Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern ... It also drew upon the work of previous scholars, such as seventh-century Byzantine medic Paul of Aegina. Translated into Latin ...

Although the Chinese pilgrim Faxan (circa 400 CE) was silent about copying books, his more illustrious follower Xuanzang (7th century) had a number of scribes at his disposal. The type of Kashmiri ...

This text, written about year 675, is famous for its depiction of Kildare as the hotspot in seventh century Ireland. On the feast of St Brigid countless crowds were drawn to Kildare ...

For months after buying her "dream home", Elizabeth Earle was freezing cold, had no shower and was forced to use a bucket instead of a toilet. But she was willing to make sacrifices for a ...

Saint Ivo of Chartres, St. Bernard, and several other doctors of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, have left us set sermons de Adventu Domini, quite distinct from their Sunday homilies on the ...

You don’t remember Stu Miller, but you should. In 1961, pitching in the All-Star Game at his own home field of Candlestick Park in San Francisco, the Giants righty was hit by a gust of wind so strong ...

We are proud to offer students the opportunity to learn more about Spain and Latin America and to study different periods from early modern (Golden Age) Spain and colonial Latin America to ...

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