Ancient Rome
Thermal baths in ancient Pompeii
The five large thermal baths in ancient city of Pompeii show us how much the bathing culture was developed in the ancient Roman society. Bathing...
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptian Gods and myths
Ancient Egyptian religion was based on polytheism, totemism, animism, anthropomorphism and fetishism. The Egyptian gods for the Egyptians represented the personification of the surrounding...
Ancient Rome
Pompeii, ancient city
The area of the ancient city Pompeii was firstly inhabited by the Neolithic population of the Campania who spoked Osci or Oscans language. The...
Ancient Greece
Ostracism, political practice in ancient Athens
In ancient Athens, there was an unusual method of condemning and banishing important political persons: it was voted by the Athenians in the so-called...
Medieval Britain
Cnut the Great as King of England (1016-1035)
Cnut, or Canute, was the first Danish King of all England (1016-1035). Cnut was the King of Denmark from 1018 until 1035 and he...
Islamic world
Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century
After the death of Prophet Muhammad in 632 AD came to the forefront of the Muslim community first Abu Bakr (632-634) and later Umar (Omar)...