4 days ago by undergroundbible

The Roman Empire continued its decline during the fifth and sixth centuries. Its power over the world had been broken. The Eastern Roman Empire severed its relationship with its Western counterpart. In the eight century A.D., the Eastern half of the Roman Empire not only seceded from the union to es ...

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4 days ago by Jon Clarke Editor

A PAIR of landmark exhibitions of Spanish history have opened in Cordoba and Sevilla. The two shows offer a fascinating insight into the days when the Moors and Phoenicians made Spain one of their key strongholds. As well as providing the Roman Empire with three Caesars, Andalucia was also the centr ...

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8 days ago by Brieuc-Yves Mellouki Cadat

‘Geert Wilders ondermijnt democratie’ Van onze verslaggeefsters Janny Groen, Annieke Kranenberg Gepubliceerd op 31 oktober 2009 00:00, bijgewerkt op 31 oktober 2009 08:00 AMSTERDAM – De PVV van Geert Wilders is een extreem-rechtse partij die islamofobie en systeemhaat tegen de overheid mobiliseert. ...

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8 days ago by Jen Black

Our moorland roads are pretty, but there are hazards. Definitely not the place to drive in ice or snow. Even in mid-summer and autumn there are heather fires and sheep on the road. There were several plumes of smoke on the hillsides when we drove this way a week or two back, and driving through the ...

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12 days ago by The Central Scrutinizer

September 10th Time for another day trip, so we jumped on the AVE high-speed train for another thirty-minute trip up to Segovia. Now I’d heard that the AVE station was some way out of town and that most people took the connecting bus into the town. Me, however, being stubborn and and an idiot, wonde ...

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14 days ago by chips180

St Mary's Basilica Elche Spain Today’s picture is of St Mary’s Basilica in the city of Elche on the Costa Blanca, Spain. Elche is famous for its palm forest, the largest in Europe, which contains over 200,000 palm trees and was started by the ancient Phoenicians in the centuries BC. Further develope ...

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18 days ago by Denise Fondo

The cuisine of Andorra is often referred to as Catalan Mountain Cuisine. Catalonia rests along the Mediterranean Coast of Spain’s Iberian Peninsula. The Greeks, Romans, Visigoths, the Franks, and the Moors all settled into this region (most without a welcome mat) throughout history. Th food relies h ...

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20 days ago by Juan Diaz

Para la mayoría de las etiquetas, el lanzamiento de su primer EP es una tarea más que difícil. Sin duda lo mismo se aplica a la editorial de Ibiza Vitalik, sólo que han una ventaja muy evidente en la competencia [...]

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21 days ago by chips180

Biar Castle Today’s picture is of Biar castle, dating from the Moorish occupation of Spain. The castle dominates the town and can be seen from miles around. When we visited earlier this year the castle was closed and we noticed a sign saying “telephone this number to view the castle”, we called the ...

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25 days ago by Marcus Fergusson

Figs have long been valued for their laxative properties. They are also regarded as aphrodisiacs which could lead to some messy love-making. In ancient times, the very best of them were said to come from Greece. Amitrochates, the king of the Indians, wrote to Antiochus [one of the Seleucid kings], e ...

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