Ancient Egypt 6000-2686 B.C.
Egypt during the predynastic period and the first and second dynasties. Plagiarism and Copyright Violations
What is plagiarism and what is a copyright violation? When students plagiarize they don't learn and other students may suffer. With a copyright violation, the writer doesn't get paid for his original work Introduction to Greek Mythology
Myths are stories shared by a group that are a part of their cultural identity. As such, they are important to understand when looking at the history of a people. There is no completely satisfactory definition of myth, but people compare myth with science and religion. Usually, this comparison is unfavorable and myth is relegated to the area of lies.
Conflict Between Eupatrids and Ordinary Citizen Farmers in Athens
Rise of democracy in Athens. When Athens needed more bodies for their military, they looked to the hoplite army of ordinary citizen soldiers to augment the eupatrid cavalry. These soldiers were small farmers who needed help to stave off starvation for themselves and their families. Amazons Identity Questions
Amazons Identity Questions - Who Were the Amazons? Did the Amazons actually exist? Were the Amazons man-haters? women warriors who each cut off a breast to be better archers? Dr. Jeannine Davis-Kimball does research to uncover the answers. Roman Slaves
Categories of Roman Slaves, based on Plautus. Ares - Mates and Offspring
Mates of Ares and their offspring. Helen of Troy Basics
Helen of Troy information about Helen of Troy and Castor and Pollux, Clytemnestra, Menelaus, Agamemnon, and Paris, and the pledge that led to the Trojan War. Democracy Then and Now
Democracy Then and Now Gladiators
What armor and weapons the gladiators used for fighting and how the weapons distinguished one type of gladiator from another. Ancient Mesopotamia - Early Religion
The beginning of religion and the development of gods and goddesses in ancient Mesopotamian Cimon of Athens
Cimon - Athenian General of the 5th Century B.C. Thesmophoria
The Thesmophoria was an ancient fertility festival for women commemorating the loss of Demeter's daughter Persephone to Hades. Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg
E-text of Legends of the Jews - BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS FROM THE CREATION TO JACOB, by LOUIS GINZBERG. Sparta - A Military State
Sparta a military city-state. Spartans and Messenians and the Messenian War. Sparta - Sparta's Rise to Power
Sparta had a downwardly mobile society with fewer elites than helots, but Sparta still defeated Athens, largely as a result of luck -- the Athenian plague -- and the development of a superior navy. Biographies of the Epigrammatists
Period of the great Alexandrian monarchies from Biographies of the Epigrammatists.
Aristides
Aristides was a 5th century Athenian politician Punic War III - Carthago Delenda Est - Third Punic War
The Punic Wars. Carthago delenda est. The Third Punic War Pelopidas
Pelopidas was a 4th century Theban general and statesman. Semele
Semele - The Story of Semele as told by Nemesis Timoleon
Timoleon Camillus
Camillus -- dictator of Rome -- ran in and out of favor among the Romans. M. Claudius Marcellus
M. Claudius Marcellus, 3rd century B.C. Roman general. Longevity of the Persian Empire
The Longevity of the Persian Empire. The Persian Empire started by Darius lasted about two centuries. | 