The very land we call "ours" once belonged to others. How did ancient people live on that land? What was important to them? Are we more alike than we are different? Explore this collection to find answers.
Pliny the Younger witnesses the eruption as townspeople take refuge in their homes.
From the ancient to the modern world, people have tried to understand rabies, but it remains a mysterious albeit deadly illness. At least today, we kn...
Despite internal opposition in Iran, Americans help Britain to remove Mossadeq from power. This action damages America's relationship with Iran.
Mossadeq upsets Britain by taking back control of Iran's oil; the U.S. agrees to partner with Britain to overthrow him.
Once...Iran had a good relationship with the U.S., and that bond grew through World War II.
The stele (a stone or slab) is on display in the Louvre and considered one of its most treasured possessions.
Computer-generated versions of the scrolls are available to a wide range of scholars.
Only free men can participate in Olympic athletics; single women can watch, but married women are banned under penalty of death.
Attila, king of the fifth-century Huns, seeking land and empire-building, destroys many towns during his eight-year rule.
Hammurabi is the man who unites the Babylonian Empire, which is located in a part of the world known as the Fertile Crescent.
In 443, Ruga's savage nephew, Attila, becomes king of the Huns.
Ubu'l Kassim, known as Muhammad, is 40 years old when he first meets the angel Gabriel in the cave of Hira.
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