From 1095 to 1291, successive waves of Christian knights and royals, called to action by the Catholic Church, quested to the Holy Land in an effort to capture (or re-capture) it from Muslim armies. But facts about the Crusades are much more complicated than that. The Crusades weren't ...
15 Interesting Facts About the Ancient Pyramids The pyramids are an architectural phenomenon. Comparable to the ancient form of a skyscraper, these enormous buildings served a number of functions both ceremonial and religious in nature. They are shrouded in a number of mysteries. People do not enti...
my arrival in theCzech Republicmeans not only a new country for me, but a new installment of “8 Facts,” where I share the most interesting things that have happened in Czech history, facts about the country’s culture, and more
58. Though Sinatra was critical of the church on numerous occasions, and had an Albert Einstein-like view of God in his earlier life, he turned to the Roman Catholic Church for healing after his mother died in a plane crash in 1977. 59. He died as a practicing Catholic and had a Cath...
There are a lot of interesting facts about Jamaica that I am sure you had no idea about as well as some that you might have known. Whichever way it is, I will be sharing as much as I can with you and I would love to know if you knew any of them already or not.Let me start ...
88% of Irish citizens are nominally Roman Catholic. The Republic of Ireland has one of the highest rates of church attendance in the Western World (around 45% of regular Mass attendance). The ancestral language of Irish people is Irish Gaelic. Nowadays 1.6 million people claim a self-reported...
Rome is the capital ofItaly, and the most visited city in the country. But did you know that it onlybecame Italy’s capital in 1871? Or that Romans used tobrush their teeth with urine? Discover Rome with these47 interesting facts about Rome!
Listed below are interesting facts about Croatia. Croatia Has 1,300 Islands Along Its Adriatic Coast.Croatia has 1,300 islands and islets along its Adriatic Coast, stretching from the Istrian peninsula to Montenegro. The islands have high biodiversity, with 7,000 identified plant and animal specie...
Marilyn Manson, whose name is Brian Warner, is a shock-rocker, known for his scary looking body with makeup and piercing. Ever since he appeared on the music scene in 1996, he himself, the sinister lyrics and outrageous behavior on the stage have been co
16-20 Interesting Facts About Bible 16. Swearing on the Bible, is against the Bible –Source 17. Jesus had four brothers and several unnamed sisters (mentioned in the gospels and other sources) and the Church has attempted to discredit this theory ever since the Bible existed –Source ...