The Ancient East

“Thanks to” the works of the Greek historian Herodotus and some other authors of antiquity, we are accustomed to seeing in the Scythians and Sarmatians...

Herodotus called the Sarmatians “lizard-headed”. Lomonosov believed that the Slavs descended from them, and the Polish gentry called themselves theirs...

However, the question of whether the Sumerian civilization existed remained only a scientific hypothesis until, in 1877, an employee...

With the advent of the first states, the need arose to regulate public life in the country, and soon...

After the death of the conqueror of Egypt, King Cambyses, the Persian throne was seized by the impostor magician Gaumata. He pretended to be Smerdis, brother...

Studying a culture that has left no written sources is reminiscent of interrogating a mute and, what’s more, illiterate person. All received...

Understanding political processes in the history of a particular people is impossible without understanding their economic causes. Any society...

Zoroaster taught that the surest protection from the devas is given to a person by purity of thoughts, words and deeds; assigned the duties of a hardworking person...

Sumerians - people or Gods... Time erased Sumer from the annals of history and, if not for linguists, perhaps we would never have known about...

Cultures often overlap one another and not everyone understands what came before and what came later. Those who are passionate about Friedrich's work...

Seven festivals in honor of seven deities were made a religious duty for believers. During sacred holidays, Heaven opens...

Many religions have sacred books: for Jews it is the Torah, for Christians it is the Bible. Muslims revere the Koran, Buddhists - the Tripitaka,...

In the south of modern Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, a mysterious people, the Sumerians, settled almost 7,000 years ago. They brought...

The "Scythian world" took shape in the 1st millennium AD. It originated in the steppes of Eurasia. This is a cultural, historical and economic...

The legendary Persian king Darius I was a talented commander, conqueror, successor of Cyrus and Cambyses, the main founder...

The Sumerians are a people who inhabited the lands of ancient Mesopotamia starting from the 4th millennium BC. Sumerians - the first civilization on...

Zoroastrianism is based on ancient Iranian religious cults. The Zoroastrians themselves call their religion “Vahvi Daena Mazdayasni”...

Water is life. It’s hard to disagree with this statement. We accept it because we know the important role water plays in life...

Darius I Image of Darius I on an ancient Greek vase Darius I (522-485 BC) - king of Persia. Darius was proclaimed king...

As a result of twenty-five years of research, the doctor of historical sciences, anthropologist and sculptor established that there is...

(3/16.8.1902, Kunevo estate, Okulovsky district, Novgorod region, -21.5.1960, Moscow) - son of E.I. and N.K. Roerichs. Director...

Dario Alonzo Cologna (Italian: Dario Alonzo Cologna; March 11, 1986, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Grisons) - Swiss skier,...

What can a small group of young people do if they have a little free time? Why not play something? IN...

The results of the children's drawing competition “Water is a priceless gift of nature”, dedicated to World Water Day, organized by...

It is better to drink and caress cheerful beauties, Than to seek salvation in fasting and prayers. If hell is for lovers and drunkards, then...

Name: Joan of Arc (Maiden of Orleans) State: France Field of activity: Army, religion, politics The greatest...

The Edict of Milan is a letter from the emperors Constantine and Licinius, proclaiming religious tolerance in the territory of the Roman Empire....

Distant India is of great interest to tourists. This country has thousands of ancient attractions that...

History of evolutionary ideas. The significance of the works of C. Linnaeus, the teachings of J. B. Lamarck Evolution is the irreversible historical development of living...

Jeanne's childhood Jeanne d'Arc was born in the village of Domremy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine into a family of impoverished nobles (or wealthy...

Religions of Mesopotamia (other - Sumerian-Akkadian, Babylonian religion) - a collective name for polytheistic beliefs,...

All our lives we choose something, that is, we make decisions. It’s not difficult to make simple everyday decisions -...

According to Babylonian myth, before the creation of earth and sky, a creature named Apsu and his wife Tiamat produced Lahma and Lahama, and they, in their...

Irakli, the son of Teimuraz II and grandson of Irakli I, received his first baptism of fire at the age of 15. In 1737-1739 he marched on India....

Purpose: To introduce students to I.A.’s fable. Krylov “Frogs asking for the Tsar.” Continue to develop the ability to understand allegorical...

Manufacturer: "NEW LITERARY REVIEW" Series: "Russia in Memoirs" The book contains for the first time almost unknown to Russian...

Midas - in ancient Greek mythology, the son of Gordius, king of Phrygia. Two popular myths in antiquity are associated with the name of Midas: about the golden...

Unique designation: frogs asking for the Tsar (Krylov's fable) Designation: frogs asking for the Tsar...

On one of the hot and stuffy days of the 4th year of the new era, which had just begun, the territory of the Herodion fortress, located 15 km from...

In ancient Sparta there was not one king, but two. They ruled simultaneously and belonged to two different dynasties. According to Greek...