Raiders, pagans, barbarians, explorers--the Vikings have worn many hats throughout history (unfortunately, none actually had horns). Ever since their attack on a peaceful monastery at Lindisfarne in...
The Book of Kings, the epic poem by the tenth century Persian poet Ferdowsi, contains the following passage on the origins of chess:-One day an ambassador from the king of Hind arrived at the Persian...
The Balkans were the powder keg of Europe before and after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. In 1903, members of a radical secret society called the Black Hand killed...
