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Gordafarid
Gordafarid an Iranian heroine. Gordafarid is a notable heroine from the Persian epic "Shahnameh" (The Book of Kings), written by the poet Ferdowsi. The Shahnameh is a monumental work of Persian literature that narrates the historical and mythical past of Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
By Latasha karenabout a year ago in Art
The janissaries
the Janissaries? Janissaries were a standing army of the sultan of the Ottoman Empire. The Janissaries never constituted the whole Ottoman army but, in the 16th and 17th centuries during the height of the Ottoman power, were its most efficient part, largely responsible for the expansion of the borders of the Empire in the Balkans in North Africa. In the later periods, the Janissaries lost their military importance, however, they became an influential force in the internal politics of the Ottoman Empire, capable of overthrowing sultans
By Latasha karenabout a year ago in Art
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 1945 — The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki In these photos taken from U.S. military aircraft, atomic mushroom clouds are seen rising over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as the atom bombs leveled everything to the ground. The picture on the left is of Hiroshima, bombed on Aug. 6, 1945, while the picture on the right shows the Nagasaki bombing on Aug. 9, 1945. The bombs killed nearly 160,000 people in Hiroshima and another 75,000 in Nagas
By Latasha karenabout a year ago in Art
