Category: Ancient History

Table of Contents Significance of Romulus and Remus Why Caesar was killed Reasons for Slavery in Ancient Times Difference of NT and the Greco-Romans Beliefs Works Cited Significance of Romulus and Remus In the mythology of the Romans, Romulus and Remus were twin brothers and their story tales many events which contributed to the formation…

Between 300 BCE and 300 CE, the Han and Roman empires were hegemons of the opposite ends of the Eurasian continent (Tingor et al. 298). However, due to the considerable remoteness, they had rather scarce information about each other. Although the Romans expanded their holdings to the east and the Chinese advanced to the west,…

The Aztecs utilized diverse strategies to create a strong civilization, including human sacrifice and purity of blood. The manner of choosing brides can represent the intention to remain the civilization clean and respectful because the requirement for all princesses was to be pure descendants of Toltec. Moreover, Tizoc made around 20 000 human sacrifices to…

The Greek historian Herodotus is one of the main sources of historical narrators of those events that took place many centuries ago. Therefore, the writer was able to describe the Battle of Thermopile, but the reliability of this account is questionable. Research shows that “Herodotus frequently finds the answer to these questions by looking at…

Mesopotamia is considered the plain area between the Tigris and the Euphrates, located in their lower and middle reaches. The center of development of the most ancient civilization was located in the southern part of this territory – in ancient Babylonia. Northern Babylonia was called Akkad, and southern Babylonia was called Sumer. With the emergence…

Table of Contents Introduction Scholars’ Positions Reasoning and Evidence of the Battle’s Significance Personal Opinion Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Greco-Persian Wars are defined as a series of collisions between the Persian Empire and Greek city-states. Starting from the conquest of the Greek-inhabited regions by the Persians who regarded them as appealing, this collision changed its…

Athenian democracy developed around 500 BC. In the early Dark Age, from 1150 to 900 BC, Greece suffered encroachment and movements of people. Sources of information are Iliad and Odyssey. Before the 11th century BC economic and political organization was lost, the only memory of legendary warriors-chiefs left (Pomeroy and others 1999, 43). After excavations…

Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The Etruscans inhabited modern Italy and Corsica between 800 BC -1000 BC. The civilization is well known for its craft works and artistic developments reflected their unique beliefs and traditions. In order to describe the art of granulation, it is important to mention the age…

Both Jennifer Palinkas and James A. Herbst work as architects for the Corinth Excavations which is a respected organization. Jennifer Palinkas is a B.Arch., the University of Cincinnati, and James A. Herbst is a Master of Science in Architectural History, the University of California, Berkeley who has other publication by credible publisher in The Urban…

The kingdom of Rome and the Roman Republic were entities that differed significantly from one another. The monarchical period lasted from 753 B. C. to 509 B. C (The History Guide, 2006). and was characterized by Rome’s political system and the scope of its state. A succession of 7 kings ruled Rome, the first one…