Thursday, August 13, 2026

Category: History

World history, mythology and Turkic history knowledge

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History

Hell in Turkish Mythology

Sinless people will go to the heavens, and those who have sin will stay in the torment wells of the underground hells and burn in the cauldrons of boiling tar

Portrait of a Tudor king
History

Henry VIII and the English Reformation: A Divorce That Changed a Nation

Few decisions in English history have echoed as loudly as one man’s determination to end his marriage. When Henry VIII set out, in the late 1520s, to rid himself of

Caana pyramid at the Maya city of Caracol in Belize
History

How Caracol, a Belize Maya City, Once Defeated Tikal

Deep in Belize’s Chiquibul Forest, Caracol grew larger than Tikal itself, built terraces and reservoirs to feed 100,000 people, and once defeated its rival in a decisive Classic Maya war.

History

How Did the Mongols Harm the Islamic World in 7 Questions?

The Mongols, who appeared on the stage of history in the early 1220s under the leadership of Genghis Khan, trampled a wide geography extending from China to Europe under the

History

How Do You Know Pervâneoğulları?

While the Pervâneoğulları Principality, which ruled in and around Sinop in the last period of the Anatolian Seljuk State, attracted attention with its closeness to the Mongols and its alliance

Stela E at Quirigua Guatemala, the tallest carved stone monument in the ancient Maya world
History

How Quirigua’s Vassal King Beheaded His Overlord

Quirigua rebelled against Copan, capturing its king in 738 CE, then built Stela E, the tallest carved monument in the ancient Maya world.

Ruins of the Wari archaeological site near Ayacucho, Peru
History

How the Wari Empire Ruled the Andes Long Before the Inca

Centuries before the Inca, the Wari built roads, terraces, and provincial cities across Peru from their capital above Ayacucho, laying the imperial blueprint the Inca would later inherit.

Stone statues at the San Agustin Archaeological Park in Colombia
History

Hundreds of Stone Guardians Still Watch Over San Agustin

In Colombia’s upper Magdalena valley, an unnamed culture carved hundreds of jaguar and guardian statues over burial mounds, then vanished, leaving no language and no known descendants behind.

Mound A, the large bird-shaped earthen mound at Poverty Point, Louisiana
History

Hunter-Gatherers Moved 750,000 Cubic Meters of Earth at Poverty Point

Poverty Point in Louisiana shows hunter-gatherers built massive earthworks and traded across a continent, thousands of years before farming arrived.

History

Hürrem of Egypt

The daughter of a slave took the throne in Mamluk Egypt and ruled the country. No joke. Both a slave and a woman… Even today, it seems very distant for