Iran’s traditional music carries messages of beauty, joy, sorrow and love to the world. Introduction Weaving through...
Ancient
There are silk makers in different parts of Iran who still practice the trade their ancestors did...
The treatment of the military subject in Shakespeare’s Roman plays complicates early modern cultural understandings of the...
A number of highly educated citizens could speak and read both Greek and Latin. Introduction The Roman...
20 years ago, who could predict how much more researchers would know today about the human past?...
The Achaemenid Empire was a period of artistic growth that left an extraordinary architectural legacy. Introduction Achaemenid...
Persepolis has a long and complex history, designed to be the central city of the ever expanding...
Iran has inherited numerous architectural traditions over the course of history. Introduction From the Islamic period the...
This period is characterized by major cultural and political changes. Historical Overview During the Early Dynastic period...
Women in ancient Egypt were the equals of men in every area except occupations. Introduction One of...
By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Regional, inter-regional and international trade was a common feature of the Roman world....
Even citizens found their city confusing. A city – a free city – was where a man...
The Byzantine Empire had an important cultural legacy, both on the Orthodox Church and on the revival...
They formed the king’s personal bodyguard and were also considered the shock troops of the infantry in...
A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq depicts the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy....
Hepatic regeneration was well known to ancient Greeks, and this natural ability was established in the tales...
The relief is accompanied by text in three languages – Old Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian. Introduction The...
Persian culture influenced the Greeks and many other civilizations, and its effects still resonate around the world...
The trials for ambitus were numerous in the time of the republic. Introduction In ancient Roman law,...
Political offices and institutions were designed to prevent any one man from becoming too powerful. Political Institutions...
Looking at a history of mental illness from the Stone Age to the 20th century. References to...
Written down in the mid-17th century BCE, the Atrahasis can be dated to the reign of the...
A tombstone commissioned by a man in memory of his deceased mother, “Siporah daughter of Dan”. Everything...
How the early Persians worshipped their gods is unknown except that it involved fire and outdoor altars....
Athens after the Peloponnesian War never regained the level of economic and military strength it once had....
The most famous series of wars in ancient Greek history broke out with a revolt against Persian...
This refers to any one of several ancient Roman laws (leges maiestatis) dealing with crimes against the...
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There is no systematic collection of Greek laws, thus the knowledge the earliest notions of the subject...
Similarities of its features suggest a strong influence on the Christian celebration of Christmas. By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
Monetary, fiscal, military, political, and economic issues are all very much intertwined. Two centuries ago, in 1776,...