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Greek Colonization
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Greek Colonization

From around 800 BCE, ancient Greek city-states, most of which were maritime powers, began to look beyond Greece for land and resources. As a consequence, they founded colonies across the Mediterranean. Trade was usually the first step in...
Orpheus
Definition by Mark Cartwright

Orpheus

Orpheus is a figure from ancient Greek mythology, most famous for his virtuoso ability in playing the lyre or kithara. His music could charm the wild animals of the forest, and even streams would pause and trees bend a little closer to hear...
Scythian Warfare
Definition by Patrick Scott Smith, M. A.

Scythian Warfare

Scythian warfare used state-of-the-art recurve bows and hit-and-run tactics against set infantry formations. Working from nimble horses, Scythian warriors could unleash a cloud of lethal arrows. Known, too, for their innovative use of scale...
Dacia
Definition by Adrian Dumitru

Dacia

Dacia was a region inhabited by the Dacians in the north of the Danube (modern Romania). The kingdom of Dacia was the creation of Burebistas (c. 80-44 BCE), who conquered and united several other Dacian principalities. Burebistas practically...
Periplus of the Euxine Sea
Article by Carole Raddato

Periplus of the Euxine Sea

The Periplus of the Euxine Sea (Circumnavigation of the Black Sea) is a description of trade routes along the shores of the Black Sea written by Arrian of Nicomedia (Lucius Flavius Arrianus), a historian and philosopher writing in the early...
Greek Earring from Crimea
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Greek Earring from Crimea

This is one of a set of two earrings. The lion-head terminal in repousse is mounted in a cone of sheet metal with embossed decoration. The loop for the ear was made from three twisted wires soldered together and merging into one. From this...
Sacred Well of Sa Testa
Image by Wanda Marcussen

Sacred Well of Sa Testa

The Nuragic well temple of Sa Testa, located in Olbia region, Sardinia, Italy, constructed c. 1500-1200 BCE.
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