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The Roman – Persian wars are the longest in history, lasting over 680 years. They began in 54 BC and ended in 628 AD. In 2006, a Coca-Cola employee offered to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.

During and after the Viking raid on Seville in 844 CE the Muslim chroniclers of al-Andalus referred to the Vikings as Magians (Arabic: al- Majus مجوس), conflating them with Zoroastrians from Persia. [58] When Ahmad ibn Fadlan encountered Vikings on the Volga, he referred to them as Rus. [59] [60] [61] Young children’s lives were determined by their parent’s status, so a child of a slave would automatically be a slave. However, a strong meritocracy meant that in adult life both wealth and status could be attained. Those cute furry bits inside a cat’s ear are called “ear furnishings.” They ensure that dirt doesn’t go inside and also helps them to hear well.

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Like elsewhere in medieval Europe, most women in Viking society were subordinate to their husbands and fathers and had little political power. [181] [182] However, written sources portray free Viking women as having independence and rights. Viking women generally appear to have had more freedom than women elsewhere, [182] as illustrated in the Icelandic Grágás and the Norwegian Frostating laws and Gulating laws. [183] The Vikings kept long benches in their homes that they’d use to sit on during the day, and then to sleep on at night. Only rich people had beds.

Wrestling was popular, for recreation, for more serious sport (which could turn nasty!) and sometimes to settle disputes.There is a boss in Metal Gear Solid 3 that can be defeated by not playing the game for a week; or by changing the date. Byelaws in England are called that because in Viking times ‘by’ meant village. So Grimsby was a village where a Viking called Grim lived and Kirkby is the village with the church.

Sour Patch Kids are from the same manufacturer as Swedish Fish. The red Sour Patch Kids are the same candy as Swedish Fish, but with sour sugar. Ships were an integral part of Viking culture. They facilitated everyday transportation across seas and waterways, exploration of new lands, raids, conquests, and trade with neighbouring cultures. They also held a major religious importance. People with high status were sometimes buried in a ship along with animal sacrifices, weapons, provisions and other items, as evidenced by the buried vessels at Gokstad and Oseberg in Norway [174] and the excavated ship burial at Ladby in Denmark. Ship burials were also practised by Vikings overseas, as evidenced by the excavations of the Salme ships on the Estonian island of Saaremaa. [175]Medieval chastity belts are a myth. A great majority of examples now existing were made in the 18 th and 19 th centuries as jokes. Harald Hardrada (c.1015-1066) – Harald Hardrada was the king of Norway. He led Viking armies into England, but was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in York by King Harold II.