Marxism has had a huge impact on the study of the past in two distinct, but interrelated ways. On the one hand, Marxist ...

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When it comes to Greek mythology, myth and legend, fairy tales and fantasy, can be just as informative as historical facts.

While the history ... Where did the ancient Greeks think their alphabet came from? The earliest known record of the origin of the Greek alphabet is from Herodotus. He claimed that a prince from ...

In a world where information flows freely, it’s easy to forget that, for centuries, knowledge was much harder to come by. Imagine living in a time when the internet didn’t exist, books were scarce, ...

• The first recorded New Year’s celebration took place in the city of Babylon in Mesopotamia some 4,000 years ago. • The ...