The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

One of the few virtues of the recent Netflix series on Alexander the Great was the prominent role given to his principal ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Whether it’s the luxury of truffles, the sensuality of oysters, or the heat of chilli, these foods carry histories of passion ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

The nomadic Sarmatians dominated the steppe region, which was spread between Eastern Europe and Central Asia from about fifth ...

We have spent most of our history as oppressed people. For almost two thousand years, we were scattered across the world; in over one hundred countries. Despite all this, we survived and continue to i ...

Trade has been, since time immemorial, one of the main driving forces behind contact between civilizations. In this context, ...

he is working on a comparative study of the identity formation of the Japanese living in the shadow of the Chinese Empire, of the Arabs in that of the Persian and Byzantine Empires, and of the ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

A bioarchaeological investigation has revealed that the quality of life in the countryside was better than city life in the ...