With Athens emerging as a major commercial center in the 5th Century BCE, the Athenian drachma undisputedly became one of the ...
While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering ...
The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian ... two fortresses and an ancient river that was ...
Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and ...