Charlemagne (742-814) is a Frankish king then an Emperor of the West who reigned from 768 to 814 and gave his name to the Carolingian dynasty. Eldest son of Pepin the Short, he reigned alone after the death of his brother Carloman in 771 over an area which then covered Gaul and part of Germania. In
In the Temple of Hera , in the city of Olympia , the Olympic flame is lit today that will start the journey until it reaches London on July 27 and kick off the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games in classical times were held at Olympia every four years or Olympiad from 776 BC. until the em
In the mid-seventeenth century, the administrative organization of the American territories owed much to the contribution of the capital cities (Mexico and Lima) of the two viceroyalties (New Spain and Peru), which were capable of housing educational centers, of disseminating ideas, to promote cultu
In 1956, Turkey planned an invasion of Cyprus to create conditions for Greek and Turkish conflicts with Britain, which was an occupying power, not to react. The information was given by the leader of Yugoslavia, Tito, to the Greek Prime Minister, Konstantinos Karamanlis. Of course, this information