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42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
42 facts about Kyshtym disaster
The first nuclear accident in Earth's history
Before information about it saw the light of day, the Soviets hid it for over 30 years. The explosion at the Mayak combine was the first nuclear accid ...

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Battle of Thermopylae
Before his death, Darius gave Xerxes the task of punishing the Greeks, especially the Athenians, for their support of the Ionian uprising, and for defeating the Persians at Marathon.
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Dyatlov Pass incident
The Dyatlov Pass tragedy most likely happened on the night of February 1-2, 1959.
There are plenty of hypotheses about what happened to Dyatlov's group. However, none of them has been confirmed 100 percent, and many concepts contain mutually exclusive facts and conclusions.
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Masada
In 73 AD Masada, occupied by the Sicarians, was one of the last three points of resistance against the Romans.
About 1,000 people lived in the fortress, including many women and children. The defense of Masada was led by Eleazar ben Jair, who was related to Menachem.
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Axum Empire
The civilization of Aksum was placed on a par with Roman Empire, Persia or China.
The location of Aksum in East Africa was crucial to the development of this civilization. Aksum's ci ...
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Black death
It was the second plague epidemic to sweep through Europe.
The first was the Justinian Plague, which broke out in 451 and continued in successive waves until t ...
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Jamestown
The first elected president of Jamestown was Edward Maria Wingfield.
Winfield was a founding member of the Virginia Company of London. He arrived in North America with i ...
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Kyshtym disaster
From the very beginning, the reactor at the Mayak complex faced a number of problems.
Inadequate cooling of the reactor caused the fuel to fuse with graphite. Pressure from Stalin meant ...
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Mali Empire
Sundiata was not an absolute ruler, as the title he used might suggest, although he had universal power in the empire.
The Mali Empire was probably a federation in which each tribe had a representative on the council. T ...
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Dyatlov Pass incident
Moments before setting off on an expedition, the group of tourists expanded by one participant.
Just before setting out on the expedition to the Ural Mountains, Semyon Alekseevich Zolotaryov joine ...
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Troy
Troy (Ilion) is an ancient city located in Troad - ancient Carina in northwestern Anatolia - on the western coast of Asia Minor on the Skamander River.
The region is now part of the Turkish province of Çanakkale, where there is an archaeological site containing the ruins of ancient Troy, situated on Hisarlık Hill near the village of Tevfikiye.
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39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
39 facts about Dyatlov Pass incident
Mysterious tragedy in the Ural mountains
The case of a group of students at the Ural Polytechnical Institute in Sverdlovsk continues to arouse great interest and raise many questions. A group ...
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
31 facts about Battle of Thermopylae
Stand to gain
One of the most famous invasions in the history of the ancient world. In the narrow isthmus of Thermopylae, the proud Spartans put up a fierce resista ...
25 facts about Troy
25 facts about Troy
A forgotten ancient city returned to history from mythology
Troy is a famous ancient city, best known for the war described by Homer.  There were many settlements in its area, which fell into decline only to be ...
21 facts about Mali Empire
21 facts about Mali Empire
The medieval state of the Mandé peoples
The origins of Mali's empire date back to the early 13th century, when the country's first ruler won a victory at the Battle of Kuolikoro and took con ...
15 facts about Black death
15 facts about Black death
The Great Plague
Although the disease produced black necrotic tissue, people living at the time of the pandemic referred to it as "the great plague," "the great scourg ...
25 facts about Medieval world
25 facts about Medieval world
Despite appearances, it was a colorful and dynamic period of world history
Many people imagine the Middle Ages as a time of total asceticism, lack of education and extreme piety. In reality, it was a time of political intrigu ...
19 facts about Masada
19 facts about Masada
Masada is Israel's Thermopylae, a symbol of heroic resistance to the very end
The ancient fortress located on the Dead Sea was the site of bloody battles between Jewish insurgents and the Romans. The Zealots' attitude in defendi ...
32 facts about Jamestown
32 facts about Jamestown
The first permanent British colony in New World
Although it has not been the first attempt to establish a colony in North America, Jamestown is the first permanent British settlement in the present ...
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
26 facts about Mohenjo-daro
The mound of the dead men
More than five thousand years ago, in the Indus Valley (now Pakistan), there was a mysterious civilization, called the Indus Civilization. It was one ...
18 facts about ancient Sumer
18 facts about ancient Sumer
The mysterious people of antiquity
We know little about them, but what we have established makes you dizzy. A people of unknown origin who created a civilization that was the cradle of ...
20 facts about Axum Empire
20 facts about Axum Empire
One of the most advanced ancient civilizations
The Axum Empire was one of the most remarkable powers of the ancient world. Located in the northern part of modern Ethiopia and Eritrea, it once domin ...