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The first edition of the Corrida de São Silvestre took place on December 31, 1924 and, since 1991, it has been part of the international street race calendar. In the 1920s, Brazil was clearly experiencing of a country dominated by agricultural elites and the broad development of urban centers. Citi
During the Hundred Years War (1337-1453), the French feared the archers of the English armies the most. In battles like Crécy in 1356 or Azincourt in 1415, they proved that the fear was justified. Although it is no longer possible to reconstruct exactly how archers were trained, numerous illustratio
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand – heir to the Austro-Hungarian imperial crown – on June 28, 1914, in an explosive international context, served as a pretext for the belligerents (those taking part in the war) to start the First World War. world (1914-1918). Very quickly, the Triple Ent
In The Persian Boy , the second part of the trilogy that Mary Renault dedicated to Alexander the Great, the famous Hellenist narrates a conversation between the Macedonian and his eunuch Bagoas –a historical figure who previously served in the court of King Darius III– and whom the author turned int