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70 days ago by HistoricRogue

The sword is a practical, intuitive weapon, and many Bronze Age cultures developed them independently. Bronze wasn’t ideal for making swords, though, and it wasn’t until the dawn of the Iron Age (with invention of new smelting techniques around 1300 BC) that swordmaking became truly refined. Iron is ...

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132 days ago by jaigiolouboro

…Many scholars believe that the birthday cake took shape in Germany in the heart of Renaissance Europe. The Germans baked sweet round cakes in the shape of baby Jesus to celebrate his birthday, and eventually the birthdays of their young children dressed in what we would consider Renaissance costume ...

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133 days ago by jaigiolouboro

Today’s my birthday, and it occurred to me that I’d hardly ever thought about birthdays and the origin of cakes, candles, and singing off-key;) Birthdays are a special time for practically every culture, a time to honor a person’s life and remind them how special they are to us. Like many modern hol ...

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166 days ago by janetra

Article brought to you by Fantasy Weapons and Swords As the Roman Empire grew her warriors absorbed and used weapon designs from many different cultures. Many Roman swords were decorated with designs from the Celts, the Greeks and and the tribes of Germany. The designs grew in variety and distinctio ...

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