There were two classes of people in Greece; free people and slaves. Amazingly 40% up to 80% of the population in ancient Greece was made up of slaves! That’s a lot. Luckily we don’t have slaves now, as that wouldn’t be too pleasant! Bull-Leaping Minoans How weird is this sport?
39. Saturnalia was a festival in ancient Rome where masters and slaves would switch places In Ancient Rome, there were the masters, and the slaves. Slaves made for about 30% of the population in the 1st century BC, and it was just part of the civilization at the time. Slaves were under...
No, it’s not another edgy underground indie band, but one of the endless fun facts about plants: Moon trees were sprouted from tree seeds that were flown to the moon, then planted in the Earth. 500 seeds were taken from 5 different seed types to orbit around the moon. They were later...
To keep their vigor up, they drank a black broth of boiled pig’s legs, blood, salt and vinegar. Truly one of those weird facts about Greece… 99) Salt was as good as money In ancient times,Greeks often bought slaves with salt, leading to the saying: “not worth his salt.” 100) ...
After the final plague, in which every firstborn son in Egypt died, Pharaoh finally agreed to let the slaves go. Moses led them out of Egypt, but Pharaoh changed his mind and pursued them with his army. God parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape and then closed it on the ...