Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses and is one of the twelve Olympian gods. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea and a brother of Zeus and Hades. As the god of the sea, Poseidon is often depicted with a trident, a three-pronged spear or fork, which he uses …
Egypt was one of the first and most successful of the ancient kingdoms. Several dynasties ruled Egypt from different parts of the Nile, helping dramatically reshape the history of civilization and the western world. This Ancient Egypt timeline walks you through the entire history of this great civilization. Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 B.C.) Ancient Egypt …
Flourishing more than 3,000 years ago (c. 1,000 BC to c. 300 BC), ancient Greece, thanks to its many contributions to human culture, was one of the most successful ancient civilizations in history. And it remains a model civilization even today. However, the history of ancient Greece is not entirely rosy. While committed to intellectual …
Hoofbeats echo in your head, getting louder, and louder still. The going had seemed so easy on the way out, and now it seems like every bush and root is clawing at you, trying to hold you down. Suddenly, pain lances through your back and shoulder blade as you’re struck. You hit the ground just …
Perhaps no civilization has had such a profound effect on the modern world as Rome. Over the course of its some 1229 years of existence, Rome went from Monarchy, to Republic, to Empire, and expanded from an insignificant little war-like city-state on the Italian Peninsula to the largest and most thoroughly dominant power in the …
On a sweltering summer day, the nine elected magisterial archons of Athens waited breathlessly for news, surrounded by a restless crowd of citizens. Their army, along with a small number of allies, had engaged with a larger force of Persians in the small bay of Marathon — desperately hoping that the claustrophobic landscape would prevent …