Archimedes of Syracuse He was a mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor and astronomer. He is considered one of the most important scientists of classical antiquity, we owe him inventions such as the Archimedean screw (machine used to raise water), the compound pulley, the lathe, the toothed wh
Its back to being Dictator! At least thats pretty much what you have to come to when you look around Europe and the world today. How else are we going to explain ourselves to would-be saviors of the people like Viktor Orbán in Hungary or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey? The drive for absolute power c
The Turks destroyed the last Greek states of Morea and Trebizond in 1460-61. However, there was also a Hellenistic, so to speak, state that lasted until 1475. This state was located on the Crimean peninsula. After the fall of the City to the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, various succe
Intro Under the successful reign of Philip the Fair, the small Capetian monarchy grew into a respected dynasty that rules the richest and most populous kingdom in Europe. A reign marked by two major affairs:the conflict with the papacy and the trial of the Templars. But which also sees an increase