The Moors were Muslims who invaded Spain and part of France in 711 AD, in the very early days of Islam. This force of Berbers from North Africa and Syrians from Damascus created an exquisite civilization called Al-Andalus, the remnants of which can still be visited in Southern Spain....
Etruscans and Early Rome Successors of the early Iron Age Villanovans (900–700 BCE), Etruscans built such cities as Tarquinii, Vulci, Caere, and Veii. Each autonomous city, originally ruled by a powerful, wealthy king, had a sacred boundary orpomerium. Etruscan homes were mud-brick, with ...
Pliny the Younger, Latin in full Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, (born 61/62 ce, Comum [Italy]—died c. 113, Bithynia, Asia Minor [now in Turkey]), Roman author and administrator who left a collection of private letters that intimately illustrated public and private life in the heyday...
Many have observed a trend of increasing incidents of corruption in early reform period but then an “intensification” of corruption cases in later reform period that the average amount of money directly involved in corruption cases increased sharply (He, 2000; Guo, 2008; Wedeman, 2012). The ...
The process of becoming a sainthas been definedover time, but in the days of the early Catholic Church, it had far less definition. Saints were prolific, essential to prayer, faith, and communication with the divine. Saints were martyrs,models for devotion, confessors, and intercessors...
Vote up the patron saints tasked with the most unexpected guardian duties. The process of becoming a saint has been defined over time, but in the days of the early Catholic Church, it had far less definition. Saints were prolific, essential to prayer, faith, and communication ...
When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called “the yellow peril”. When we are billed to be the next superpower, we are called “the threat”. When we were poor, you invaded our cities and erected signs reading, “No dogs or Chinamen Allowed”. ...
I was quite surprised by how far back the publication dates went, I’ll be honest, I thought the oldest I’d have would be the early 2000s! Have you read any of these? What’s the oldest published book on your TBR? Are any of these worth reading? Let me know in the comments!
Most of these early constructions by the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Romans have since disappeared, although a few of the capital's towers and walls were originally constructed by these groups and the Romans erected Roman Domus, a villa just outside Mdina. In was the 1500s when ...
While HCV-testing was free of charge, 30 Swiss Francs was charged for the combined HIV and syphilis test. Participants were given a printed single identifier to use when calling Checkpoint Zurich to receive their test results for hepatitis C (or, in the case of Chec...