Spartan women had more rights and enjoyed greater autonomy than women in any other Greek city-state of the Classical Period (5th-4th centuries BCE). Women could inherit property, own land, make business transactions, and were better...whe.to/ci/2-123-en/

The Neo-Assyrian kings are among the best-known of the Assyrian Empire and include Tiglath Pileser III, Shalmaneser III, Sargon II, Sennacherib, Esarhaddon, and Ashurbanipal. whe.to/ci/9-271-en/ #History #TiglathPileserIII #SargonII #Neo-AssyrianEmpire

The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident that occurred in 1797-98, involving diplomats from the United States and Revolutionary France. whe.to/ci/1-23419-en/ #History #XYZAffair #NapoleonBonaparte #JohnAdams

Women in the Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE) shared the daily chores and hardships of steppe life with men and were largely responsible for tending animals, setting up camps, childrearing, producing food and cooking it. Having rather...whe.to/ci/2-1466-en/

Isis is an ancient Egyptian goddess who became the most popular and enduring of all the Egyptian deities. Her name comes from the Egyptian Eset, ("the seat") which referred to her stability and also the throne of Egypt as she was...whe.to/ci/1-770-en/

Atreus was the mythical Greek king of Mycenae. He is perhaps best known for being the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, two heroes of the Trojan War, as well as for the terrible curse placed upon his family. This was a hereditary...whe.to/ci/1-10306-en/

Hellenistic astrology encompassed various forms of divination in Greece and the Mediterranean, all linked to the observation of astronomical phenomena. Hellenistic astrology was based on the belief that the stars and planets could...whe.to/ci/1-21590-en/

Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c. 270-208 BCE) was a five-time consul and, earning the nickname the 'Sword of Rome', he was one of the city's greatest military commanders. Active in both the First and Second Punic Wars, he also won...whe.to/ci/1-16277-en/

Women in the Mongol Empire (1206-1368 CE) shared the daily chores and hardships of steppe life with men and were largely responsible for tending animals, setting up camps, childrearing, producing food and cooking it. Having rather...whe.to/ci/2-1466-en/

Ezekiel was both a priest and a prophet who lived in the 6th century BCE. The prophets of Israel were oracles (a term for a person as well as a place) for ways in which humans communicated with their gods. The oracle was possessed...whe.to/ci/1-20610-en/

Today in #history: Virgil dies. (19 BCE). #OnThisDay 📝 He was so highly regarded by those authors who followed him that the early 14th-century CE Italian author Dante Alighieri chose Virgil as his guide through the nine levels of hell in The Inferno. ➡️ Read more:

Today in #history: Edward II of England is murdered at Berkeley Castle (his murder was most likely organised by his wife, Isabella of France, and her consort Roger Mortimer). (1327 CE). #OnThisDay 👑The king's lack of political and military talents as well as his excessive

Spanish Treasure Fleets #History #Acapulco #Americas #Atlantic worldhistory.org/Spanish_Treasu…

Happy #InternationalPeaceDay! 🕊️ The treaty of Kadesh was written in Akkadian language in 1269 BCE. It was a peace-treaty which was concluded between Ramesses II (the Egyptian pharaoh) and Hattusilis (king of Hittite). These two tablets were found in Boğazköy-Buyulkale (the

Hellenistic astrology encompassed various forms of divination in Greece and the Mediterranean, all linked to the observation of astronomical phenomena. Hellenistic astrology was based on the belief that the stars and planets could...whe.to/ci/1-21590-en/

Marcus Claudius Marcellus (c. 270-208 BCE) was a five-time consul and, earning the nickname the 'Sword of Rome', he was one of the city's greatest military commanders. Active in both the First and Second Punic Wars, he also won...whe.to/ci/1-16277-en/

Medical texts from ancient Mesopotamia provide prescriptions and practices for curing all manner of ailments, wounds, and diseases. There was one malady, however, which had no cure: passionate love. From a medical text found in...whe.to/ci/2-688-en/

😂😁 #HistoryHumour Cartoon credit: Scott Hillburn/Andrews McMeel Syndication.

John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) was an English lawyer best known as the Puritan leader of the first large wave of the Great Migration of Puritans from England to North America in 1630 CE and governor of the Massachusetts Bay...whe.to/ci/1-19361-en/