Spain used gold from South America’s Inca Empire to defend Europe against invasion from the Islamic Ottoman Sultan. In 1535, Spain’s “Iron Duke,” the Grand Duke of Alba, defeated the Ottomans and recaptured Tunis, North Africa. […]
Author: William Federer
Joint Stock Companies financed English Exploration & the Founding of the Colony of Virginia – American Minute with Bill Federer
American Minute is a registered trademark of William J. Federer. When Muslim Turks conquered the land trade routes from Europe to Asia, Europeans began to look for sea […]
Lamb of God sacrificed on Passover; In tomb on Feast of Unleavened Bread; Resurrected on Feast of First Fruits
Christianity is the largest religion in the world, around a third of the Earth’s population, and since Easter is the most important day to Christians, this day […]
“Men have forgotten God; that’s why all this has happened.”
In 1570, Ivan the Terrible attacked Novgorod, which had been for centuries a successful Russian Republic on the Baltic Sea. Ivan’s first command was to […]