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29 07, 2017

Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

By |2017-07-29T18:08:15-07:00July 29th, 2017|Architecture, Medieval|Comments Off on Aachen – Palatine Chapel – Charlemagne

Aachen cathedral (begun 792 AD) One of the first ambitious buildings in Western Europe after the fall of Rome was Charlemagne's chapel at his capital of Aachen (now in northern Germany) about 792 [...]

23 06, 2017

Wrestling, Martial Arts, and Olympics – History of Sports

By |2018-04-20T08:29:29-07:00June 23rd, 2017|Games|Comments Off on Wrestling, Martial Arts, and Olympics – History of Sports

Sports history: The Discus-Thrower (ca. 450 BC) The earliest sports Indo-European people like Central Asians and the Greeks had a very strong tradition of athletic competition. Competing in, and winning, [...]

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