Spices, often overlooked, played a pivotal role in shaping Ancient Greek civilization. From the bustling markets of Athens to ...

There was a fair amount of Greek tradition in my household growing up—we were raised in the Greek Orthodox church and did it up for holidays like Easter. But on the flip side, my parents also wanted ...

User-Created Clip by mcgorry November 15, 2022 2003-06-07T09:10:08-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/77f/1668612864.jpgAmerican University History Professor ...

Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the Greek kingdom of Egypt. Arguably it was the most enlightened, wealthy, and powerful of all ...

Bronze has been an important metal for millennia. Some two thousand years of Greek history come under the Bronze Age, 3,100 – 1,000 years BCE. This was a time of enormous creativity and courage when ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! American University History Professor Valerie French discusses the ancient Greek empire, its rise, and its impact on Western civilization. This ...

The motor of human history turns on the question of political form. In the ancient world, two such forms prevailed: the city-state and the empire. Indeed, the history of the ancient world is ...