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The History and Empire of Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great declared himself the successor of the Persian king and added the Persian territories to his empire.
Alexander the Great decided to conquer the entire civilized world and become world master....
Persian Empire Rise and FallHe builds on what was built by Cyrus the Great and quickly gets the empire back on its feet. Darius' reign was a high point for the Persian Empire....
The History of the Roman EmpireHaving made a great contribution both to the world of that time and to the modern one, the Roman Empire remains forever in the history that fortunately every one of us has heard....
The history of Peter the GreatHe declared himself Emperor Peter the Great and is one of the greatest Russian rulers. He continued his reforms throughout his rule....
Assyria - the First World EmpireIn less than a century, Assyria had changed completely from a small kingdom to a never-before-seen Empire. The flags of the Assyrian kings were raised from Egypt to Persia. The state sprawled on 2 continents....
How the Great Caravaggio DiedThey concluded that the virus that killed the great Caravaggio was Staphylococcus Aureus.
Caravaggio's art imitated his life - unrestrained, loaded with bright emotions and deprivation....
The Tragic Fate of the Great Alan TuringAlan Turing is considered one of the greatest minds to have ever lived. He was a mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, computer scientist and philosopher. The British man is regarded as the father of theoretical computer...
The Greatest Empires in HistoryThe Persian Empire
The Achaemenid Persian Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 BC. He bore the title King of Kings (Shahanshah)....
The Third Person SyndromeThis says Lincoln Hull, and the phenomenon is called the syndrome of the third person, or third person factor. These are cases where people feel a presence, visible or invisible....
The Celts and the Celtic KingdomThe Celtic kingdom in the Balkan - time of emergence and disappearance
The great march of the Celts on today's Balkan lands began in 280 BC, when 170 thousand Celts, divided into two groups, attacked the lands of today's...
The ancient Persians used chemical weaponsBritish archaeologist Simon James from the City University of Leicester has found that even in the third century AD, an army of the Persian Empire had used poisonous gas during the siege of the ancient Roman town Dura, located...
The Great Historical Figures who Died VirginsSome of the most celebrated artists, great minds and leaders in the history of mankind have left this world without ever having sex, preserving their chastity from birth until death....
World Wonders: The Great Wall of ChinaGreat Wall of China was honored as one of the world's great wonders. It covers 6700 kilometers from east to west China and is more than 2000 years years old....
The years of the dragon and snakeAccording to the Chinese Horoscope, the Year of the Dragon - 2012 – holds a potential threat to all people on the planet. It is believed that this is the year of change, but not for the best. This is, however, the time of...
Germs and the TyrannosaurusSimple single-celled parasite of the genus Gallinae Trichomonas is the main culprit for the disappearance of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, say paleontologists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Experts studied more than...