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Hostis Humani Generis: Pirates Of Port Royal And Tortuga
... line would belong to Portugal and those to the west to Spain. This meridian was called raya . The treaty was ratified by Spain on July 2, and by Portugal on September 5, 1494. Early ... 100 leagues from the Cape Verde Islands would belong to Spain, while the new lands discovered east of that line would ...
Aaronne Colagrossi - 05/02/2021 - 15:36
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Study: How Pleistocene Hominins Crossed The Seas A Million Years Ago
... large bodies of water, like the straits between Africa and Spain or those in Indonesia. The four ways were: floating ... hominins on the beach was the poster image used by Spain’s National Center for Research on Human Evolution ...
ashley cowie - 13/08/2021 - 23:01
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Heracles and the Mares of Diomedes: Greek Hero VS Man-Eating Beasts
... of The Twelve Labours Roman Mosaic from Llíria (Valencia, Spain). ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) According to Diodorus Siculus, the ...
Carly Silver - 28/04/2017 - 14:06
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Pope Alexander VI: Unscrupulous Borgia Patriarch With a Lust for Power
... was then part of the Crown of Aragon, and today part of Spain. It was through his mother that the future pope was ... 1493 Pope Alexander VI issued a papal bull that granted Spain rights to the lands recently discovered by Christopher ... , a coalition consisting of Papal States, Venice, Naples, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and even Milan. When Charles ...
dhwty - 10/08/2020 - 22:55
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The Miracle of Empel: An Astounding End to a Decisive Battle for the Spanish
... their ruler at the time, the King of Spain. Numerous battles were fought during these eight ... Juan de Roelas. National Sculpture Museum of Valladolid, Spain. ( Public Domain ) Featured image: The Miracle of ...
Marilo - 16/12/2015 - 03:44
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To the Shores of Distant Death: The Failed Colony of San Miguel De Gualdape
... in these unexplored lands - to plant the royal banner of Spain and claim these lands in the name of king and Christ. ... that Francisco Chicora was allowed to accompany Ayllón to Spain. He was one of the rare natives to be admitted to the ... earn Ayllón an official contract with Charles V, King of Spain – he was to lead an expedition to these new lands and ...
Aleksa Vučković - 15/09/2019 - 14:02
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Rediscovering the Story of Egeria, a Remarkable 4th Century Female Pilgrim
... In fact, even now many people of this North-West part of Spain believe in witchcraft and supernatural creatures. It is ... the Christian doctrine. Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) Writers like Oscar Wilde and Julio ...
Natalia Klimczak - 30/10/2016 - 02:45
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Newly dated Asian cave drawings rewrite history of human art
... red disks and hand stencils from El Castillo, in northern Spain, which were also dated using uranium decay. Red dots found in El Castillo cave in Spain. Credit: Pedro Saura. Image source . “The earliest ...
aprilholloway - 08/10/2014 - 23:40
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Military Historian Discovers Hannibal’s Long-Lost Battlefield
... battle. It was the battle which, effectively, moulded Spain into a country from a mere collection of tribes and ... have placed it anywhere from the upper reaches of Spain to due west of Valencia and even into Portugal, where ... is found, the work of archaeology can begin at last. In Spain, metal detecting is illegal without the land owner’s ...
ancient-origins - 21/10/2018 - 14:03
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Pedro Madruga: Galician VIP…and Another Name for Christopher Columbus?
... he did to shock the community in Galicia and the rest of Spain is long. At the same time, many people also loved him, ... Columbus? Every year more and more evidence is found in Spain to support this story. Modesto Manuel Doval, a ... by a person who had spent lots of time in this part of Spain. Ancient Gondomar Castle and its Historic Connections ...
Natalia Klimczak - 04/01/2017 - 14:46
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Built to Last: The Secret that Enabled Roman Roads to Withstand the Passage of Time
... ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) and another at Santa Àgueda, Minorca (Spain) (bottom). ( Public Domain ) Constructing Roads to Last ...
dhwty - 10/02/2017 - 18:53
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Cross-Cultural Living and Dying in Colonial Campeche, But No Sex
... the different castes within the caste system of New Spain, the name given by Hernán Cortes to the area during ... Juan Sedeño, was the first African registered in New Spain. He was part of the military consortium led by Hernán ...
ashley cowie - 14/07/2022 - 14:57
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Neanderthal DNA Recovered from Cave Dirt Using Breakthrough Technology
... sediment , which was removed from caves in northern Spain and Siberia. This remarkable achievement emerged from ... 113,000 years old, taken from a cave near Atapuerca, Spain called Galería de las Estatuas, scientists retrieved a ... from the recovery of nuclear DNA from the three caves, in Spain and Siberia, are only the beginning. In the months ...
Nathan Falde - 19/04/2021 - 23:00
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Disastrous Historical Hitches: 8 Worst Royal Wedding Nights in History
... circles of the 18th century. 4. King Philip IV of Spain and Mariane of Austria - Keeping it in the Family On October 7, 1649, King Philip IV of Spain married Mariane of Austria in Navalcarnero, Spain at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. His first wife, ...
Robbie Mitchell - 17/01/2024 - 13:40
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Urraca the Reckless: How Did a Child Bride Unify a Kingdom?
... Urraca remains one of the most famous women of medieval Spain. Her incredible skills and unusual talents, blended ... Statue of Queen Urraca in Parque del Buen Retiro (Madrid, Spain). ( Public Domain ) Urraca fame remains and has been ...
Natalia Klimczak - 26/03/2017 - 23:01
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Is the Famous Roman Leader Pompey History’s Biggest Loser?
... Then back in Sulla’s good graces, Pompey was sent to Spain in 77 BC as proconsul. He had been sent to help fight ... to be a talented administrator. While Pompey had been in Spain, the Third Servile War had broken out. This was a slave ... led by the gladiator Spartacus . After finishing up in Spain, Pompey was sent by the Senate to help Crassus, another ...
Robbie Mitchell - 07/12/2022 - 17:48
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Signature of Down Syndrome Found in Ancient Humans
... in Greece and Bulgaria, as well as Iron Age sites in Spain. In addition to the six newly identified cases, the ... de Miguel Ibáñez of the University of Alicante in Spain. Did the Ancient Greeks and Romans Experience ... three individuals were located in two Iron Age sites in Spain, namely Alto de la Cruz and Las Eretas, dating back ...
Sahir - 21/02/2024 - 13:27
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The Romance of Alexander the Great: Are the Legends Really True?
... have gripped people’s imagination for centuries. From Spain to India, from Scotland to Ethiopia, the Romance of ... have gripped people’s imagination for centuries. From Spain to India, from Scotland to Ethiopia, the Romance of ...
Kerry Sullivan - 27/01/2017 - 13:53
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Following the Milky Way: A Pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago
... road stretches from the French Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela, supposed tomb of St. James ... of the soul as well as the mountains and mesetas of Spain. This book is a vivid memoir of a life-changing ...
ancient-origins - 29/07/2017 - 00:36
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An Enigma Wrapped in a Mystery: The Living, Growing Aqueduct of Alicún de las Torres, Granada
... far from the Moorish splendors of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and close to the troglodyte cave-dwellings of the ... far from the Moorish splendors of the Alhambra in Granada, Spain, and close to the troglodyte cave-dwellings of the ...
Elyn and Gary - 21/08/2017 - 15:27