Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon
The Battle of Marathon (490 BC) was the culmination of King Darius I of Persia's first major attempt to conquer the remainder of the Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Babylonian Calendar: Encyclopedia - Babylonian Calendar
The Babylonian calendar was a lunisolar calendar with years consisting of 12 lunar months, each beginning when a new crescent moon was fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is the term used to describe the Greek-speaking world in ancient times. It refers not only to the geographical peninsula o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegina: Encyclopedia - Aegina
Aegina (Greek: Αίγινα Egina), one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 31 miles (50 km) from Athens. Tradition der...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia - Cyprus
2. The north has a separate president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). 3. Not recognised by Turkey, which instead recog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 496 Bc: Encyclopedia - 496 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 498 Bc: Encyclopedia - 498 Bc
Centuries: 6th century BC - 5th century BC - 4th century BC Decades: 540s BC 530s BC 520s BC 510s BC 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC 470s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestrina: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestrina - Ancient Praeneste
Early burials show that the site was already occupied in the 8th or 7th century BC. The ancient necropolis lay on a plateau at the foot o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - Origins
At the end of the 6th century BC, Darius the Great ruled over an immense realm, from western India to eastern Europe. In 513 BC Darius, f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - History
Cyprus - Prehistoric and Ancient Cyprus. Main article: Cyprus (Prehistory), Ancient history of Cyprus There are but scanty traces of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Revolt Of Naxos
In 502 BC, the people of Naxos, an island in the Aegean Sea controlled by the Persian Empire, revolted. The former rulers of Naxos appeal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Background
Hippias, tyrant of Athens, had been expelled in 510 BC by his people, with the assistance of Cleomenes I, King of Sparta. He fled to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dodecanese: Encyclopedia Ii - Dodecanese - History
The Dodecanese have been inhabited since prehistoric times. In the oldest historic period, they formed part of the Minoan civilization fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegina: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegina - Ancient History
Aegina, according to Herodotus (v. 83), was a colony of Epidaurus, to which state it was originally subject. The discovery in the island ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Society
The distinguishing features of ancient Greek society were the division between free and slave, the differing roles of men and women, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestrina: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestrina - Sanctuary Of Fortuna Primigenia
Praeneste was chiefly famed for its great Temple of Fortuna Primigenia connected with the oracle known as the Praenestine lots (sortes pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Sack Of Sardis
An Athenian and Eretian fleet sailed Athenian troops to Ephesus. There they joined with a force of Ionians and marched upon Artaphernes' ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Palestrina: Encyclopedia Ii - Palestrina - Christian Praeneste
A bishop of Praeneste is first mentioned in 313. The cathedral, just below the level of the temple, occupies the former civil basilica of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Demographics
Greek and Turkish Cypriots share many customs but maintain their ethnicity based on religion, language, and close ties with their respect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - Xerxes' Invasion
In 480, Darius' successor Xerxes I mounted a massive expedition, consisting of perhaps 60,000-120,000 soldiers and 1,000 ships, although ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greco-persian Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Greco-persian Wars - The Greek Counterattack
Encouraged by Xerxes' failures, the Greeks of Asias and the islands revolted again. In 478, a fleet under Pausanias captured Byzantium an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The immediate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ionian Revolt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ionian Revolt - The Ionian Revolt
With the failure of his attempt to intervene in Naxos, Aristagoras found himself in dire straits: unable to repay Artaphernes, he had ali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Terminology
The name Cyprus has a somewhat uncertain etymology. One suggestion is that it comes from the Greek word "κυπάρισσος (kypa'risso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Dominance Of Athens
The Persian Wars ushered in a century of Athenian dominance of Greek affairs. Athens was the unchallenged master of the sea, and also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Spartan And Theban Dominance
The end of the Peloponnesian War left Sparta the master of Greece, but the narrow outlook of the Spartan warrior elite did not suit them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Social And Political Conflict
The Greek cities were originally monarchies, although many of them were very small and the term "King" (basileus) for their rulers is mis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegina: Encyclopedia Ii - Aegina - Antiquities
The archaeological interest of Aegina is centred in the well-known temple on the ridge near the northern corner of the island. Excavation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - Origins
The Greeks are believed to have migrated southward into the Balkan peninsula in several waves beginning in the late 3rd millennium BC, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Hellas
In the 8th century BC Greece began to emerge from the Dark Ages which followed the fall of the Mycenaean civilization. Literacy had been ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Rise Of Macedon
The Kingdom of Macedon was formed in the 7th century BC out of northern Greek tribes. They played little part in Greek politics before th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Conquests Of Alexander
Philip was succeeded by his 20-year-old son Alexander, who immediately set out to carry out his father's plans. He travelled to Corinth w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Politics
After independence Cyprus became a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement despite all three guarantor powers (Greece, Turkey and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Economy
Economic affairs in Cyprus are dominated by the division of the country due to the Turkish occupation of the north part of the island. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Demographics
Greek and Turkish Cypriots share many customs but maintain their ethnicity based on religion, language, and close ties with their respect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Geography
Cyprus is geographically close to the Middle East (see also Southwest Asia and Near East) and due to the island's geographic proximity is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Aftermath
As soon as Datis had put to sea, the Athenians marched to Athens. They arrived in time to prevent Artaphernes from securing a landing. Se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Persian Wars
In Ionia (the modern Aegean coast of Turkey) the Greek cities, which included great centres such as Miletus and Halicarnassus, were unabl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greece - The Peloponnesian War
In 431 BC war broke out again between Athens and Sparta and its allies. The proximate cause was a dispute between Corinth and one of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Marathon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Marathon - Battle
On the ninth day (either 12 September or possibly 12 August 490 BC reckoned in the proleptic Julian calendar) it became known to the Athe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyprus: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyprus - Education
Cyprus has a well-developed system of primary and secondary education offering both public and private education. Unlike in other countri...   » Read the article