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22 hours ago · The primary source for the Greco-Persian Wars is the Greek historian Herodotus.The Sicilian historian Diodorus Siculus, writing in the 1st century BC in his Bibliotheca historica, also provides an account of the Greco-Persian wars, partially derived from the earlier Greek historian Ephorus.
- Battle of Thermopylae in Popular Culture
Leonidas at Thermopylae, 1814 painting by Jacques-Louis...
- Battle of Thermopylae (Disambiguation)
The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle fought in 480 BC...
- Kolonos Hill
The hill is best known as the site of the final stand of the...
- Ephialtes of Trachis
Ephialtes (/ ˌ ɛ f i ˈ æ l t iː z /; Greek: Ἐφιάλτης,...
- Battle of Mycale
The Battle of Mycale (Ancient Greek: Μάχη τῆς Μυκάλης; Machē...
- Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis (/ ˈ s æ l ə m ɪ s / SAL-ə-miss) was a...
- Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first...
- Hoplites
A Greek hoplite. Hoplites (/ ˈ h ɒ p l aɪ t s / HOP-lytes)...
- List of Last Stands
An illustration of the Battle of Thermopylae by John Steeple...
- Demophilus of Thespiae
Later, the Thespians fought against the Persian army at the...
- Battle of Thermopylae in Popular Culture
22 hours ago · Under Cleopatra VII, who sought to restore Ptolemaic power, Egypt became entangled in a Roman civil war, which ultimately led to its conquest by Rome in 30 BC. The Crisis of the Third Century in the Roman Empire freed the Levantine city state of Palmyra who conquered Egypt, however their rule lasted only a few years before Egypt was ...
22 hours ago · These migrants had heard of Canada from Indian troops in Hong Kong, who had travelled through Canada the year prior on their way to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII. Upon arrival to BC, the immigrants faced widespread racism by white Canadians, most of whom feared that migrant workers would work for less pay and that an influx of ...
22 hours ago · The Akkadian Empire, established by Sargon of Akkad (24th century BC), was an early all-Mesopotamian empire which spread into Anatolia, the Levant and Ancient Iran. This imperial achievement was repeated by Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria and Hammurabi of Babylon in the 19th and 18th centuries BC.
22 hours ago · 14th century BC Palace of Amenhotep III in Malkata (or Malqata) in Luxor; 1346 BC Amarna palaces of Pharaoh Akhenaten, in al-Minya; 14th century BC Amenhotep III palace at Avaris (Pi-Ramesses), in Eastern desert; 13th century BC Palace of the Pharaoh Merenptah in Memphis, Egypt; 13th century BC Palace of Rameses II, Ramesseum, Luxor
22 hours ago · The abolition of monarchy is a legislative or revolutionary movement to abolish monarchical elements in government, usually hereditary.. Abolition of absolutist monarchy in favor of limited government under constitutional monarchy is a less radical form of anti-royalism that has succeeded in some nations that still retain monarchs, such as Sweden, Spain, and Thailand.
