Young Chinese football players help an injured player off the field during training at the Evergrande International Football School on June 12, 2014 near Qingyuan in Guangdong Province, China. The sprawling 167-acre campus is the brainchild of property tycoon Xu Jiayin, whose ambition is to train a generation of young athletes to establish China as a football powerhouse. The school is considered the largest football academy in the world with 2400 students, more than 50 pitches and a squad of Spanish coaches through a partnership with Real Madrid. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

A Nicole Miller designed football is displayed at the unveiling of the CFDA Footballs Wednesday, January 20, 2016, at the NFL headquarters in New York. In celebration of Super Bowl 50 and in support of the NFL Foundation, the NFL and the Council of Fashion Designers of America have collaborated on 50 Bespoke Designer Footballs created by CFDA Members. (Photo by Frank Franklin II/AP Photo)

Most pet cats will become timid or defensive when outdoors, but not Millie – after being adopted by her mountain-climbing owner Craig Armstrong, Millie has become a feline hiking and mountain-climbing legend.

Female indigenous players vie for the ball during the final match of Peladao, the amateur football tournament, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on November 24, 2013. Peladao is known as the biggest amateur football tournament in the world, with more than 1000 teams competing in various categories since 1973. The indigenous category was created in 2005 and eight teams participated this year. (Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP Photo)

The world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier, before his fight with Joe Bugner. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). 18th June 1973

This is the Legends Russian Series. Legends car exceeds new Porsche 911 power-to-weight ratio – it is 260 hp per ton with the car weight of 500 kg. It’s been designed in the USA by 600 Racing Inc, a subsidiary of Speedway Motorsport, the largest motorsport holding company in America with the annual turnover of $567,000,000. Khimki, Moscow region. February 11, 2012. (Photo by Alexey Petrov)

Do you think that history is a science? Well, not exactly. First, and foremost, history is the state's “legend of wars”, it’s official regalia. Of course, public historians are not interested in scientific truth – quite the opposite. In this respect, any attempt to present a state’s history as altruistic and benevolent as possible is welcomed and encouraged – as opposed to any revisionism attempts that may be more accurate. In this matter, Chinese have surpassed us all – they revised in highly creative manner (but rather shamelessly) the technology already invented by Europeans, a process that resulted in oldest state on the planet. Here is an interesting paradox: ask any sinologist about the Middle Kingdom during second century B.C., and he will describe it to you in such a vivid manner as if he has been living there all his life – but as soon as you will ask him to describe Chinese history in the 19-20th centuries… let's say, his eagerness will be greatly diminished. However, we will discuss China in a different article, and in the meantime we will try to understand how exactly historic “legend of wars” is formed and functions – based on a specific and well-known example. A great example is Ferdinand Magellan's first voyage around the world.

Fans cheer in the stands ahead of the CFL's 102nd Grey Cup football championship between the Calgary Stampeders and the Hamilton Tiger Cats in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 30, 2014. (Photo by Todd Korol/Reuters)