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Ancient history
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldIn the 2nd to 1st century BC, a Greek epigrammist named Antipater of Sidon wrote an inscription that listed seven marvels.
- Ancient historyThe first written words appeared in Mesopotamia around 3400 BC, etched into clay tablets by scribes who needed to track grain and livestock.
- Hellenistic GreeceIn 323 BC, the death of Alexander the Great triggered a violent scramble for power among his former generals. These men, known as the Diadochi, fought armed…
- Ancient RomeArchaeological evidence of settlement around Rome starts to emerge in the middle of the 8th century BC. Large-scale organisation appears only then, with the…