Fans of Monty Python's Life of Brian will be familiar with John Cleese's laughable dismissal of Roman influence over Judea.
Columbus, as is well known, departed Spain in 1492, when the country’s rabidly antisemitic Catholic monarchs, King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella, had ordered the hundreds of thousands of Jews ...
This is a story of what it means to be visited in 2024, the first year in which global tourism is expected to set records ...
An estimated 300,000 Jews were living in Spain before the era of the “Reyes Catolicos”, during which Catholic monarchs King ...
Columbus, who was of Italian origin, was endorsed by Spain’s monarchs at the time, King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile, to embark on a voyage that would eventually lead him to ...
He persuaded King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I to sponsor his quest to find a westward route to China, India, and Japan—lands then known as the Indies. The monarchy considered Columbus’s ...
The explorer set out from Spain in 1492 on an expedition sponsored by Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II, with the aim of finding a passage to the Far East and landed in what is now the ...
While a growing number of people are becoming aware of it, most of the world still has no idea that electric cars, including ...
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has discussed what the future may hold when he eventually retires from football after being ...
NOVEMBER is National Reading Month and National Book Development Month, a time to celebrate literacy and the cultural projects that promote learning and growth, especially among children and students.
This November, the Philippines celebrates the 32nd National Children’s Month (NCM), an annual observance commemorating the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) ...
The new maritime laws will help the Philippines in protecting its territory by making a clear delineation of its territorial ...