Alexander the Great Wins the Battle of Issus: Alexander Outmaneuvers King Darius at the...
King Darius planned on fighting Alexander on the wide Syrian plains.This tactic would have allowed Darius the opportunity of surrounding Alexander's greatly outnumbered army....
The History of the Ptolemaic Period: The Last Dynastic Era of Ancient Egypt
The Ptolemaic Period began with the invasion of Ancient Egypt by the Macedonian King Alexander the Great in 333 BC. It is called the...
Independent Women of Pompeii
Mt. Vesuvius buried Pompeii, and a chronicle of Roman life frozen in time. Excavations have unearthed a wealth of information on the life of...
The Ancient Civilization of Kush-Meroitic Period
The Kingdom of Kush regained power and wealth during the Meroitic period. They benefited from abundant gold and iron ore deposits which contributed to...
Ancient Greece, part 7 – Greek Drama
The Origins of Greek Drama
If there is one thing that we know to definitely have been invented for the first time in the city...
Mythical Creatures: The Alluring Sirens
Sirens have always been considered a threat to sailors, luring their ships to rocks and the mariners to their deaths.
Ancient Egypt and the United States – Origins & Firsts in History
The ideal that was central to the ancient Egyptian civilization was the concept of Ma`at. The continuance of civilization and social progress rests upon...
Ancient Egyptian Archery
The development and design of bows and arrows used for warfare by the armies of Ancient Egypt
The bow is an almost universal weapon, and...
Education and Memory in the Jewish School of Biblical Times
What was the role of memory in Jewish education and how did they memorize Scripture? For the Jew, memory was a means of...
Comparing Mesopotamia and Egypt
Egypt and Mesopotamia developed within close proximity and time frames to one another, but in drastically different ways. Part of these differences was due...