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14 09, 2017

Who were the Lydians? West Asian history

By |2019-11-20T05:41:34-08:00September 14th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Who were the Lydians? West Asian history

A Lydian gold coin King Gyges About 687 BC, according to the Greek historian Herodotus, King Gyges started the new country of Lydia (LID-ee-ah), in modern Turkey where the Hittites had ruled before the [...]

4 09, 2017

Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

By |2018-04-25T08:57:46-07:00September 4th, 2017|Literature, Romans|Comments Off on Polybius and the rise of Rome – Roman history

Snow in Athens (thanks BBC!) Polybius (po-LIB-ee-us) was a rich Greek man, who was born in the Greek city of Athens, about 200 BC. When the Romans conquered his city-state, they demanded some hostages from that [...]

7 08, 2017

History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

By |2019-10-14T20:22:51-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

History of the Jesuits: Ignatius of Loyola, who started the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola In the early 1500s AD, the Protestants were the new thing in Europe. Protestants were getting more and more popular. [...]

6 08, 2017

European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

By |2018-04-11T18:19:12-07:00August 6th, 2017|History, Modern Europe|Comments Off on European writing – books, poetry, Bibles

Reproduction of a press from Gutenberg's time The invention of the European printing press with moveable type in northern Europe in the late 1400s AD was no accident: publishers had set out to find [...]

3 08, 2017

Anna Comnena’s Alexiad – Byzantine literature

By |2019-01-22T11:03:06-08:00August 3rd, 2017|Literature, Medieval|Comments Off on Anna Comnena’s Alexiad – Byzantine literature

Anna Comnena, author of the Alexiad Who was Anna Comnena? Anna Comnena was born a princess in 1083 AD. She was the oldest child of the Byzantine emperor Alexios. She was named [...]

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