The Mediterranean and West Asia
Map of West Asia One common theme in the history of West Asia has been the conflict between land-oriented people and sea-oriented people. Often there is a group of people living in [...]
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Roman food – rich and poor
Roti bread made with millet Romans ate a lot of fish Although the first people who came to the Mediterranean were probably following along the coast, and ate mainly fish, shellfish, seaweed, and [...]
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Mediterranean Food in the Roman Empire
Woman baking bread Poor people who lived near the Mediterranean Sea had to eat food that would grow in very dry areas, with light and not very fertile soil. Mostly they [...]
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Medieval math in Europe
Math was a very exciting subject to be working on during the Middle Ages in Europe. Little by little, math experts in Europe were learning from Islamic math experts about what we call Arabic numbers (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) (though the [...]
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High Middle Ages – European history
St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice, Italy (about 1100 AD) The Seljuks destabilize Europe's neighbors In 1071 AD, the Byzantine Empire lost most of Anatolia (modern Turkey) to the Seljuk Turks at the Battle of Manzikert. [...]
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Where is olive oil from?
Olive trees (on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem) Olive trees grew around the Mediterranean Sea, and early Stone Age people used the oil from wild trees, which burns well without [...]
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History of Christianity
History of Christianity: One of the earliest images of Jesus, from St. Callisto catacomb in Rome (ca. 250 AD) Empires and Christianity Around the time of the beginning of the [...]
