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Climb the keel without fear! That block is cold. Let the sea blizzard rush, ending with you! Do not grieve from the cold, be tighter in the Spirit! Dev loved you to your heart's content - Death only once per share. (Skald Torir Yokul composed this while going to the execution. Translation by S. Petrov / R. M. Samarin. Poetry of the Skalds

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Once the Legs very angrily talked with the Head: "Why are we under your authority such that for a whole century we must obey you alone; Day, night, autumn, spring, You just thought of it, if you please, run away, drag yourself There, here, wherever you lead; And to this yet, enveloping in stockings, boots and boots, you like

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Some time ago on the pages of the site "VO" there was a number of publications devoted to the culture of the Bronze Age, which aroused the most genuine interest of its visitors, but it just so happened that, having examined in sufficient detail the Eneolithic and the so-called Bronze Age, which preceded the Bronze Age

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The Vladyka heard the word of the Valkyries And their horse gallop. There were buoy-maidens Dressed in armor, And in their hands were spears. , and the ship that served faithfully during its lifetime

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There was no nail - The horseshoe was gone. There was no horseshoe - The horse was lame. The horse was lame - The commander was killed. The cavalry was broken - The army was running. The enemy enters the city, not sparing the prisoners, Because there was no nail in the smithy. (S. Ya. Marshak. First introduction The most amazing thing in our life is

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Praise to the sword I asked myself the question: when will there be swords ?! In fact, I warned that publications

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Viking Age swords were generally longer, thicker and heavier than those of their predecessors. They also differ in the shape of the handles. But here the whole matter is complicated by the fact that there are several typologies of scientists competing with each other. So, Jan Petersen back in 1919

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In the previous article, we talked about the finds in burials on the territory of Adygea. But no less impressive are the finds made in burial mounds located on the territory of other countries. Moreover, it is interesting that most of the burial mounds in Europe are in small Denmark. On

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Rumor rushed: the kings of the foreign land were afraid of my insolence; Their proud squads Fled with the northern swords. A.S. Pushkin, Ruslan and Lyudmila So, today we continue our acquaintance with the swords of the Vikings. Of course, it would probably be more correct to first introduce VO visitors to the existing typology systems

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Russian land, now you have been after Tsar Solomon! Glory to our God. Zadonshchina In Russia there are many interesting and sometimes funny traditions, however, as elsewhere. But one of them is especially interesting. It is customary for us to write articles for different historical dates. So we hear all the time and days

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And she feeds on fables. Pushkin. Boris Godunov There is also a more voluminous description of the events of 1380, which we find in the so-called "Chronicle of the Battle of Kulikovo", the older lists of which are present in several chronicles: Sofia First, Novgorod Fourth, Novgorod

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As you know, the land of Denmark in the literal sense of the word is "stuffed" with ancient artifacts, and among them there are many real treasures. But two golden "horns from Gallehus", nevertheless, are simply impossible not to distinguish among all this wealth. And to compare … you can only compare them

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The soldiers wander, huddled together on a muddy road. What a cold! Mutyo Every nation has its own iconic figures. Both those that are colored by history positively, and those on which it did not regret the black paint. As a rule, the latter include traitors, that is, people who have betrayed their country, debt

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It is so customary - Who sings better, who is worse Even among the cicadas. Issa Meanwhile, June 19 came. Nobunaga inspected the reinforcements intended to help Hideyoshi, after which he went to Kyoto, to the Honno-ji temple, where he usually stayed as if in a hotel. But if before that he

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The cat is playing - Took it and covered the fly on the window with its paw … IssaIn the two previous articles we examined the fate of the famous Japanese traitor Akechi Mitsuhide, the "shogun of thirteen days." And, obviously, if not for his betrayal, the history of Japan would be completely different today. Because if Oda

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It can be seen that little of you Mama pulled by the nose as a child, Snub-nosed doll! … Buson At all times, people used masks to hide and thereby avoid identifying their identity. There is an episode in the satirical novel by Mark Twain "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" where the crowd is going to lynch the ex

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We all learned a little, Something and somehow, So by education, thank God, It's no wonder we shine. (A.S. Pushkin, Eugene Onegin) Recently one of the visitors to "VO" decided to show off his erudition in the comments and wrote that " at school in history he had a solid four ", so where is it that

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In the steppe near Kherson - tall grasses, In the steppe near Kherson - a mound. Lies under a mound overgrown with weeds, Sailor Zheleznyak, a partisan. (Music by M. Blanter, words by M. Golodny)

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“Come on, marvel at me,” said the man in a jersey, “I’m Leva Zadov, you don’t need to talk nonsense with me, I’ll torture you, you’ll answer …” (Alexei Tolstoy. Walking in agony) As you know, Buratino could not drown because it was made of wood. The products of human life do not sink, but

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Like a flame From Asima Mountain, Crazy on the banks of the Tsukuma, And I will fade away, Body and soul. Isida Mitsunari. Death verses. 1560-1600. (Translated by O. Chigirinskaya) How sweet! Two awakenings - And one dream! Above the swell of this world - Dawn sky. Tokugawa Ieyasu. Death verses. 1543-1616. (Translation O

