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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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Ancient Sumer
They appeared in Mesopotamia between 5,000 and 4,000 B.C.
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Masada
Masada has become a symbol for Israelis of heroic struggle to the very end.
Swearing-in ceremonies are regularly held at the ruins for Israeli soldiers, who take a military oath that reads, "Masada shall never fall again."
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Mali Empire
Mansa Musa was a devout Muslim and promoted Islam throughout his empire.
His pilgrimage to Mecca, which he made between 1324 and 1325, brought him fame in North Africa and t ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
Leonidas ordered his soldiers to fight to the end.
According to the account of Plutarch (one of the greatest writers of ancient Greece, philosopher, hi ...
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Battle of Thermopylae
After the defeat suffered at the hands of the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC, the Persians began planning another expedition against the Greek city-states (polis).
Planning for another invasion was started by King Darius I, who this time decided to lead the expedi ...
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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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Kyshtym disaster
At the same time as the construction of the Mayak complex, work was being carried out on a workers' settlement - the town of Ozyorsk.
Initially, the town was called Base-10 (until 1954), Chelyabinsk-40 (until 1966), and Chelyabinsk-65 ...
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Medieval world
The oldest medieval university in Europe is the University of Bologna.
Founded in 1088, it originally specialized in the teaching of canon and civil law. Beginning in the ...
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Ancient Sumer
The most famous ruler of the period of the Sumer civilization is Gilgamesh.
He is the historic king of the city of Uruk, with a lot of legends surrounding him, making it diffic ...
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Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo-daro was a proto-city located in the valley of the Indus River.
It is now an archaeological site located west of the Indus River in the Larkana District of Sindh Province, Pakistan.
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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 ...