5,000 meters and houses the remains of hundreds of people. A team of researchers who examined 38 skeletons discovered that 14 of the dead probably
Entry extracted from the book «From war to unification. History of León and Castile from 1037 to 1252». The Almohad empire, which had penetrated the Peninsula in the mid-twelfth century and by 1172 had taken over all the domains that had belonged to their Almoravid predecessors, suffered a severe c
At the beginning of the 17th century, the situation in Castile, from where until then the men and taxes that Carlos I and Felipe II needed for their hegemonic and religious policy in Europe had come from, was no longer the same as that of the previous century. It was exhausted, bankrupt, overwhelm