The origins of Iraqi cuisine and continued popularity. Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning “between two rivers”) was...
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The conquered areas of Elam, Media, Lydia, Babylonia, Egypt, and several eastern Iranian tribes were more or...
By the late Bronze Age, the Hurrians had been assimilated into surrounding cultures in the Near East....
Discussing the importance of these civilizations, and of how we can better assess and understand their legacy...
The ancients constructed the pagodas complying with design principles based on the arithmetic and geometric proportional systems....
Because of its geography and location, Cilicia was among the most important regions of the classical world....
Galatia was situated in eastern Phrygia, a region now within modern-day Turkey. By Jeffrey KingHistorian Introduction Galatia...
About 19,000 years ago in southwestern France at a site called Saint-Germain-La-Rivière, an adult woman dies and...
Carrhae proved to be a complete disaster from its beginning. Introduction The Battle of Carrhae in 53 BCE was...
Inscriptions ranging from the first Persian king, Cyrus, through Artaxerxes reveal elements in common in both Babylonian...
The Assyrian king was the main promoter of big feasts and special events, during which he played...
The fortifications were the largest and strongest ever built in either the ancient or medieval worlds. By...
The Varangians were probably as shocking a sight to Byzantine enemies as tanks would have been to...
The great majority of the people ruled by Rome were engaged in agriculture. Introduction Roman Agriculture describes the...
Agriculture was the foundation of the Ancient Greek economy. Nearly 80% of the population was involved in this activity.[1] Agricultural...
These ancient manuscripts cover every aspect of human endeavor. Introduction Timbuktu, Mali, is the legendary city founded...
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Christianity has heard the term ‘Church Fathers’ but far less...
The history of surgery is a fascinating collection of knowledge from various civilizations dating back up to...
While in the Balkans, Celtic tribes managed to conquer several Greek, Illyrian, and Thracian armies, carving out...
The Aeneid is Virgil’s masterpiece that he completed after eleven years of intensive work. Originally published by...
Greek temples are one of the earliest well-defined expressions of what we now recognize as the Western...
For thousands of years, Yazidism incorporated elements of Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam. By Seth EislundStudentCarleton...
Geophysicists use sound waves to build a picture of the magma and rock beneath this active volcano,...
Remainders of Crete’s extraordinary past are scattered all over the island. Introduction As the cradle of European Civilization and...
It was here, against all odds, that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia...
The creativity of the Pallavas did not diminish throughout their reign. By Anantha Krishnan Introduction The Pallavas...
Banias was first settled by the Canaanites c.198 BCE and later renamed Caesarea Philippi by the Romans...
Numerous excavations and a fairly large number of contemporary written documents give us a good picture of...
The conquest of Persia was not preordained and those living within its vast empire could never foresee...
The Persian Army became a multi-cultural force consisting of a fusion of soldiers from Persia or the...