Karen Carr

About Karen Carr

Dr. Karen Carr is Associate Professor Emerita, Department of History, Portland State University. She holds a doctorate in Classical Art and Archaeology from the University of Michigan. Follow her on Instagram, Pinterest, or Facebook, or buy her book, Vandals to Visigoths.
19 03, 2018

Sassanian rulers: Ardashir to Narses

By |2019-10-21T09:35:14-07:00March 19th, 2018|History|Comments Off on Sassanian rulers: Ardashir to Narses

Ardashir and Shapur Ardashir I was the first Sassanian ruler of the Parthian Empire. Here he gets the kingship from the chief Zoroastrian god, Ahura Mazda. Ardashir was the first [...]

16 03, 2018

Parthian kings and queens

By |2018-04-13T01:25:29-07:00March 16th, 2018|History|Comments Off on Parthian kings and queens

The first of the Parthian kings: Arsaces I Arsaces and Tiridates Arsaces I was the governor of Parthia (now northern Iran) in the Hellenistic Greek empire of Seleucia. About 250 [...]

17 01, 2018

The Bronze Age 3000-1000 BC

By |2018-02-16T12:07:04-08:00January 17th, 2018|History|Comments Off on The Bronze Age 3000-1000 BC

Cultures around the world 3000-1000 BC (the Bronze Age) Questions to answer: when did these people start farming? when did they start spinning and weaving clothing (and what did they make their [...]

24 10, 2017

From Siam to Thailand

By |2017-10-25T11:29:59-07:00October 24th, 2017|History|Comments Off on From Siam to Thailand

Like its neighbor Burma, Thailand was more influenced by India than by China. People in Thailand were probably becoming Buddhists by the 200s BC, in the time of the Mauryan Empire in [...]

23 10, 2017

History of Burma

By |2019-02-25T06:21:53-08:00October 23rd, 2017|History|Comments Off on History of Burma

The first people in Burma People (and their dogs) probably reached Burma coming along the coast from India, about 47,000 BC, but there's no evidence of them until about 11,000 BC. History [...]

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