When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Between them and other Maiden members past and present , they have steered us through millennia, from the discovery of fire to the first atomic bomb.
So, we thought it was high time someone collated every chapter in world history that Maiden have ever written a song about, then ordered them chronologically. Many scholars now believe that homo erectus was making and controlling fire over a million years ago.
They did however refuse to cross the Ganges river, talking Alex into fucking off home instead. The Celtic warrior dying on the battlefield β and with him the Celts as a race β may be one of the fallen at the battle of Alesia, where Gallic forces under King Vercingatorix were defeated by Julius Caesar. His surrender spelt doom for the Celtic tribes as a major power in Europe, although their culture hung around Britain for centuries.
They've all got it in for me! They even got scholar Simon Martin to provide authentic hieroglyphs. The isle of Avalon is the resting place of King Arthur in English legend, and many historians believe the mythical place was inspired by the former island of Glastonbury Tor.
The Mongol warlord single-handedly changed the history of Asia and ended some 40 million lives along the way. Bruce uncovered the history of this hilltop fortress while holidaying in Southern France.
