The Russo-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan from 1904 to 1905. Much of the fighting took place in what is now northeastern China.

The Victorian era spans the 63 years of Queen Victoria’s reign over Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) It was a time of great power and wealth for Britain as it expanded its empire across the globe. also a period of rapid advancement in science, industry and the arts...

The 10 Oldest Currencies Still Used Today:

🇬🇧 British pound (8th Century)
🇷🇸 Serbian Dinar (1214)
🇷🇺 Russian Ruble (13th century)
🇺🇸 US Dollar (1785)
🇭🇹 Haitian gourde (1813)
🇻🇬 Falkland islands pound (1833)
🇩🇴 Dominican peso (1844)
🇨🇭 Swiss franc (1850)
🇨🇦 Canadian dollar (1871)
🇯🇵 Yen (1871)

More than 2000 years after her death, Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, is still one of the most well-known figures from ancient history.
Her time as pharaoh of Egypt spanned from 51 to 30 BC. Her first concerns were to stabilize her country after the civil war.

Top 5 most important battles of the Middle Ages:
1: Battle of Hastings (1066)
2: Siege of Jerusalem (1099)
3: Battle of Manzikert (1071)
4: Battle of Tours (732)
5: Battle of Agincourt (1415)

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A Senegalese WW1 soldier who lost both his arms writes a letter with his new prosthetic limbs at the Vocational Rehabilitation School for Amputees in Paris, 1918. Specifically he was part of the Senegalese Tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army.
Colored by Sanna Dullaway