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The Lost Knowledge of the Ancients: Were Humans the First? Part 1
... and computers were a reality long before the 1940´s. The early Bronze Age inhabitants of the Levant used computers in ... and computers were a reality long before the 1940´s. The early Bronze Age inhabitants of the Levant used computers in ... greater scientific knowledge than the European nations of Byzantine and Medieval times. Until the second part of the ...
Sam Bostrom - 05/06/2017 - 02:08
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Was Pisa’s 1016 Sardinia Expedition the First Crusade of Them All?
... the emerging Islamic threat, during the late 10th and early 11th centuries, they were also embarking on an ... to usurp power. With the economic expansion of Pisa in the early 11th century, adequate safeguards such as ... series of feeble local magnates who pledged fealty to the Byzantine empire but who were unable to defend the land from ...
Jake Leigh-Howarth - 10/05/2022 - 23:01
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Ibn Battuta—The Marco Polo of Dar-al-Islam
... to retire and live a quieter life as an Islamic scholar. Early Life of Ibn Battuta Ibn Battuta was born in the year ... Ibn Battuta may have met Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor in late 1332. (Андроник III ...
Caleb Strom - 15/01/2019 - 17:23
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Hasankeyf No More: Turkish Government Submerges 12,000-Year-Old Town
... all over the world. Unfortunately, the submersion of the early Mesopotamian settlement is now imminent. The ... all over the world. Unfortunately, the submersion of the early Mesopotamian settlement is now imminent. Turkish ... immense transformations over its long life-span, from a Byzantine bishopric to an Arab fortress and an outpost in the ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 28/05/2019 - 17:07
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Archaeologists find mysterious ancient dolphin statue near Gaza
... Strip amid the ruins of a settlement dating from the late Byzantine and early Islamic periods. It depicts a dolphin carrying a fish ... Roman, but it may have been incorporated into the later, Byzantine-era, building. “The mystery is where the statue ...
Robin Whitlock - 26/09/2018 - 02:36
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The Khazars: A Forgotten Medieval Empire that Ruled the Northern Caucasus
... Hunnic Empire as the Akatzirs that were mentioned by the Byzantine diplomat and historian named Priscus of Panium. ... to withdraw north of the Caucasus. Nevertheless, the early victories of the Khazar over the Arabs helped to block ... relations with the other superpower of the day, the Byzantine Empire. For instance, during the 7th century, the ...
dhwty - 29/12/2018 - 22:52
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Galen: A Famous Medical Researcher of Classical Antiquity
... but also of the Islamic world and Medieval Europe. The Early Life of Galen Galen is believed to have been born ... Galen. ( Public Domain ) Apart from his father, Galen’s early life was also influenced by the city he was born in, ... his works were mostly forgotten in the West. In the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, by contrast, ...
dhwty - 03/03/2016 - 03:48
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Between the Hammer and Anvil: The Life of Grand Prince Alexander Nevsky
... Ukraine, and Belarus. The Origins of Rus’ and the Early Life of Alexander Nevsky The Kievan Rus’, also known ... Great. Varangian Guard: Bodyguards and Berserkers of the Byzantine Empire 800-Year-Old Russian Mass Grave Illustrates ... was born and where his father ruled from. Ever since his early youth, Alexander was groomed to be a military leader, ...
Aleksa Vučković - 14/01/2020 - 19:10
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Infant Burial Site Along with Furnace Discovered at 2,800-year-old Kelenderis
The ancient city of Kelenderis on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey is the site of the Greek Celenderis, a port and fortress in ancient Cilicia and later Isauria. From here, a furnace for commercial production and a child’s grave with glass bracelets have been located, adding to the rich findings of this locality.
Sahir - 27/06/2022 - 22:56
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6 Shockingly Successful Ancient Warfare Tactics
... filled these tunnels with deadly sulphuric gas in an early chemical warfare tactic (Marsyas / CC BY SA 3.0 ) 3.The ... Image from an illuminated manuscript depicting a Byzantine siege of a citadel. A tactic of ancient biological ... stop there though. They were also used as a kind of early hand grenade . It has been recorded that Hannibal of ...
