Pythagoras

15 09, 2017

Zoroastrianism – Iran – West Asian religion

By |2019-09-04T05:58:45-07:00September 15th, 2017|West Asia|Comments Off on Zoroastrianism – Iran – West Asian religion

An Iranian fire sacrifice Zoroaster/Zarathustra himself Around 1000 BC (probably), about the same time that people in India were writing the Rig Veda, a man named Zoroaster (also called Zarathustra) was a priest in a small [...]

4 08, 2017

Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

By |2019-01-21T10:25:15-08:00August 4th, 2017|Medieval, Religion|Comments Off on Albigensians – Cathars – Crusade

Albigensians were also called Cathars This story starts about 1050 AD, not long after the Capetians took power in northern France. Some Christian people in the south of France began to think differently about God from the [...]

18 07, 2017

Who was Anaximander? Infinity and Greek science

By |2019-01-26T12:31:48-08:00July 18th, 2017|Greeks, Science|Comments Off on Who was Anaximander? Infinity and Greek science

Theater of Miletus, where Anaximander the mathematician lived Where was Anaximander from? Anaximander the mathematician was born about 610 BC in the Greek city of Miletus, in what is now Turkey. So [...]

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