On that cold, quiet morning of May 29, 1453, the jewel of the Eastern Roman Empire, girded by titanic Theodosian walls and the Bosphorus Strait, a bastion of Christianity in the East for more than a t ...

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It earned its title thanks to the 12 islands that make up Wrocław, each connected by bridges (there are 130 in total) and ...

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It is an excellent example of a provincial Roman capital during the empire and in the years afterwards. Description is available under license CC-BY-SA IGO 3.0 De kolonie van Augusta Emerita – het ...

Spain built its empire in the 1500s. It controlled 80 per cent of the world’s silver because it conquered several colonies in Latin America, such as Peru and Mexico. England wanted the money and ...

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