The Greco-Persian Wars, fought from roughly 500 to 449 B.C., were a long-running series of conflicts between the mighty Persian Empire and the independent Greek city-states, which fought to keep their identities and avoid being subsumed by the Persians. Against the odds, the Greeks defeated ...
9.The Ancient Greeks had lots of stories to help them learn about their world. The gods featured heavily in these tales, and so did mythological monsters – likeCerberus, a three-headed dog that guarded the gates to the underworld;Medusa, a slithery sorceress whose look could turn people to...
Alexander’s father, Philip II of Macedon, hiredAristotle, one of history’s greatest philosophers,, to educate the 13-year-old prince. Little is known about Alexander’s three-year tutelage but presumably by the end of it Aristotle’s wise but worldly approach had sunk in. According to leg...
The Persians were obsessed with the color purple and also invented the cloth trousers we wear today. In addition, they would wear long robes over these trousers to demonstrate their royal status. After conquering Persia, Alexander realized that in order to maintain control over the people it was...
the maximum 'natural' size of a group bonded by gossip is about 150 individuals. Most people can neither intimately know, nor gossip effectively about, more than 150 human beings.When the first humans leave the Afro-Asian ecological system and set foot on Australia:As they pushed on, they ...
Transcaucasia. During the 13th century, Tamerlane and the Mongols decimated its population. From the 16th century on, the country was the scene of a struggle between Persia and Turkey. In the 18th century, it became a vassal to Russia in exchange for protection from the Turks and Persians....
Regardless, Bardiya’s rule lasted less than a year before being deposed by Darius the Great. To solidify his position, Darius married Atossa, the widow or sister of Cambyses II. LEGACY Ancient Persians revered Cyrus the Great with a significance akin to the veneration Romans held for figures...
The Persians, fully aware of the reverence that Egyptians paid to their felines, rounded up as many cats as they could find and set them loose on the battlefield. ♦ SOURCE ♺ SHARE Lab tests have shown that cats don't love you the way dogs do. Tests has shown that a dog release...
A little-known fact about the temple is that, before the Parthenon, there was a different temple for Athena built on the Acropolis. This temple was destroyed by the Persians, an old enemy of the Athenians. And so, the people of Athens erected the Parthenon to be even grander and more ...
They may not seem like fighters, but camels have been used during wars in the past. Ancient Greeks, Romans, and Persians used to ride them, but they were used in the 20thCentury too. The grandfather of the prophet Mohammad almost sacrificed one of his sons to an Arabic god named Hubal....