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.
History Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Aztec warriors had a large variety of offensive and defensive weapons. The Aztecs were cruel, but nearly perfect warriors, who used weapons, designed to
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Hatshepsut, whose name means "Foremost of Noble Ladies," is a notable name in history. She lived almost three and a half thousand years ago
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Ancient History Facts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Famous as the Lords of the Ocean, the Vikings had their homeland in the Nordic regions of Europe known today as Scandinavia. Many associate
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115 B.C. —53 BC.) was a Roman general and politician. Today, he is remembered as the wealthiest man in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - How important was hygiene in ancient times and expectations about keeping oneself clean? Although the term "hygiene" came into use at the beginning of
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - At the time, the Spaniards arrived, the Olmec civilization, had already emerged and disappeared. Even today, much of the Olmec history is shrouded in
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Battle of Alesia took place in September 52 BC. It was the culmination of Caesar's successful campaigns to bring Gaul (modern France) into
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 52 BC, a massive Gallic stronghold Gergovia was the scene of battle between several Gallic tribes led by Vercingetorix, one of the best-known and
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The mystery of Viking ruler Rollo continues. An ancient sarcophagus Fécamp, Normandy, France has been opened, and analysis has been conducted, but the
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AncientPages.com - Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is one of the world’s most famous astronomers. He defended Copernicus’s sun-centered universe and discovered that planets move in ellipses. Born in Weil der
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Historical Figures
AncientPages.com - On January 7, 1131, Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard) (1096 - 1131) was killed by his cousin Magnus I of Sweden, who saw him as a
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - "Can someone make sure I get rid of this troublesome priest?" These were the words the king of England, Henry II shouted out
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lachit Bhorphukan was a great warrior from Assam, where he was a commander of the army of the Ahom Kingdom. Lachit bravely defeated the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Bushido, which literally means "way of the warrior," is the code of chivalry developed by the warriors in feudal Japan known as the samurai.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In China, he is mostly known as Master Kong or Kong Fuzi, we know him as Confucius. Like the other great teachers of Central
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - What did ancient Greek costumes, masks, and theatre look like? Theater played an important role in ancient Greece. The history of the Greek
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AncientPages.com - If asked to think of a single individual who epitomises the decadence, destruction and debauchery of Ancient Rome, the name Nero would surely be on many people’s
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AncientPages.com - On November 11, 1805, the battle of Durnstein took place in the Wachau valley, on the river Danube, 73 kilometers (45 mi) upstream from Vienna, Austria. It
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The earliest rulers of the long-lasting civilization of Egypt were called "The followers of Horus." At the beginning of its long history, Egypt
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shaka Zulu will be remembered as a great leader and conqueror who united over 100 chiefdoms into one mighty kingdom. He was one of
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Historical Figures
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Palnatoke was a legendary Danish hero and chieftain of the Island of Fyn. According to the Jómsvíkinga saga, Palnatoke founded the Brotherhood of Jomsvikings and established
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A.Sutherland - AncientPages.com – Ur-Nammu was a Sumerian king who reigned about 2112-2095 BC and was a founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Initially, he held the position
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Who were the Rosicrucians? Why did this society conceal its identity under various names? Who was the mysterious author of the Order’s manifestos? Who was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - An untouched by looters through several millennia, a remarkable, intact tomb was discovered by Leonard Woolley during his excavations at the "Royal Cemetery of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - He became the King of Scots and fought one of the most significant battles in English and Scottish history. He was a target
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - More than a thousand years, Babylon (in Akkadian "Babilim" means "Gate of God") was the symbol of power, greatness, and destruction. For over
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lugal-anne-mundu (Lugalannemundu) (ca. 25th century BC) was a powerful king and a great leader, who restored Sumer to its former glory. His influence
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Erik Haraldsson (885 - 954), nicknamed Eric Bloodaxe, was a 10th-century Norwegian ruler. He is thought to have had short-lived terms as King
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sami culture is the oldest in large areas of northern Europe. Before the Swedish, Finnish, or Viking culture had developed, the Scandinavian
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Varahamihira (505–587 CE) was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer from Ujjain, which during the Gupta period (320 to 550 AD), was a flourishing
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AncientPage.com - Going to war in ancient times involved more than just great military strategy and excellent warrior skill. To conquer your enemy, it was assumed the warriors must
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Thales of Miletus is counted among the seven sages of ancient Greece. He is considered the father of Greek mathematics, as well as
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Teotihuacán is an ancient site where the circumstances of its destruction are not entirely clear. The people who created it are completely unknown, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - He was one of the most influential philosophers of all time and one of the greatest Greek philosophers. His life, enigmatic personality, and
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - After Teotihuacan Empire eventually went into decline around 600- 700 CE, the Pre-Hispanic City of El Tajin (“place of the invisible beings or
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Tanis (dubbed "Luxor of the North"), an ancient area in the Nile Delta, Egypt, was an early subject of the archaeologists' interest. The city's
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Bjorn Ironside was the son of the famous Sea King Ragnar Lodbrok. Bjorn Ironside is today remembered for his cunning tactics when his Viking warriors captured
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ivar the Boneless was the son of Ragnar Lodbrok, the fearless Sea King. Of all of Ragnar’s children, Ivar the Boneless was the most enigmatic.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Medieval knights followed chivalry - the lifestyle and moral code. The term takes its name from the French word chevalier (meaning ‘horseman’), and it
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Tecumseh was an important Native American mystic, warrior, and military leader of the Shawnee. He is today remembered as a great hero who
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - According to very ancient poems, Odin's sons, Weldegg, Beldegg, Sigi, Skiold, Sæming, and Yngvi, became kings of Franconia, East Saxony, West Saxony, Sweden, Denmark,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Paracelsus (1493 - 1541) - was a Swiss-German botanist, philosopher, astrologer, alchemist, and one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern Europe.
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