Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome
Ancient Roman culture evolved throughout the almost 1300-year history of that civilization. The term refers to the culture of the Roman R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Cultures
Ancient warfare - Chinese. Main article: Military history of China Ancient China during the Shang Dynasty was a Bronze Age society ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Article - Ancient Indian History And Culture: Knowledge Of Ancient Indian History And Culture In The Hindu Scriptures
Knowledge of Ancient Indian History and Culture: The Mahabharata contains also the immortal discourse of Bhishma on Dharma, which he gave...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare
Ancient warfare is war as conducted from the beginnings of history to the end of the ancient period. In Europe, the end of antiquity is o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization along the Lower Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north as far south as Jebel Barkal at the time...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded on the Italian peninsula in the 8th century BCE. During ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics
This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. For an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Hawaii: Encyclopedia - Ancient Hawaii
Ancient Hawaiʻi refers to the period of Hawaiian history preceding the unification of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi by Kamehameha the Great in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, part...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East
The Religions of the Ancient Near East were mostly polytheistic, with some early examples of emerging Henotheism (Akhenaton, early Judais...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina encompasses: Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ancient cultural heritage. Bosnian Cyrillic Cultur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Pueblo Peoples: Encyclopedia - Ancient Pueblo Peoples
Ancient Pueblo People, or Ancestral Puebloans is a preferred term for the cultural group of people often known as Anasazi who are the anc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians
The racial identity of ancient Egyptians is steeped in controversy. The black presence in Ancient Egypt was generally treated by scholars...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt
Life in Egypt The Culture of Egypt has five thousand years of recorded history. Ancient Egypt was among the earliest civilizations. For m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece
The culture of Greece has evolved over thousands of years, with its beginnings in Ancient Greece, through the influence of the Roman Empi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bast Goddess: Encyclopedia - Bast Goddess
In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelt Ubasti, and Pasht) is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulture: Encyclopedia - Vulture
Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly from carcasses of dead animals. Vultures are found in every continent but Antarctica and Oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Culture: Encyclopedia - Serbian Culture
Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia as well as the culture of Serbians in other parts of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samhain: Encyclopedia - Samhain
For information on the band, see Samhain (band). Samhain (IPA: /ˈsawənʲ/) is the word for November in Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Totem: Encyclopedia - Totem
A totem is any natural or supernatural object, being or animal which has personal symbolic meaning to an individual and to whose phenomen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classics: Encyclopedia - Classics
Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Labrys: Encyclopedia - Labrys
Labrys is the term for a doubleheaded axe, known to the Classical Greeks as pelekus πέλεκυς or sagaris (the term for a single-blad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Throne: Encyclopedia - Throne
A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Culture
Ancient Rome - Language. Main article: Latin The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language that relies little on wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Culture
Ancient Rome - Language. The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language that relies little on word order, conveying me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Culture
The Egyptian religions, embodied in Egyptian mythology, were the succession of beliefs held by the people of Egypt, until the coming of C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily by Greek authors. Some of the ear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - The Arts
Culture of ancient Rome - Literature. Main article: Latin literature Roman literature was from its very inception influenced heavily ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Religion
Roman religious beliefs date back to the founding of Rome, around 800 BC, but the Roman religion commonly associated with the Roman Repub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Language
The native language of the Romans was Latin, an Italic language. An inflectional and synthetic language, Latin relies little on word orde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Historical And Cultural Context
Many aspects of the Roman culture were appropriated from the Ancient Greeks. In architecture and sculpture, the continuity between Greek ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Customs And Daily Life
Life in the ancient Roman cities revolved round the Forum, the central business district, where most of the Romans would go for marketing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Sports And Entertainment
The ancient city of Rome had a place called Campus, a sort of drill ground for Roman soliders, which was located near the Tiber river. La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Ancient Rome - Social Structure
The center of the early social structure, dating from the time of the agricultural tribal city state, was the family, which was not only ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Throne: Encyclopedia Ii - Throne - Thrones In Ancient Cultures
Thrones have been the symbol of monarchs and gods since ancient times. The throne was used for coronation ceremonies and to lift the king...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire - Vampires In Ancient Cultures
Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Pueblo Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Pueblo Peoples - Cultural Divisions
Archaeological cultural units such as "Anasazi", Hohokam, Patayan or Mogollon are used by archaeologists to define material culture simil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vampire: Encyclopedia Ii - Vampire - Vampires In Ancient Cultures
Tales of the dead craving blood are ancient in nearly every culture around the world. Vampire-like spirits called the Lilu are mentioned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Pueblo Peoples: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Pueblo Peoples - Anasazi As A Cultural Label
The term "Anasazi" was established in archaeological terminology through the Pecos Classification system in 1927. Archaeologist Linda Cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serpent Mound: Encyclopedia Ii - Serpent Mound - The Fort Ancient Culture
Main article: Fort Ancient culture Two pieces of wood charcoal were found in the undisturbed portion of the serpent mound. When carbon da...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Contemporary Standards Of Neighboring Cultures
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Egypt. In Egypt the khet was 100 royal cubits In Egypt 210 khet were an itrw or hour of tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Cultural And Religious Arguments
The following article excerpted from the Encyclopaedia Britannica illustrates some elements of the cultural argument, pro and con. Encycl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
It is particularly noteworthy that the basic elements of Egyptian culture were remarkably stable and changed little over a period of near...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Technology
Ancient Rome boasted the most impressive technological feats of its day, utilizing many advancements that would be lost in the Middle Age...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Society
Life in ancient Rome revolved around the city of Rome, located on seven hills. The city had a vast number of monumental structures like t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - History
The ancient Egyptians themselves traced their origin to a land they called Punt, or "Ta Nteru" ("Land of the Gods"). Once commonly though...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Tactics And Weapons
Ancient warfare - Strategy. Ancient strategy focused broadly on the twin goals of making continued war seem more costly than submitting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - History
Ancient Rome - Monarchy. Main article: Roman Kingdom The city of Rome grew from settlements around a ford on the river Tiber, a cross...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Military
The early Roman army was, like those of other contemporary city-states, a citizen force in which the bulk of the troops fought as hoplite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - History
Ancient Rome - Monarchy. The city of Rome grew from settlements around a ford on the river Tiber, a crossroads of traffic and trade. Ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People
A recent genetic study links the maternal lineage of a traditional population from Upper Egypt to Eastern Africa [1]. A separate study fu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Rome - Military
The early Roman army was, like those of other contemporary city-states, a citizen force in which the bulk of the troops fought as hoplite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Geography
Egypt is a transcontinental nation located mostly in North Africa, with the Sinai peninsula lying in Asia. The country has shorelines on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Geography
Most of Egypt is in North Africa; though the Sinai Peninsula is in Southwest Asia. The country has shorelines on the Mediterranean Sea an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
The ancient Egyptians spoke an Afro-Asiatic language related to Chadic, Berber and Semitic languages. Records of the ancient Egyptian lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Language
Ancient Egyptian constitutes an independent branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Its closest relatives are the Berber, Semitic, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Achievements
See Predynastic Egypt for inventions and other significant achievements in the Sahara region before the Protodynastic Period. The art and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egypt - People And Origins
Archaeological findings show that nomadic hunter-gatherers lived along the Nile during the Pleistocene. Traces of these early peoples app...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Definition
Art historians generally define Ancient Greek art as the art produced in the Greek-speaking world from about 1000 BC to about 100 BC. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Religions Of The Ancient Near East - Overview
There were many different cultures in the Ancient Near East with different languages, different cultures, different religions, and differ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Ancient Rome-related Topics - History
List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Regional History. Roman Britain Roman invasion of Britain History of Greek and Roman Egypt Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Hawaii: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Hawaii - Polynesian Triangle
To understand Hawaiian native history and culture, one must understand the greater Polynesian phenomenon. Hawaiʻi is the apex of the Pol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art In Ancient Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Art In Ancient Greece - Survivals
Ancient Greek art has survived most successfully in the forms of sculpture and architecture, as well as in such minor arts as coin design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religions Of The Ancient Near East: Encyclopedia Ii - Religions Of The Ancient Near East - Common Threads
There are broad practices that these paths often hold in common: Purification and Cleansing Offerings, Sacrifices, and Libations Large P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Linguistic Arguments
Most philologists consider the ancient Egyptian language to be a member of the Afro-Asiatic family (otherwise called "Hamito-Semitic") - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Analysis Of Mummified Remains
Controversy over race of Ancient Egyptians - Melanin tests. Afrocentrists also cite the results of Cheikh Anta Diop's forensic tests of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulture: Encyclopedia Ii - Vulture - Vultures In Culture
