Secrets of history 2024, October

Until the end of the 19th century, due to government and church prohibitions, physicians around the world were in dire need of dead bodies that would serve as material for research and teaching aids. Demand made the criminal profession of body snatcher profitable

At the beginning of the second half of the 18th century, Fatali Khan (Fat Ali Khan), the son of the deceased Khan Huseyn Ali, ascends to the throne of the Cuban Khanate with its capital in Cuba (now Guba, Azerbaijan). Soon his khanate was raided by the Shirvan Khan Aga-Razi-bek, sensing the weakness of the once idle young ruler

By 378, Sparta was trying unsuccessfully to take over the entire harbor of Athens, Piraeus. For this, Athens enter into an alliance with Thebes and create the Second Athenian Union

The medieval military culture of Japan managed to completely enchant the civilized world at the end of XX - early XXI century

Amazon - heroines of ancient Greek myths - probably known to every contemporary

Despite the thousand-year history of settling the Japanese islands, the unification of people into tribes there took place only in the second century BC

Any nation is going through a time of active wars and expansion. But there are tribes that have militancy and cruelty - an integral part of their culture. They are ideal warriors without fear and morality

World history is full of examples when women took up arms and performed feats

Dahomey Amazons - unique in world history as it is the only documented female military unit

Legends about the harsh Spartans still go on. The army of this tribe was really so strong that the rulers decided to abandon the city walls - they say, the shield wall will be more reliable

In our everyday folklore, the image of the Chukchi as a character from anecdotes has long been entrenched. In fact, at one time the Chukchi were the greatest warriors of the north

In the official history, it would seem, thoroughly, literally to the smallest details, the biography of the national heroine of France Joan of Arc is recorded. They wrote books about her, made films, she was canonized by the Vatican. But few people know the life story of the Virgin of Orleans, or Jeanne the Virgin, which is so unlike the textbook

Many have heard of Joan of Arc. The Maid of Orleans, the winner of the British, burned by the church at the stake for intercourse with the devil and canonized by her … For almost 600 years, the mystery of her origin and ascent to the European military-political Olympus has caused fierce controversy, and official science bypasses facts that she cannot explain in condition.D

Russian martial art has been known since ancient times, since its origins are located on the legendary arctic continent of Arktida-Hyperborea. Later, it was owned by the tribes of the Aryans who settled in the north of Eurasia, and then the ancient Russians

This is how the local press refers to the country's elite highly mobile infantry units. The name "bersaglio" comes from the Italian word bersaglio ("target"), because shooting training in this unit has always had a special place

This story is interpreted as a myth or urban legend, since there are no official sources that would allow it to be considered true. Nevertheless, there are many classified things related to the military history of China, so in this case it is difficult to say for sure that this is a fake

The appearance of trousers of this "eccentric" look is attributed to the French cavalry general, the Marquis Gaston Ghalifa. General Ghalifa went down in history as a participant in many military battles in Africa, America and Europe, including, he participated in the storming of Sevastopol in 1855, for which he was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor

The standard female image of the Middle Ages is a gentle beauty, plucking the strings of a lute and accepting the courtship of noble knights

An enviable fate was in store for him. She was to become the flagship of the Swedish Royal Navy. Therefore, he got the majestic, dynastic name "Vase" - in honor of the surname of the grandfather of the Swedish king Gustav II Adolf

In history, these women are depicted as scary, belligerent man-haters who killed male babies

Gneus Pompey the Great or Gneus Pompey Magnus (Born September 29, 106 BC - died September 29, 48 BC (58 years old)) - Roman general, statesman, consul of the Roman Republic

The ancient world was ruled by men. Strong warriors, who knew how to oppose the enemy with steel and dexterity, looked with contempt at women who could only bear children and cook food

There is probably no more controversial New Testament character than Judas Iscariot. In the canonical tradition, the betrayer of Christ is the undoubted personification of evil, in the Apocrypha his image is more complex, but in the eyes of scientists, Judas is; victim of circumstance

Throughout the history of mankind, in different cultures, there have been female warriors who are able not only to personally demonstrate their skills on the battlefield, but also capable of leading an entire army. Fu Hao (XIII century BC

The second half of the 1960s was perhaps the best period in the history of the USSR: peace on external fronts, rising living standards, stability. In many ways, this is the merit of Alexei Kosygin, who called himself the chief engineer of the Soviet Union

Legends about the Amazons are spread all over the world. Naturally, in different countries they are called differently. But the legends that have come down to us and, fortunately, recorded legends - an undoubted echo of an ancient era when women ruled the world

Disputes about what Russia is and who should be considered Slavs in the historical sense have been going on for more than one hundred years

Amazons … Who hasn't heard of them? Beautiful female warriors who bravely fought and often defeated troops of men. There are many legends about the incredible feats of the Amazons

It is difficult to imagine that the usual, "modern" financial institutions and operations existed for many centuries before our era. About how the system of debt relations appeared and developed in Ancient Greece, in the material of the journal "Budget"

It would seem that a subject known to everyone from the school desk. But the fact of the matter is that it is at school that students learn many distorted views on the history of ancient Greece, which arose in the 19th century

776 l. BC first description of the Olympic Games. The end of the Olympic Games is associated with the collapse of the Mycenaean culture. During the "Dorian resettlement", when they created "Sparta" on the lands of Loconia, many cultural centers were destroyed

There are many versions of the appearance of ancient female temporal jewelry. According to one of them, the most ancient female head adornments were flowers. Wreaths were woven of them, woven into braids. When she got married, a Slavic woman put her hair under her headdress

Several years ago, on the Anapa embankment, archaeologists uncovered one of the sections of an ancient Greek settlement

Egyptian archaeologists excavating in the province of Al-Minya have discovered a unique artifact that speaks in favor of a new version of the death of the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, Tutankhamun, who ruled the state in 1332-1323 BC

The origin of the slang word "money" is explained in different ways. Most often, you can hear the version that such a designation for money appeared due to the appearance of some banknotes of the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries

Scientists rank Cretan culture as one of the most mysterious in world history. Up to the 30s of XX century

Zeus - the main god of a group of higher mythical creatures who sat after their deeds on Mount Olympus. He was the father of the famous Greek heroes - Hercules, Apollo, Perseus and others

The Supreme Court of India is now trying to decide the fate of the enormous wealth stored in the basements of a Vishnu temple in the city of Thiruvananthapuram. We are talking about treasures, whose value, according to the most conservative estimates, is $ 22 billion

What are legends and myths - it is, first of all, the cultural heritage of the people, which has been collected over the centuries. The myths describe not only the heroes and rulers of their people, but also the life of ordinary people

In the Krakow police, the case of the murder of 23-year-old Polish woman Katarzyna Zovada is codenamed "Kozha". Because this is practically all that remains of her. In 1998, Katarzyna entered the Jagiellonian University (Krakow)