Though the floodwater receded to some extent from the area after nearly a month, it devoured all the belongings of Tajul’s family and left the house heavily damaged ...
In the mid-1480s, Erasmus took refuge in Predjama Castle after killing Count Pappenheim in a controversial duel. Habsburg Emperor Frederick III ordered a siege, but Erasmus held out for over a ...
[Photo by Gao Erqiang / chinadaily.com.cn] In the 1930s and 1940s, more than 20,000 Jews took refuge in Shanghai. For the Jewish refugees, a whole new way of life awaited them in a land with ...