Around the turn of the first millennium, as the majority of Europe was mired in the dark ages, Scandinavian empires were expanding, exploring, and establishing advanced societies.Continue reading The Second Viking Age
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20 Aug /13
Syphilis
Syphilis is an extremely unpleasant sexually transmitted disease which has been active since at least the start of the 1500s.Continue reading Syphilis
19 Aug /13
Macadamia
It is in Australia that the macadamia plant was discovered, and the history of the word reflects the history of the country.Continue reading Macadamia
16 Aug /13
Tsunami
Tsunami derives from the Japanese words meaning “wave in a harbour”, and describes a wave that exerts its full destructive force when reaching land.Continue reading Tsunami
15 Aug /13
Alligator
Today we return to our sixteenth century banker, alchemist and translator Richard Eden.Continue reading Alligator
