War

19 07, 2017

Greek hoplites and democracy – Classical Greece

By |2019-08-20T23:19:17-07:00July 19th, 2017|Greeks, War|Comments Off on Greek hoplites and democracy – Classical Greece

Greek hoplites and democracy - a Corinthian helmet from the 600s BC Hoplites needed armor When the Greek city-states turned to this new hoplite way of fighting, it meant that each man [...]

18 07, 2017

Battle of Salamis – Second Persian War

By |2018-04-23T08:06:26-07:00July 18th, 2017|Greeks, War|Comments Off on Battle of Salamis – Second Persian War

Phoenician ship In 480 BC, the Persian king Xerxes was attacking Greece. Things looked very bad for the Greeks, when the Greek navy, under the command of the Athenian general Themistocles, wrecked the Persian fleet [...]

11 06, 2017

Making Roman weapons – Ancient Rome project

By |2017-06-11T16:50:21-07:00June 11th, 2017|Crafts, Romans, War|Comments Off on Making Roman weapons – Ancient Rome project

Roman helmet, from the kids at Laurelhurst School, Portland, Oregon Although the Romans did many other things besides fight battles, certainly one of their greatest achievements was the world's first [...]

11 06, 2017

Hosting a medieval tournament – an activity

By |2017-06-11T10:29:10-07:00June 11th, 2017|Games, Medieval, War|Comments Off on Hosting a medieval tournament – an activity

Modern-day re-enactors having a tournament Tournaments were a common form of entertainment in the Middle Ages. A group of knights came together at the castle of some powerful duke or [...]

11 06, 2017

Make a hoplite shield – Ancient Greece project

By |2018-04-18T23:33:16-07:00June 11th, 2017|Crafts, Greeks, War|Comments Off on Make a hoplite shield – Ancient Greece project

Spartan Shield, made by 6th graders at Laurelhurst School, Portland Greek hoplite soldiers carried shields like this one. The cut out areas made the shield lighter to carry. To make a [...]

6 06, 2017

Sun Tzu’s Art of War – Chinese literature

By |2018-04-18T09:53:37-07:00June 6th, 2017|China, Literature, War|Comments Off on Sun Tzu’s Art of War – Chinese literature

Around 300 BC, during the Warring States period, a Chinese general called Sun Tzu wrote a book about the best ways to win wars, called The Art of War. Sun Tzu's main [...]

1 06, 2017

Horses and archery – Central Asian warfare

By |2018-04-16T14:01:39-07:00June 1st, 2017|Central Asia, War|Comments Off on Horses and archery – Central Asian warfare

Scythian woman fighting Greeks (Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, ca. 350 BC) Central Asian soldiers were famous for fighting on horseback. Because Central Asian people spent a lot of time on horseback, [...]

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