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 - Herodotus, a Greek historian from the 5th century BC, wrote about Cyrus the Great as a tolerant, perfect monarch. In the Bible's Isaiah
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - What we know of Princess Mkabayi KaJama is found in Zulu oral history. Most of the information comes from what the Zulus called
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Historical records confirm that the greatest military campaigns of conquest were often accomplished by the robust nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples inhabiting Central Asia. Their
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cheng I Sao, also known as Ching Shih ("Zheng's widow"), Lady Ching, or Mrs. Ching, was a dangerous pirate who terrified the South
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon succeeded in taking control of the Iberian Peninsula, and capture
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - She was a tough warrior and one of the most highly regarded monarchs of the Shang Dynasty (ca 1600-1046 BC). This article is devoted
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - A number of rulers in ancient Egypt were named in honor of Sobek, an important ancient Egyptian deity of the 12th Dynasty, who was
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Little is known about his life except that he lived between 610 and 546 BC. He was the son of Praxiades, a Milesian, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Traditionally counted, there were seven kings of Rome. However, it is difficult to attribute their deeds to a respective ruler, because ancient records were
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Cynane was born in 357/358 BC and died in 320 BC, only 34 years old. She came from a tradition of Illyrian female warriors
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Whether in ancient or modern times, family feuds have always occurred, and sometimes, a small incident can ignite a fight that will last
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In ancient Greece, women had limited rights, and they were considered less valuable than men. Greek Queen Artemisia I of Caria was luckier
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Shishak (Shishaq), later identified with the pharaoh Shoshenq I, was an Egyptian pharaoh who sacked Jerusalem in the 10th century BC, according to the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Murder, greed, lust for power, political intrigue, scandals, incest, and corruption are the reasons why the House of Borgia easily became the most
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Accompanied by a band of tough warriors, she came riding from the mountains in the south. The year was 284 A.D. and it was
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Little known today, Hiawatha was a remarkable Native American leader who is remembered for bringing several tribes together into the Iroquois Confederacy. Together
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Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Russian national hero, Alexander Yaroslavich “Nevski” (1220-1263), was a younger son of Yaroslav, Prince of the Russian province of Vladimir, located about
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (commonly known as the Teutonic Order) was founded in 1192
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Many have heard about Pocahontas, but her story is not as presented in the animated movie Walt Disney Pictures released in 1995. Pocahontas was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The "ayllu" was the traditional form of a community in the Inca society, especially among Quechuas and Aymaras, the indigenous people of South
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Hittites were once one of the most powerful ancient civilizations that occupied the ancient region of Anatolia. This long-gone culture has greatly
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - They moved through the deep, dark, and dense forests quickly and quietly. They could neither be seen nor heard. Trained in various deadly weapons,
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Anne Askew (1521 - 1546), came from a very old and well-established family. The exact place of her birth is only known through local
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Genghis Khan is a title, not a name. Genghis Khan was born with the name "Temujin." The name means "blacksmith" or "one who
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - Where did the Cimmerians come from? Like most ancient societies, there is no actual knowledge of the origin of the Cimmerians. These ancient
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Piecing together what really happened in the life of Pharaoh Ay is not easy for historians. Pharaoh Ay was not as famous as Khufu,
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Catherine of Valois learned her behavior from her mother. It did not help, and it did not really hurt Catherine of Valois (1401 -
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Who was Dakhamunzu? This is a question Egyptologists and historians are still trying to answer. Historical records reveal that Dakhamunzu played an important role in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - She was blind in one eye. but it didn’t stop her from gathering an army and attacking Roman Egypt. The conflict between her kingdom
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - All great rulers had to have a beginning and Nebuchadnezzar II was no exception to this rule. He was born in 634 BC
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - It was said that she had a nasty habit of interfering with everything. She was outspoken, full of energy, and hot-tempered. Bona Sforza
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - History is not often kind. While some historical figures, like the Tudors, the Yorks, and Lancasters, have extensive information about them that survives
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - The demise of the Roman Empire left a power vacuum, not just in Italy but also in the Frankish territory in what is
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Was Moll Cutpurse a product of the ages? Many historians cannot seem to find what made Moll Frith leave her upstanding ways and
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Civilizations
David Tee - AncientPages.com - When the Egyptians enshrined the name Shasu on the Merenptah war scenes at Karnak, they knew exactly whom they were talking about. After all,
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - You may have heard of his son, Nebuchadnezzar II, more than you heard of Nabopolassar but the latter originated the Neo-Babylonian empire when the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com -Much has been written about the Vikings and often by people who have little knowledge about Viking history. Another reason why Vikings’ reputation has
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Hypatia was a great ancient scholar who was more interested in science than religion. Her quest for scientific knowledge was admirable but clouded
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Not all battles are won or lost on the field. It’s a fact that most warriors and their leaders are aware of. Military strategy
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the 4th century BC, two great individualities of the contemporary world met: Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) and Aristotle of Stagira (384–322
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Peng Jiamu was a great scientist and explorer who vanished during an expedition in China's Lop Nur, the "Wandering Lake." It is a hostile
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Known by his nickname, Grutte Pier was a man of extraordinary strength and size. His real name was Pier Gerlofs Donia, and he was
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