COSMIC RIVALRY: THE SPACE RACE AND THE COLD WAR ARMS RACE

The last century witnessed a dramatic shift in global power dynamics as two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, entered a period of fierce rivalry. This rivalry, known as the Cold War, manifested on multiple fronts, with one of the most remarkable being the space race. Both nations were determined to prove their technological prowe

The year the year of our Lord eight hundred and forty-five AD. A chill wind whistled across the Seine River, carrying with it the scent carrying salt and fear. The Norsemen had arrived, a ravenous swarm of warriors seeking plunder. Their longships, like beasts of the north, sliced through the waters, their standards fluttering in the wind. A city o