History
Powerful kings, queens, rulers, warriors and great battles have shaped our world. We take a closer look at some great historical personalities and events world-wide.
Take a journey through time and space and discover the fascinating history behind the complex world we inhabit today.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Described in numerous literary works, movies, public monuments, and other memorials, Decebalus is considered a national hero in Romania. At the beginning of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - On April 23, people in Ireland celebrate Brian Boru, one of their greatest heroes who became famous for chasing off the Vikings. Brian
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Zteve T Evans - AncientPages.com - Nova Anglia, or New England, was alleged to have been a community of exiled Anglo-Saxon nobles and warriors who intended it to
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AncientPages.com - Ancient historians loved to write about warfare and famous battles. While these millennia-old stories still feed modern imaginations – Homer’s “Iliad” provides the plot for the
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AncientPages.com - In the second episode of the TV show Lego Masters, contestants were asked to build a castle — then watch it be destroyed by a bowling ball.
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AncientPages.com - Domestic violence was endemic in the Roman world. Rome was a slave-owning, patriarchal, militarized culture in which violence (potential and actual) signaled power and control. Tragically,
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Zteve T Evans - AncientPages.com - The Brujo de Chiloé, or the Warlocks of Chiloé, were a secretive coven of male witches allegedly involved in witchcraft and crime
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the world’s longest human conflicts in history was between the Romans and Persians. The Hundred Years’ War and even Rome’s long
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - During the 18th to 20th Dynasties of the New Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 1550–1080 BC, Egyptian artisans who worked on the royal tombs
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In Europe, the Knights Templar were the first known warrior monks, active during the Crusades. However, warrior monks did not only exist in Europe.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Stele of Tell al-Rimah, dated to 796 BC, is a stone stela from the reign of the Assyrian king Adad-nigari III (810-783 BC)
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One of the most important and interesting people mentioned in the Bible is King Saul, the first monarch of the United Kingdom of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Marie Antoinette is today known as the French Queen, executed by the guillotine during the French Revolution. Much has been said and written
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com -"In Rodrigo Diaz's lifetime, there were in Spain and elsewhere many lords, commanders, or bosses. In his day, he was not unique but one
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to available ancient references, Takshashila was the first and earliest Buddhist center of Vedic learning, and the city of Takshashila itself also
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Djoser was possibly the founder of the Third Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt. The Old Kingdom began with the third dynasty
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The legendary Berber Queen Kahina was a strong woman with the courage and will to resist the Muslims when her kingdom was invaded.
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Some historical mysteries cannot be easily solved. One of them involves King William II, who died under mysterious circumstances. Historians are still debating
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - One would think respecting the remains of the dead should be self-evident, but it is not always so. It certainly wasn’t the case
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ogham is ancient writing, of which the earliest examples date back to the 4th and 6th centuries A.D. The language of the inscriptions
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Being a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt could be honorable, prestigious, and dangerous. At the end of his rule, everything went wrong for Pharaoh
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Old Testament, Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, 4:10 - "and the other people whom the great and honorable
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Greatly overshadowed by his son, Ramesses II, today hailed as the greatest Pharaoh of all time, Seti I did more for ancient Egypt than
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Having a high opinion of himself and believing he was destined to become a great ruler, Pharaoh Ramesses II wanted the world to
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the pyramid builders of the Old Kingdom (2686 – 2181) is king Unas (also Unis, Wenis) (2375-2345 BC). The pyramid of Unas at
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Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Vikings left an everlasting legacy in Ireland. While you are in Ireland, you can visit archaeological places where battles between Vikings and the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Khara-Khoto ("black city" or "black water city") was inhabited by Tangut people and located about 200 miles north of the legendary Silk Highway
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The first philosophical concepts appeared in the Greek colonies around the 7th-6th centuries BC. Initially, they were related to the creation and nature
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the eldest son of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II had an obligation to expand the Achaemenid Empire founded by his father. It
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Compassion is not an emotion most associate with ancient Egyptian Pharaohs who could be fearless, harsh, and ruthless rulers. History judges Pharaohs by looking
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici never to go against the will
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The year is 1206. The Mongol tribal leader Temüjin (1158 – 1227) gathers several nomadic tribes and declares himself Genghis Khan. By doing
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Ahmose I was carrying a heavy burden on his shoulders when he ascended the throne to rule as the pharaoh of Egypt. He
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of Emperor Ashoka shows it’s never too late to change and become a good person. Emperor Ashoka was a remarkable person
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tanis, an ancient area in Egypt's Nile Delta, was an early subject of the archaeologists' interest. The city's name was already well known
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Among the earliest workshops that designed and created mold-blown glass was the one that belonged to Ennion, but even before him, there were
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Few have heard his name, but to the people living in a small village in Kyrgyzstan, he was an extraordinary man and hero.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Giza pyramids belong to Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure, and vandals and thieves looted them long ago. The southernmost is associated with Menkaure (Mykerinos, in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Romans were skilled builders, and throughout their vast empire, we find their impressive, massive, and long-lasting structures. A view of Hadrian's Wall
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The impressive castle in the town of Cēsis in central Latvia recently revealed one of its ancient secrets. The ruins of Cesis -
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - At the moment of his terrible death, Polycarp of Smyrna – one of the Apostolic Fathers and the most exceptional leader of the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Vercingetorix was among the best-known and greatest Gallic leaders. He was a militant leader who courageously challenged Julius Caesar. He lost his battle but
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