Devshirme, the recruitment of Christian children by the Ottoman …
WEBAug 18, 2020 · The first, called Kapıkulu Süvari (Cavalry of the Servants of the Sublime Gate), was an elite troop structured into six divisions and made up of the sipahi (a word derived from the Persian sepâhi), equivalent to the European knights.In other words, they were noble holders of a swindle (fiefdom) which, in a conceptual medieval survival, had been granted to them by the sultan in exchange for ...
Albinoni's Adagio was composed by the Italian musicologist Remo ...
WEBFeb 24, 2019 · Surely this is surprising because, after all, the famous Adagio in G minor is not only one of the best-known pieces of classical music but also one of the most popular among music lovers with a closely linked name of title and author: “Albinoni’s Adagio”. It is ironic, therefore, that in reality the work is not by that baroque composer but by a biographer of him who lived two centuries ...
Lapulapu, the Filipino chief turned national hero who killed Magellan
WEBOct 6, 2022 · This is where Lapulapu comes into the picture, as one of them was him ( the other one was called Zula). Also known as Çilapulapu (this is how Pigafetta wrote it), Si Lapulapu (according to José Rizal), Salip Pulaka and Kali Pulako (these last two would be closer to honorific titles than to the name), the truth is …
Rivers and seas made of mercury inside the tomb of China’s first ...
WEBJan 10, 2020 · The famous terracotta warriors are only a part of the gigantic mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of unified China, who reigned between 221 and 210 BC. In fact, the complex, located 30 kilometers east of Xian in the northwest of the country, houses more than 400 tombs covering the impressive area of 60 square kilometers.
Through speed and skill, the Chasquis couriers linked all corners of ...
WEBDec 4, 2023 · The chasquis transmitted the orders of the Sapa Inca to the political and military leaders of the provinces, just as, in reverse, they carried the messages from these leaders to Cuzco. To do this quickly, as speed was crucial to the service, they had the road infrastructure that kept the empire’s territories connected to the capital.
Ibn Wahshiyya, the Nabataean who could have translated Egyptian ...
WEBMay 12, 2019 · We are referring to the Arab scholar Ibn Wahshiyya. In mid-September 1822, Jean-François Champollion managed to finish off the work that had haunted him for fifteen years: deciphering the mysterious hieroglyphic writing of Pharaonic Egypt. Champollion was a French professor at the University of Grenoble, where he …
Electrum, the natural gold and silver alloy used to mint the first ...
WEBMay 20, 2020 · Electrum, we said, is composed of gold and silver; it has a proportion of four parts of the first and one of the second, but there are also traces of other metals such as platinum or, above all, copper. This is because it is not an artificial alloy but a natural one, although it can also be manufactured, in which case the composition ...
Miyamoto Musashi, the invincible warrior who won more than 60 …
WEBNov 5, 2018 · And the duels continued; he disputed more than sixty and was always victorious even when many of them were against masters. In 1607 he defeated Musō Gonnosuke, founder of the Shintō Musō school, who developed a new style of fighting with a stick to take revenge; it is not known if they came to fight a second time.
More than 200 people live in Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, the …
WEBMay 21, 2020 · Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, 1350 miles from any other inhabited place, is home to 246 people residing in Tristan da Cunha Island. The island, known for its isolation, lacks common diseases, has a communal land system, and is accessed by a monthly supply boat from Cape Town.
Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland - LBV Magazine English ...
WEBMar 31, 2019 · Brattahlíð, Erik the Red’s farm in Greenland. When vikings arrived in Greenland in 985 they found a land almost completely covered by snow and ice. Except for a few clearings of vegetation, mainly at the southern end, where they built their settlements. One of these was the Qinngua Valley, where the …