Wikipedia on Ancient History

A lot of people are looking up ancient history online, according to Wired.com, in an article on the increasing popularity of Wikipedia:
Wikipedia Faces Growing Pains

Also in the news is a Christian Science Monitor review of a new book on Hannibal of Carthage: Pride of Carthage, by David Durham.
Maybe Hannibal wasn't so horrible
Hannibal of Carthage

Also from the Christian Science Monitor is an article on the affects of major disasters on history:

"An earthquake in 464 BC that destroyed much of the city of Sparta, and a slave revolt soon afterward ("social upheavals often follow geological ones," says Zeilinga de Boer) significantly weakened the militaristic city-state in its rivalry with Athens. The quake "triggered Sparta's decline," he argues."

From Sparta to Nicaragua, disasters alter political history
Major Events in Ancient History Timeline