We have a problem in everyday language when we want to talk about “what happened” in the lives of historical figures. What happened is surprisingly complicated, even when we wish to explain an event that occurred earlier today, much less the actions of a person living 2,500 years ago […]
By Garrett G. Fagan, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University Chariot racing has a long heritage going back into the Greek past. It was a feature […]
Al-Razi was known as the father of Islamic medicine — in fact, many of his medical texts became classics that were still consulted in the Middle East and Europe hundreds of years after his death. Examine the life and work of al-Razi, and explore the development of hospitals across the Greater Middle East, and reviews the contributions of another great medical mind, Ibn Sina. […]
“One thought and only one was possible. There before us lay the sealed door, and with its opening we were to blot out the centuries and stand in the presence of a king who had reigned 3,000 years ago. My own feelings as I mounted the platform were a strange mixture, and with trembling hand I struck the first blow…” […]
By Professor Kenneth P. Vickery, North Carolina State University Welcome to Great Zimbabwe, a site that flourished in the late Iron Age—the late 1st millennium C.E.—in […]
Whereas the Greeks had largely focused on simple temple architecture, ancient Roman architecture took the concept of public buildings, and created structures unlike the world had ever seen. […]
Almost as soon as it occurred, the Sack of Rome left the space of history and entered the realm of myth. […]
By Kenneth W. Harl, Ph.D., Tulane University There’s a great deal of debate over the origins of writing but, with Cuneiform in Sumer, we have […]
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