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Hellenes - Ancient Greek Mythology

The Ionian Greeks

This entry is part 17 of 49 in the series Hellenes Greek History and Mythology

The Ionian Greeks, who lived on the coast of Asia Minor and the adjoining islands, had produced some of the leading poets and thinkers of the Greek world. Thales of Miletus (640-546 B.C.) predicted an eclipse of the sun and…

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July 19, 2018

Our World has Roots in the Distant Past

Early Civilization Spreads by Land and Sea

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Our World has Roots in the Distant Past

Now Hiram, King of Tyre, sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him King. . . And Solomon sent word to Hiram, “ . . . I purpose to build a house for the name…

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March 27, 2018

Ancient Greece 3000 B.C. - 323 B.C.

The Greek Way of Life 700 B. C. – 343 B. C.

This entry is part 11 of 13 in the series Ancient Greece 3000 B.C. – 323 B.C.

In the first years of Spartan peace, Greece was filled with wandering soldiers. Their little cities needed them no more. The new governments, which Spartans appointed, looked on them as men who might make trouble and were quick to get…

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July 3, 2017

Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C - 648 B. C.

A New People, a New Faith 650 B. C. – 330 B. C

This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Early Civilizations 400,000 B.C – 648 B.C.

BABYLON, the final capital of Mesopotamia civilization, had fallen to warrior tribesmen from the east, the Medes and Persians. The Medes and Persians were descended from the Aryan peoples who for centuries had been moving out of the grasslands of…

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June 9, 2017