“We have the best food, the best weapons, and the best fighting spirit. By God, I almost feel sorry for the poor bastards who have to face us!” George S. Patton pauses briefly as the cheers subside.

The Celts are Indo-European peoples originating from the Danube Valley, who settled in much of Europe in antiquity. These tribes spoke the same language, with variations, and shared certain religious ...

Hussars, Cuirassiers and Dragons Under Napoleon Napoleon's Grande Armée included a wide array of cavalry units, each with specialized roles and distinctive characteristics. Among the most famous types ...

Drafted in 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is a text that sets out the natural and inalienable rights of individuals.

In Arabic, Islam means “submission to God,” and a Muslim is a person “devoted to God.” Like Jews and Christians, Muslims are monotheists. They believe there is only one God who created the world and ...

In 1787, France entered an economic downturn that gradually turned into a crisis: production was declining, and cheaper British goods flooded the French market. This was compounded by poor harvests ...

People’s Spring: Summary of the March 1848 Revolution The revolution of 1848 was marked by popular uprisings in Italy and Germany, inspired by those that had begun in France and Switzerland a few ...

Jörmungandr: The Midgard Serpent in Norse Mythology According to Snorri's Edda, he is the son of the malicious god Loki and the giantess Angrboda, and the brother of the wolf Fenrir as well as the ...

The Nemes is the most iconic headdress of the pharaohs, worn from the Old Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period. It is well-known to the public through numerous representations, notably the golden funerary ...

Djoser was the first ancient Egyptian king (Pharaoh) of the 3rd Dynasty (Old Kingdom). He reigned from around 2720 to 2700 BCE, according to some estimates a few decades later in the 27th century BCE.

Ghoul in Mythology: Origin and History The etymology of ghūl has been proposed to be the Arabic word meaning "to seize." On the other hand, the word may be a derivation from the Mesopotamian mythology ...

The term “Man in the Moon” is a common reference to a pareidolic figure resembling a human face, which is easily visible on the surface of the Moon from Earth, especially during the full moon, ...