Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Belligerents: Union vs Confederacy. … The Battle of Cannae, 216 BC. Belligerents: Carthage vs Rome. … The first day of the Somme, 1 July 1916. Belligerents: Britain vs Germany. … The Battle of Leipzig, 1813. Belligerents: France vs Austria, Prussia and Russia. … The Battle ofRead More →

The subsequent play, Henry V, does kill Falstaff with a sweat (brought on, of course, by a broken heart), and he never appears onstage—suggesting, perhaps, that someone’s hard opinions have indeed killed him off. How does Falstaff survive the battle? Falstaff manages to survive the battle by avoiding any actualRead More →

According to the Babylonian Chronicle, the Babylonian crown prince Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the Egyptian army. In 605 BC Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 BC) defeated the Egyptian army at Carchemish and destroyed another at Hamath. As a result, Nekau II abandoned Asia Minor and the Babylonians took over. What happened to Egypt afterRead More →