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![Hipparchia the Cynic: Devoted Wife, Mother, & Outspoken Greek Philosopher](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/14088.jpg?v=1700164623)
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Hipparchia the Cynic: Devoted Wife, Mother, & Outspoken Greek Philosopher
Cynic philosopher, wife of Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360 – 280 BCE), and mother of his children, Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE) defied social norms in order to live her beliefs. She is all the more impressive in that she taught...
![The Mummy's Curse: Tutankhamun's Tomb & the Modern-Day Media](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6599.jpg?v=1713728223)
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The Mummy's Curse: Tutankhamun's Tomb & the Modern-Day Media
Howard Carter's 1922 CE discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun was world-wide news but, following fast upon it, the story of the mummy's curse (also known as The Curse of the Pharaoh) became even more popular and continues to be in the present...
![Ancient Handicrafts in Rural Lebanon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12113.jpg?v=1618621217)
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Ancient Handicrafts in Rural Lebanon
Traditional Lebanese handicrafts are considered to be a major sector of the living cultural heritage in the rural areas of Lebanon. Transmitted from one generation to another, traditional rural Lebanese handicrafts have been able to persist...
![Top 5 'Deep-Dive' Virtual Shipwrecks](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13827.jpg?v=1702904106)
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Top 5 'Deep-Dive' Virtual Shipwrecks
According to UNESCO, an estimated three million shipwrecks are scattered in the oceans’ deep canyons, trenches, and coral reefs and remain undiscovered. These shipwrecks preserve historical information and provide clues about how people lived...
![Ancient Persia](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/147.jpg?v=1709146444)
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Ancient Persia
Persia (roughly modern-day Iran) is among the oldest inhabited regions in the world. Archaeological sites in the country have established human habitation dating back 100,000 years to the Paleolithic Age with semi-permanent settlements (most...
![Maya Religion](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16507.jpg?v=1714476063)
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Maya Religion
Maya religious beliefs are formed on the notion that virtually everything in the world contains k'uh, or sacredness. K'uh and k'uhul, similar terms which are used to explain the spirituality of all inanimate and animate things, describe the...
![Confucianism](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1410.jpg?v=1710908763)
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Confucianism
Confucianism is a philosophy developed in 6th-century BCE China, which is considered by some a secular-humanist belief system, by some a religion, and by others a social code. The broad range of subjects touched on by Confucianism lends itself...
![Zapotec Civilization](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2127.png?v=1709346543)
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Zapotec Civilization
The Zapotecs, known as the 'Cloud People', dwelt in the southern highlands of central Mesoamerica, specifically, in the Valley of Oaxaca, which they inhabited from the late Preclassic period to the end of the Classic period (500 BCE - 900...
![Psyche](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/15156.jpg?v=1713097143)
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Psyche
Psyche was the goddess of the soul in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Born a mortal woman, her beauty rivaled that of Aphrodite (Venus) and inspired the love of Aphrodite's son, Eros, god of desire. After completing a series of seemingly...
![Pre-Socratic Philosophers](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12885.jpg?v=1712237466)
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Pre-Socratic Philosophers
The Pre-Socratic Philosophers are defined as the Greek thinkers who developed independent and original schools of thought from the time of Thales of Miletus (l. c. 585 BCE) to that of Socrates of Athens (470/469-399 BCE). They are known as...