Robbie Mitchell - 30/12/2022 - 13:51
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Is This The Oldest Chess Piece In The World?
... tombs dating to the first century, a ruined Roman fort, Byzantine churches and early Islamic mosques. Rooks Were Once Horse-Drawn Chariots ... there are references to chess-playing in Islamic texts as early as AD 643. And if this tiny sandstone figurine is ...
ashley cowie - 28/11/2019 - 18:36
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Woman, Healer, Goddess? Famous (and Forbidden) Female Physicians in the Ancient World
... women studied at the royal medical school at Heliopolis as early as 1500 BCE. Cylinder seal featuring Queen Puabi of Ur. ... called Sixteen Books on Medicine , Aëtius of Amida, a Byzantine Greek physician, describes the surgical techniques ... headdress, holding an orb. (Miscellanea medica XVIII), early 14th century (France), a copy of the ...
MartiniF - 19/04/2017 - 15:34
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Medieval Monks: The Life and Times of God’s Men in Robes
... lifestyles have a history that can be traced back as early as 600 BC. Though not yet called monasticism, records ... stems from origins in Hinduism. Historians believe that early Jainists took the concept of these holy men from ... widely throughout Europe. In the 5th century AD, the Byzantine Empire and Roman Europe caught wind of monasteries ...
Lex Leigh - 17/07/2022 - 18:56
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Teenagers Find Hoard of Islamic Gold Coins in Israel
... . Some of the coins and clippings have been dated to the Early Islamic period, but most came from the Abbasid ... the treasure. What Can the Gold Coins Tell Us About Byzantine-Arab Relations? During an examination of the ... Emperor Theophilos. ( Public domain ) The discovery of a Byzantine coin may indicate that the relationship between the ...
Ed Whelan - 24/08/2020 - 21:23
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Second Century Asclepius Inscription Found at Anatolian Site
... one being occupied during the late Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, and while he may have been Greek in ... rock sometime in the second century AD. "This means the early imperial period,” Çelikbaş confirmed.” We can say ... was an important Roman city and a cult center in the early imperial period." By Roman times Asclepius was well ...
Nathan Falde - 09/09/2022 - 14:54
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Stunning 360° Tour Inside Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia (Video)
... Originally built as a cathedral in 532 AD during the Byzantine Empire, it reigned as the world's largest cathedral ... Originally built as a cathedral in 532 AD during the Byzantine Empire , it reigned as the world's largest ...
Robbie Mitchell - 11/08/2023 - 17:00
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Metal Detectorist Discovers Ultra-Rare Chinese Coin in England
... England, both recovered from what seem to be medieval to early modern sites, adds weight to the case for considering ... . “The scheme has, for example, revealed that many more early medieval Byzantine and Islamic coins reached Britain than was ...
Nathan Falde - 03/01/2021 - 17:59
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Viminacium: Where Mammoths Roamed and Romans Ruled
... into ruins and became depopulated. It was restored by the early Byzantine Emperor Justinian I , but was once again sacked, ... new city. During the collapse of Byzantine power in the early 7 th century the Slavs sacked the city and it was later ...
Ed Whelan - 03/10/2019 - 01:22
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Strange ‘Huddled’ Skeletons Discovered in Berenice Troglodytica Tombs
... layers, with one under the other, though it is too early to know whether these burials were all at once or at ...
Sahir - 25/05/2022 - 22:56
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The incredible rock houses and underground cities of Cappadocia
... the Hittites, Persians, Alexander the Great, Rome, The Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, and Turkey have all ... tools. It is known that most of the levels were dug out by early Christians to provide them with refuge from persecution ... pottery and tools found in Cappadocia attest to an early human presence in the region. Excavations at the modern ...
aprilholloway - 28/02/2014 - 12:02