Sumer (/ˈsuːmər/) is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. It is one of the cradles of civilization in the world, along with ancient Egypt, Elam, the Caral-Supe civilization, Mesoamerica, the Indus Valley civilization, and ancient China. Living ...
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Camilla and Charles preparing for the coronation ceremony on 6 May 2023
King Charles will be crowned on May 6 in the United Kingdom’s highly traditional coronation ceremony—the first in 70 years and the first to take place in the age of the internet, much less social media—though some important questions remain unanswered, like whether Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be crowned ...
Read More »The Story Of Lucrezia Borgia, The Pope’s Daughter And The Murderer’s Sister
Lucrezia Borgia (Italian pronunciation Valencian: Lucrècia Borja 18 April 1480 – 24 June 1519) was an Italian noblewoman of the House of Borgia who was the daughter of Pope Alexander VI and Vannozza dei Cattanei. She reigned as the Governor of Spoleto, a position usually held by cardinals, in her own right. Her family arranged several marriages for her ...
Read More »The Painful Love Story Of Dwarfs In Naseruddin Shah’s Court
One of Naseruddin Shah’s entertainments was that, apart from attracting clowns like “Karim Shirei”, they also had exceptional people, or as the common people say, dwarfs, around them, the number of them in the court was mentioned up to 37 people. Among them was a 32-year-old man with a height of 88 cm, who was called “Khajeh Fondhi”, and ...
Read More »Khalkhali’s Determination to Destroy Persepolis
Takht Jamshid is one of the most important historical monuments left from the Achaemenid period (550 to 330 BC). This historical monument was saved from destruction in the first months after the victory of the 1357 revolution.
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