United by the Don Julián plot, Eagle and Muse decide its time for the raid (in principle). In the year 711 Muza sends a group of about 12,000 men, mostly Berbers, under the command of Tarik. They cross the strait with the ships of Don Julián and land at Gribaltar (Chabal Tarik, rock of Tarik). Don
Easter is the most important holiday in Christianity. Everyone agrees on that, from the Vatican down to the smallest blogger. Still, this fact comes as a bit of a surprise. The biggest festival of the year is obviously Christmas and not Easter! Its no wonder that Ive been writing about the history o
In recent years, thanks to YouTube, videos have become popular advertising the old thesis that an extraterrestrial race arrived on Earth –Anunnaki – and created the Sumerians, as genetic slaves, to work extracting metals, especially gold. On the one hand, one might wonder what curious aliens are th
We are at the dawn of the Edo era (early 17th century), with the newly unified country under the aegis of the Tokugawa shogunate. The Japanese know peace for the first time in decades, and in cities like Kyoto and Osaka a thriving bourgeoisie, eager for entertainment and fun, begins to prosper. Thes