Enkarterri in Basque, Spanish or Encartaciones, is a co-branded and a subregion of the historic Vizcaya, a province of northern Spain. It extends from the river Nervion in the Bilbao Estuary to the west, stretching between the Cantabrian mountains and the border of Castile and Leon. The current population of the county is Enkarterri 30,966 [...]
History informs us that even primitive societies had their warriors split into classes, early Romans and Greeks did and so were the Celts. Celtic warriors often composed of men selected from both middle and upper strata of society and then drafted into service as warriors. Those belonging to the warrior class did the actual fighting [...]
The Viking sword making process involved a lot of manual work; the blade was high carbon steel heated in charcoal and then forged manually. The forging was responsible for the long and wide shape of the blade. The blade and fuller was grinded after removing the forge scale to give it a final shape.
Hardening [...]
The Damascus steel, hot forged steel employed in the manufacture of swords by the medieval Middle Eastern Islamic civilization in the 11th century was central to the creation of the Damascus sword. This sword was legendary, largely due to its purported sharpness and strength said to be capable of cutting through rocks and swords of [...]
Saladin was a prominent figure in the Medieval history. He was the most famous of the Muslim military heroes. His achievements were not limited to the military sphere alone, but transgressed across the political, diplomatic and administrative arenas. He succeeded to unite the Muslims and defeated the Crusaders and recapture Jerusalem.
His Youth
Saladin was born in [...]