Vulture - Ancient Egypt. In Southern Africa, the name for a Nubian Vulture is synonymous with the term applied to lovers, because these...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bast Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Bast Goddess - Bast In Popular Culture
In the Disney movie The Three Lives of Thomasina, the eponymous cat 'dies' during the movie and imagines herself going to cat heaven, pre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Literature
Ancient Egyptian literature dates back to the Old Kingdom, in the third millennium BC. Religious literature is best known for its hymns t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Warfare: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Warfare - Overview
The difference between prehistoric and ancient warfare is less one of technology than of organization. The development of first city-stat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Art And Architecture
The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Culture - Serbian Visual Arts
Main article: Serbian art Serbian culture - Ancient Serbian visual art. The territory of today's Serbia has been inhabitated since pre-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Culture: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Culture - Serbian Visual Arts
Main article: Serbian art Serbian culture - Ancient Serbian visual art. The territory of today's Serbia has been inhabited since pre-hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Language
Main Article: Languages of Egypt The Ancient Egyptian language, which formed a separate branch among the family of Afro-Asiatic languages...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Religion
Ancient Egyptian religion was a polytheistic system that saw the world as in conflict between forces of order and chaos. The Pharaoh, rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Egypt - Music And Dance
Egyptian music is a rich mixture of indigenous, Arabic, African and Western influences. As early as 4000 BC, ancient Egyptians were playi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Music
There have been excellent composers and performers in all kinds of music but traditional Greek music is noted as a mixture of influences ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Art And Architecture
The art and architecture of ancient Greece have greatly influenced Western art through the present day. Byzantine art and architecture al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Philosophy, Science And Mathematics
Main article: Greek philosophy The tradition of philosophy in Ancient Greece also added to the literary works. Greek learning has had a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical And Cultural Perspectives On Zoophilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical And Cultural Perspectives On Zoophilia - Zoophilia Through History
Historical and cultural perspectives on zoophilia - Ancient Greek and Roman. Prehistoric man probably was not bound by any self-image ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Background
The poem may have been inspired by James Cook's second voyage of exploration (1772-1775) of the south seas and the Pacific Ocean; Colerid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of Greece: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of Greece - Sports
Greek culture was and is more than cerebral. The Panhellenic Games and especially the Olympic Games originated in Greece in ancient times...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner: Encyclopedia Ii - The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - Plot Summary
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the supernatural events experienced by a mariner on a long sea voyage. The mariner stops a man wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Other
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Volume. 1 log:= 0.54 l 1 homer:= 720 log ≈ 390 l Ancient Mesopotamian units of measure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Sumerian Units
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Length. Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Area. sar: Garden plot (Sumerian) = ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Akkadian Units
Ancient Mesopotamian units of measurement - Length. 1 ŠU.BAD: 'open hand' = 12 šusi = 220 mm = 8.66" 1 ammat cubit of 530 mm - 20.87...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Mesopotamian Units Of Measurement - Mesopotamian Standards
The Greek root of stadios means to stand or have standing, to establish a standard. In Mesopotamia the problem was that there were severa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Totem: Encyclopedia Ii - Totem - Totems In Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe totems (mitupo) have been in use among the Shona people from the initial stages of their culture. The use of totems identifie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Megiddo Place: Encyclopedia Ii - Megiddo Place - References In Popular Culture
Megiddo was also the name of a 1985 board game, loosely based on the historic battleground. The game was published by a small company cal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Geographic Arguments
Opponents of Afrocentrism often argue that Egyptians belong among the Semitic peoples of the Middle East, pointing to the fact that Egypt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Exploration Of Venus: Encyclopedia Ii - Exploration Of Venus - Pre-spaceflight Observations
Exploration of Venus - Ancient cultures. One of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, from the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Reconstructionism: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Reconstructionism - Discrimination
see also Persecution of Ancient Greek Religion Ancient Greek religion was historically a community religion. Due to the vagaries of histo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Obstacles In Ascertaining Race
Determining the race of Ancient Egyptians is rife with difficulties. Race itself is an unscientific concept, and skin color within a sing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Kemet -- Black Land
Among Afrocentrist authors, it is common to refer to Egypt as "Kemet," the indigenous term for the country, which means "black land." Tra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians: Encyclopedia Ii - Controversy Over Race Of Ancient Egyptians - Artistic Arguments
Artistic renderings of the human form in dynastic Egyptian art were produced using a variety of pigments, including stark white, yellow, ...   » Read the article