History

Tikal

Tikal, or Yax Mutal, was an important city in the empire of the Maya from 200 to 900 A.D. The Mayan ruins have been part of a ...

Battle of Pydna

The Battle of Pydna took place in 168 BC between Rome and Macedon during the Third Macedonian War. The battle saw the further ...

Lasus of Hermione

Gwanggaeto the Great

Gwanggaeto’s conquests are said to mark the zenith of Korean history, building and consolidating a great empire in ...

The Great Sphinx of Giza

The Sphinx is found in both ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology. In Egyptian myth, the Sphinx was more of a symbol than an ...

Parthian Cataphract

The Parthians, who wrested control over their native Persia from the last Seleucid Kingdom in the East in 147 BC, were also ...

Trajan’s Column

Trajan’s Column (Italian: Colonna Traiana, Latin: Columna Traiani) is a Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy, that ...

Ancient Korean Coinage

History. The history of Korean currency dates back to around the 3rd century BC, when first coins in the form of knife coins, ...

Gyeongju

Gyeongju (Kyongju), formerly known as Seorabeol or Saro, was the capital of the Silla kingdom of ancient Korea from the 1st ...

Ull

On Jan. 1, 1901, Dr. Edwin Stephens, the university’s first president, planted 18 young trees near the campus entrance. ...

Ibn Battuta

Born in Tangier, Morocco, Ibn Battuta came of age in a family of Islamic judges. In 1325, at age 21, he left his homeland for ...

Hadrian

Hadrian was the Emperor of Rome from AD 117 until AD 138. His family was Spanish, but he lived his life in Rome. He spent his ...

Bucchero

bucchero ware, Etruscan earthenware pottery common in pre-Roman Italy chiefly between about the 7th and early 5th century bc. ...

Ancient Persian Government

In order to administer this empire, the Persians developed a series of satrapies, or governmental provinces. Each province was ...

Gordian Emperors

Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 c. February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244. At the age ...

Kievan Rus

Vikings founded Kievan Rus in the mid-9th century, but Scandanavian settlements in Eastern Europe actually date back to at ...

Kabbalah

The earliest roots of Kabbala are traced to Merkava mysticism. It began to flourish in Palestine in the 1st century ce and had ...

Paros

Paros History. Paros has been inhabited since 3200 BC, according to the excavations that took place on the islet of Saliagos, ...

Constans II

Constans II (Greek: ???????, K?nstas; 7 November 630 15 July 668) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 641 to 668. He ...

Viking Ships

Viking ships were used for transport, trade, and warfare. Navigating Norway and the rest of Scandinavia required vessels that ...

Book of Kells

Origins and HistoryThe Book of Kells has been dated back to somewhere around 800 AD, and was made in either Iona or Kells in ...

Manuel I Komnenos

Manuel I Comnenus, (born November 28, 1118died September 24, 1180), military leader, statesman, and Byzantine emperor (114380) ...

Himeji Castle

HISTORY. Himeji Castle was originally built in 1346 by Akamatsu Sadanori as a fortification against local shoguns. After the ...

Bellerophon

Bellerophon (aka Bellerophontes) is the Corinthian hero of Greek mythology who famously battled and killed the fantastical ...

Tophet

Early Joseon Period

Chos?n dynasty, also called Yi dynasty, the last and longest-lived imperial dynasty (13921910) of Korea. Founded by Gen. Yi ...

Hypaspist

The hypaspists were a type of infantry soldier who served as a vital part of the Macedonian armies of both Philip II and his ...

Cerdic

Cerdic, (died 534), founder of the West Saxon kingdom, or Wessex. All the sovereigns of England except Canute, Hardecanute, ...

Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavadgita is an episode recorded in the Mahabharata, a Sanskrit epic poem of ancient India. It is an influential ...

Sengoku Period

The Sengoku period (????, Sengoku Jidai, “Warring States period”) was a period in Japanese history of ...