History

Silla

According to Korean records, Silla was founded by Bak Hyeokgeose of Silla in 57 BCE, around present-day Gyeongju. Hyeokgeose ...

Plebeians

The term plebeian referred to all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes. ...

Ancient Chinese Philosophy

The term Ancient Chinese Philosophy refers to the belief systems developed by various philosophers during the era known as the ...

John Carver

In the spring of 1621, while working in a field, Carver complained of a pain in his head. He returned to his house to lie down ...

Michael III

Michael III (Greek: ??????; January 840 24 September 867) was Byzantine Emperor from 842 to 867. Michael III was the third ...

Hinduism

Origins of HinduismMost scholars believe Hinduism started somewhere between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C. in the Indus Valley, near ...

Moundville

Mandeville is where the urban meets the natural. Founded in 1834 by the Marigny de Mandeville family of New Orleans, it ...

Pompeii

The city of Pompeii is famous because it was destroyed in 79 CE when a nearby volcano, Mount Vesuvius, erupted, covering it in ...

Roman Coinage

Coinage first emerged in Rome around 300 BC, centuries after it arose throughout the Greek world. During this period, certain ...

Cambyses II

Cambyses II, (flourished 6th century bce), Achaemenid king of Persia (reigned 529522 bce), who conquered Egypt in 525; he was ...

K’inich Yax K’uk’ Mo

Yax K’uk’ Mo’ (pronounced `Yash Kook Mo’) was the founder and first king of the dynasty that ruled the ...

The Crisis of the Third Century

The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis (AD 235284), was a period in which the ...

Cuneiform

Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered ...

Baekje

Baekje was established in 18 B.C. by King Onjo, who moved from the capital of Goguryeo south to Wirye on the Hangang River. ...

Pirates in the Ancient Mediterranean

Piracy continued in the Mediterranean after the fall of Rome in 476 CE. Pirates continued to provide slaves for the Byzantine ...

Thomas Morton

By 1628, Morton had angered the Pilgrims in Plymouth and Weymouth, and the Puritans in Salem, by freeing his indentured ...

Romulus and Remus

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers. They were abandoned by their parents as babies and put into a basket that was then ...

Peloponnese

The descendants of Pelops reigned in Mycenae and Sparta, and along with Tiryntha and Pylos, they were centers of Mycenaean ...

Pharisees

The Pharisees were a Jewish sect that emerged c. 150 BCE and promoted the idea of priestly purity for all Jews, belief in ...

Armenian Mythology

Armenian mythology was strongly influenced by Zoroastrianism, with deities such as Aramazd, Mihr or Anahit, as well as ...

The Gospels

Christian apologists and most lay Christians assume on the basis of 4th century Church teaching that the gospels were written ...

Ankhsenamun

Ankhsenamun (born c. 1350 BCE and known as Ankhesenpaaten in youth) was the daughter of Akhenatenand Nefertiti of the 18th ...

Tomb

A tomb is a house, chamber or vault for the dead. The original purpose of a tomb was to protect the dead and provide the ...

Ostia

Ostia was a port of republican Rome and a commercial centre under the empire (after 27 bce). The Romans considered Ostia their ...

Battle of Hattin

Battle of ?a???n, (July 4, 1187), battle in northern Palestine that marked the defeat and annihilation of the Christian ...

Hera

Hera was the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the king and queen of the Titans. After being born, Hera was swallowed by her father ...

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

Xuanzong’s Reign Xuanzong abolished the death penalty, improved the economy through security on the Silk Road, decreed ...

Freyja

Freyja, (Old Norse: Lady), most renowned of the Norse goddesses, who was the sister and female counterpart of Freyr and was in ...

Propylaea

The Propylaea was the monumental gateway to the Acropolis of Athens, and was one of several public works commissioned by the ...

Agni

Puranas. Agni is the eldest son of Brahma. In the Visnu Purana, Agni, called Abhim?ni is said to have sprung from the mouth of ...