In this article, we will present 8 interesting facts about the Vikings you probably did not know about and most of these facts will reveal the Viking culture and the other side of them, unlike what is prevalent among some of those interested in ancient peoples, especially the Vikings.   8 Interesting Facts About the ... Read more

Caliph Harun Al-Rashid makes an appearance as a character in many Arabian Nights stories. In fact, Harun al-Rashid takes an active role in a lot of the stories in the book. Therefore, he wasn’t a fictitious character, He was a genuine historical figure who made an enduring contribution to Islamic society and history. He was ... Read more

The area that is Spain today covers an Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea shoreline. In a period of Spain’s early history, it was called the Iberian Peninsula. Its connections to the pre-Romans, the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Carthage during the Classical Antiquity period on the Iberian Peninsula where open frontiers existed. The Iberian Peninsula was annexed ... Read more

What was North America like before 1607 ? When the Puritans, often referred to as the Pilgrims, came to North America in 1620 on the ship Mayflower and landed on the Massachusetts coast, what were the conditions, was there human activity or if not signs that human activity had occurred in the coastline of the ... Read more

The third Roman Emperor, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, also known by the nickname Caligula, ruled for only four years, from 37 to 41 AD. It's challenging to distinguish fact from fiction in the stories about the life of Emperor Caligula that have taken on legendary proportions. The son of the great general Germanicus, Caligula is ... Read more

The modern-day British Isles has an ancient history very similar to other European nations on the continent. The prehistoric continents as we are now aware were linked as single land masses during the times of the early homo-sapien communities or more directly the Homo - antecessor as one known group of the more common Homo-Sapiens/Erectus ... Read more

One of the most significant city-states in classical Greece, Sparta was renowned for its military strength. At Thermopylae and Plataea in the 5th century BCE saw the professional and well-trained Spartan hoplites engage against the Persian army with distinction. They were recognizable by their distinctive red cloaks and long hair. They were arguably the greatest ... Read more

Genghis Khan, the leader of the Mongols (1162-1227), grew up with a humble beginning and built the biggest land empire in history. He unified the nomadic tribes of the Mongolian plateau before capturing major portions of China and central Asia. His descendants continued to grow the empire, conquering distant lands. Between 11 and 12 million ... Read more

Timbuktu is located off the West African coast in Mali. Mali is further inland from the coastline and is land locked with Nigeria, Mauritania, and Algeria in the north, on its borders. Mali itself was established in the early part of the 12th Century, and Timbuktu in the 14th Century, in what was first informal ... Read more

The thalassocracy civilizations or water born Empires as they are called in Archaeological terms, have always been of keen fascination and interest to History academics and archaeologists. Interest in the recent discoveries of previously unknown civilisations that once existed on dry land and are now covered by encroaching coastlines, or alternately were built upon water ... Read more