In the sixteenth century, cities were considered to embody an ideal of sophisticated and refined living. The...
Day: November 15, 2019
The history of the Spanish and Aztecs is still strikingly visible in the center of Mexico City....
“$10,000 for 4 hours in emergency room, food poisoning. Didn’t even stay the night!” We asked a...
People caught and died from plague long before it caused major epidemics like the Black Death in...
The outbreak continued to sweep throughout the Mediterranean world for another 225 years, finally disappearing in 750...
Cyrus drew on earlier models of Akkadian and Assyrian administration and greatly improved them. Introduction The government...
The Persians settled primarily across the Iranian plateau and were established by the 1st millennium BCE. Introduction...