Al-Ándalus y los Califatos, empieza la expans...

Decía Johann Strauss que el vals era «la música del alma y el baile es la expresión de la alegría». El vals fue una revolución no solo musical, encerraba el contenido de la revolución burguesa que quería acabar con las formas de la aristocracia y diferenciarse. Los bailes anterio ...  Show more

Como si del Hollywood clásico se tratase, esta historia contiene música, pasiones, fama, dinero, amores y desamores. ¡Con ustedes, la familia Strauss! Johann Strauss padre (1804-1849), su primera esposa, María Anna Streim (1801-1870), y sus tres hijos varones: Johann (1825-1899), ...  Show more

With the Sassanian Empire defeated and the Byzantine Empire exhausted, there is a power vacuum in the centre of the world. Both of these superpowers have drained their resources fighting each other over the past 30 years, consuming many of the great cities of antiquity. To the so ...  Show more

A story of great myth and of huge historical significance, the foundation of Baghdad is a fundamental episode in the development of Islam. The Umayyad Caliphate, the first great Islamic empire, stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the borders of China; no dynasty had ever preside ...  Show more

As two of humanity's great religions, Islam and Christianity have shaped much of the world's history. Empires across the globe have risen and fallen under their influence, and there have been many occasions for them to go head-to-head on the battlefield. So what have been some ...

Three great religions have come out of Persia and all of them have influenced world history. First there was Zoroastrianism, the first monotheistic religion, which had significant influence over Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Then there was Mithraism. It began in Persia but, t ...  Show more