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The Industrial Revolution

The modern day world is a developed and quite effective mechanism of production, modernisation and constant process of refining and updating. However, in our life styles of pine furniture and smart phones it is easy to forget that this was all a product of the period between 18-19th century, called the Industrial Revolution – the time when science finally gave birth to the creation of machines, electricity, using appropriately the power of velocity, constructing the successful aircrafts, exploring and estimating More

The Magic In The Middle Ages

In our present time of smart phones, global corporations and shopping for jewellery online, it is easy to forget the periods of history that seemingly bear no resemblance to our own but we must remember that those were the times the seeds for our society today was sown.
The period of the Middle ages would be remembered not only with the crusades and with the growth of art and science, but also with the formation and establishment of the More

Communism in Russia

An overview of the communism era in Russia would be quite unsatisfactory source of information for the period but would reveal the good and the bad parts within such a system. Historically, this period was famous for the great divide between the East and the West and is a keystone in the modern development of Russia – the foundation of the modern technologies coming from the Federation were put during socialism and no matter how hard and aggressive that period More

The First Slavic Orthodox Church

During the 9th and the 10th century the middle ages world faced the domination of christianity as not only a religion, but political stability as well (quite a lot like how todays society relies upon apple mac support). Since most of the western world plus the Byzantine Empire were christians, Eastern Europe slowly started accepting the ideals of the church and the first people to gain their independant church were Bulgarians under the rule of Simeon The Great.

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The Greek Influence

Even though The Greek culture, Fine art, and knowledge are famous around the world, mainly from the Hollywood productions and the comic books, little do people know about the fact that the Greek culture is the main factor for the development of Europe and the progressive political and governing views around the world.

Greeks started forming states and developing science and philosophy long before the birth of many modern day nations. Some 4000 years ago the Greeks established the More

The Rise of the Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was one of the greatest christian states ever established. Its history can be traced thousands of years back from the times of the Ancient Greeks who first started forming political and independent states in the South of the Balkan Peninsula, and can be seen in the art prints throughout these eras. In the 4th century the Byzantine Empire was a state within the Great Roman Empire and was mainly populated with Greek people.This is when the Christianity More

The Battle of Moscow

Its been more than a half of a century since the world experienced the horror and the fear of the World War II. People nowadays remember those dark times with tears on their eyes and with that patriotic feeling that comes like a needle in your chest when you recall that memory. The world remembers many great battles from those nations, strong enough and brave enough to resist the unlawful invasions they were put under. Such are the people of More

The English Civil War – A Blueprint of the Future

The public execution of King Charles was perhaps the most shocking day in the history of England. A King was a symbol of power, a leader, or in Charles own words, “little Gods on Earth.” However, his deity didn’t prevent him from being toppled by the people he once resided over. His demise was brought about for several reasons, inevitably those reasons involved money, religion and the struggle for power.

At the time Charles came to the throne England was More

Medieval establishment of Common Law in England

The emergence of Common Law in England is one of the most important features of its history. If such a Common Law had not developed we would still be ruled in the feudal manner which was adopted during the piecemeal settlement of the Normans, following William the Conqueror’s victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The mid-late Medieval period saw the beginning of such legal developments for the country, and as such is one of the most interesting periods More

The Unknown Empire

Nowadays, people are used to accepting Bulgaria as one of the best countries for having fun -countless beaches, amazing night clubs, one of the best countries for skiing holidays in Europe and so on and so on. But they know almost nothing about its rich and significant history and especially about the early and the late middle ages. This article will focus on the country’s history in the period from the beggining until the middle of the 10th century and will highlight facts that have been forgotten by nations, facts that will reveal the glory of an Empire that has never been recognised.

After adopting christianity in the middle of the 9th century and after being the first to use Slavic alphebet and language, Bulgaria inevitable became the centre of the eastern european world. Being torn apart by internal political and religious scandals, the Byzantine Empire could not maintain its stability and comfort in the Orthodox world. The bulgarians had a new king -Simeon, who, among many scholars from the middle ages, was the most well-educated man in his kindgom. Seeing the discomfort in the Byzantine Empire, the young king took advantage and brought back many territories populated with bulgarians using the strenght of the bulgarian cavalary and the spirit of the bulgarian soldiers. By regaining many new lands populated with Slavic tribes and by massively expanding the borders towards the capital of the Byzantine, the bulgarian king gained potential to develop the country and increase its cultural and economic standards.

After conquering new lands, which led to massive expansion in the bulgarian territories (now spreadin between the three seas in Eastern Europe) and after defeating the Byzantine emperor in a glorious battle, Simeon not only made Bulgaria one of the strongest countries in the known world, but culturally enriched the whole of the Balkan Peninsula. Bulgaria became the second independant orthodox church after the greek one, Bulgarian language gave birth to all Slavic languages that are known nowadays, the country under his reign gave the world almost 1/8 of all written documents from those times. Historians from middle ages say Simeon’s palace was made with the gold the Byzantine Empire and Franks paid Simeon for only one year…

These reasons inevitable lead to the conclusion that the small country we now call Bulgaria, has actually never changed its name… This country was once feared by most of the European nations because it ruled over hundreds of different Slavic and Greek tribes, giving them the true Orthodox religion and enriching them with the Slavic literature and knowledge. This is the reason why even unknown to many of us, this small Balkan country was one of the Empires in the known middle ages world and being led by a mighty king, contained a big part of the cultural potential of Europe.