Pastry War Date: November 27, 1838 – March 9, 1839 (3 months, 1 week, and 3 days) Location: Veracruz, Mexico Result: French victory This is France. What do you think of when you hear France? Baguettes, the Eiffel Tower… definitely not an angry French pastry chef who starts The Pastry War after his shop gets […]
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Date: 12 January 1918[4] — 20 May 1925 (7 years, 4 months, 1 week, and 1 day) Location: Former Russian Empire Result: Bolshevik victory: (Allied withdrawal, Defeat and collapse of the Russian White Movement). Russian Civil War and Communism (1918–21) In 1918, America invaded Russia. 5,000 American troops landed at Arkhangelsk, in northern Russia,
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Anglo-Zanzibar War: British-Zanzibar history [1896] Date: 09:00–09:37 EAT (06:00–06:37UTC), 27 August 1896 (38 minutes) Location: Zanzibar Town, Zanzibar Sultanate Result: British victory Anglo-Zanzibar War: This is, perhaps, a stereotypical scene of a pre-modern era war. Cannons firing, men charging into battle, horses wildly flailing their legs… all of these are what you probably think of
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Thailand’s Early human migrations Thailand: Early archaic hominids first arrived in the area we today call Thailand at least 500,000 years ago. The first modern humans came out of Africa and had a long way to travel before reaching Thailand. Therefore, the first Homo sapiens did not settle in the area until relatively late. The
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6 Famous Events in Romania 6 major historical events in Romania. Had it not happened, Romania would have been different today. Such events changed the history of Romania. The region that is now known as Romania has a long history behind it. Its rich cultural tapestry derives from the lineage of Romans and Dacians, and
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Mughal Empire History The Mughal Empire: On the fringes of the Indian subcontinent, there are two countries with a Muslim majority. On the west, there’s Pakistan, and on the east, there’s Bangladesh. Both of these countries, as well as the huge minority of Muslims living in India, have one dynasty to thank for their Muslim
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History of Ancient Egypt We currently live in a world of filters and heavily edited pictures, so much so that an image presented on social media may not look much like the real-life version. If you have ever been accused of overusing filters – or heavily editing your pictures – you should know that the Egyptian royalty was
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Rise and Fall of the Seljuk Empire Rise and Fall of the Seljuk Empire The Seljuk Empire or Seljuq Empire (Turkish: Büyük Selçuklu Devleti; Persian: دولت سلجوقیان‎, Daulat-i-Saljuqian; English: Seljuq Empire) was a medieval Turkish empire that lasted from 1037 to 1194 AD. It was spread over a very large area that extended from the Hindu Kush mountains in
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The 9 most Uncontacted tribes in the world? Can you imagine that even in this globally connected world, there are still 9 uncontacted tribes that still exist, living remotely, not knowing what the internet is or what the planet looks like? The story of human progress is a linear one. Mostly because meaningful progress takes
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The Origins of Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Ancient Egypt was one of the greatest civilizations humanity has ever seen. It is inconceivable what the world would look like had it not been for the innovations of ancient Egyptians. For starters, imagining a world without the great pyramids is hard. They formed the basis for our modern-day calendar,
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