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The herald will also say the singer: “She is the mistress of the heart, In tournaments the invincible spear fought for her. And the sword was inspired by her, That slain the husband of so many wives: The hour of death came to the Sultan - He and Mohammed did not save him. A golden strand shines. The number of hairs cannot be counted, - So no

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In World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Germany's main ally. Formally, the all-European war was started by two countries - Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia over the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo, organized by

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The heralds no longer ride back and forth, The trumpet rumbles, and the horn calls to the battle. Here in the western squad and in the east The shafts are stuck in the stops firmly, A sharp thorn is pierced into the horse's side. You can see who is a fighter and who is a rider. About a thick shield the spear breaks , The fighter can smell the edge under his chest. Debris hits twenty feet

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Do not think with contempt: “What small seeds!” It's red pepper. Matsuo Munefusa (1644-1694) How did people come to the idea of supporting one or another of the leaders of these two groups? First, many were vassals of both and simply had to follow their will. But

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The Spanish people are dear to her, We are destined to perish, To me, that all the gods are unfortunate, My poor Mexico. (G. Heine. Witzliputsli. Translation by N. Gumilyov) right / right "Night of sorrow", in the most distressing situation. Yes

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Nobunaga Oda: "If he does not sing, I will kill the nightingale!" Hijoshi Toyotomi: "We must make him sing!" nightingale) So we finally come to the story

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Imagine that you are transported to 1921. The same autumn outside, but much colder than now. People on the streets, if not armed, then … somehow shy. And no wonder! Here famine, typhus, total unemployment, devastation, newspapers report on peasant uprisings … In Ukraine, Makhno, ataman Antonov takes

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The dogs bark - the peddler has come to the village. The peaches are in bloom … Buson Here we finally come to perhaps the most interesting era in the history of Japan - the "era of fighting provinces", the era of the war of all against all, the result of which was the unification of the country under the rule of the clan Tokugawa. How it happened

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By chance you drop into a shack on the side of a mountain - and there they dress up dolls … Kyoshi One of the features of the Japanese name of armor was an indication of certain characteristic details. On old o-yoroi armor, the name contained, for example, the color of the cords and even the type of weaving. For example, one could

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After the terrorist attack, Blumkin and his comrades decided to hide in a special detachment of the Moscow Cheka, commanded for some reason by the left SR sailor Popov. And in the detachment there were also mainly sailors who condemned the Brest-Litovsk Peace and were dissatisfied with the destruction of the fleet. Now let's see. You are the boss

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Christopher Columbus is one, And the other is Fernando Cortez. He, like Columbus, is a titan In the pantheon of a new era. Such is the fate of heroes, Such is her deceit Combines our name With the low name of the villain. Heinrich Heine. "Witzliputsli" So, last time we left Cortez for a pleasant occupation - he received gifts from allies

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Last time we got acquainted with the military organization of the Inca state. Today we continue this story. Commanders and teams All the highest military leaders belonged exclusively to the Incas. The Inca Supreme Son of the Sun was both the supreme commander in chief, and often personally commanded the army on

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Can iron crush the iron of the north and copper? (Jeremiah 15:12) Recently, people here have got into the habit of doubting the obvious things. And immediately in response to this, theories appeared, pleasing him. Well, for example, that "Priam's treasure" was made by Schliemann himself and declared his find, or that Howard Carter

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However, even before graduation, Blumkin had many different interesting adventures - both on the territory of the Russian Federation and abroad! For example, Blumkin for some reason tried to get into the Union of anarchists-maximalists. But before he was admitted there, he was required to acquit himself before the party court

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Queen and mother Moon, Give us your water as a gift, And give us the love of your rains. Hear how we cry out to you … (Miloslav Stingle. State of the Incas. Glory and death of the sons of the sun) So, the Incas knew gold and silver, but they also knew how to alloy copper and tin and obtain bronze. Moreover, it is paradoxical that

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They live on the left hand of these places Iron Khalibs. Fear them! They are fierce and unkind to guests … (Aeschylus. Prometheus chained. Translated by A. Piotrovsky) Some time ago, "VO" published an article about the "collapse of the Bronze Age." It said that "the bronze suddenly ended", and

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The Lord was with Judas, and he took possession of the mountain; but the inhabitants of the valley could not drive out, because they had iron chariots. (Judges 1:19) As already noted, pieces of blast iron in Crete date back to the 19th century. BC. However, Greek tradition points to a different place from where iron came to Greece. it

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Having got acquainted with the armor of the Sengoku era, we again return to the personalities. And again, the life and fate of Tokugawa Ieyasu, who eventually became … a deity, passes before us. But in life it so happens that happiness and unhappiness constantly go hand in hand. In 1579, by order of Oda

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Throughout a number of materials published on "VO", their readers had the opportunity to get acquainted with the most varied aspects of the life of the Vikings (sailors, pirates, merchants), inhabitants of Scandinavia of a certain era, which, by the way, historians call it: the era of the Vikings. But what came before

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I don’t remember who I promised, but I do remember exactly that I promised material about Japanese firearms of the Sengoku era. And since he promised something, then the promised should be fulfilled. Moreover, it should immediately be said (and this is unlikely to be an exaggeration) that this era just became a kind of reaction of the Japanese