Empress Wu Zetian |
Wu Zetian: Only Woman Emperor of China
Great Zimbabwe: Legacy of Pre-Colonial Africa
Zimbabwe Bird |
Khufu: Pharaoh Who Built a Wonder
Pharaoh Khufu |
Canals and Glasses: Glass Industry of the Republic of Venice
Murano Island |
Kilwa: Golden Port in East of Africa
Map of East Africa |
Salt Through the Desert: Tuareg Salt Caravan
Timbuktu (1858) |
Goddess of Silk: Leizu
Chinese women processing silk |
Gonzalo de Cordoba: Revolutionizing Warfare
Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba |
Molotov Cocktail and the Winter War
Vyacheslav Molotov |
Tongue Piercing with Lady Xoc
Lintel 24 |
Bloody Eagle - The Blood Eagle Ritual
Odin |
Decree 770 of Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceausescu |
Varna - Hindu Caste System
Jawaharlal Nehru (Left) and Gadhi (Right) |
Look East Policy of Malaysia
Mahathir Mohamad |
Ostpolitik: Looking Peace in the East
Willy Brandt |
Royal Trend Setting: Catherine Braganza and Tea in England
Catherine of Braganza |
Social media today produces countless trends, from music, to video, to challenges,
and finally to food. Culinary trends such as dalgona coffee and baked sushi owed
much of their buzz from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Trends crosses
boundaries faster than ever before – a hit in the Americas reaches Asia in a
matter of days and even hours. But before the Information Age, trends travel
slower with limited audiences. The role of influencers fell to
royalties, such as the case of popularization of tea in England by Catherine of
Braganza.
Turks and Croissant?
Siege of Vienna, 1683 |
Victory, Triumph - achievements that leaders and various cultures celebrated with great fanfare erecting arches and obelisk. But according to legend, besides monuments, an iconic popular pastry known globally, the croissant, with its flaky and buttery texture expressed a Viennese bakers commemoration of a success in a siege.
Printer CANCELLED for the the Wicked Bible
Businesses and artists today suffered the pressure and dread of committing a mistake and fear of getting CANCELED. The saying goes, “One mistake and people will forget all your good deeds.” In the 17th century, one printer suffered the fate of getting Canceled by royalty, but centuries later, the rich appreciated the mistake and paid millions. This is the story of Robert Barker and the Wicked Bible.
Hallstein Doctrine
Flags of West Germany (left) and East Germany (right) |
Buy British Last Policy of Mahathir
Mahathir Mohamad |
Popular Posts This Week
-
A mosaic from the city of Ur showing the activities of Sumerians such as weaving, herding, and farming Laid in one of the most fert...
-
John Cockerill The industrial revolution changed the world. It caused a shift from people relying on farming in the countryside to wor...
-
A propaganda poster where Mussolini stands in a tractor In 1925, Benito Mussolini, a World War I veteran and a socialist turned cons...
-
Great Britain and France – a rivalry that ran for more than a half a millennium, but in the quest for industrial revolution, unfortunatel...
-
In the 1860s with the country facing imminent collapse, the Tongzhi Restoration gave a sigh of relief for the ailing Qing Dynasty. After the...