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In this interview, World History Encyclopedia is talking to author Daniel Ogden about his new book The Werewolf in the Ancient World. Daniel Ogden (Author): Thank you for inviting me! Kelly (WHE): Of course, we are very excited to have...

Daniel Morgan (l. c. 1735-1802) was an American frontiersman and soldier, most famous for leading a corps of riflemen during the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Continental Army and...

Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605/604-562 BCE) was the greatest King of ancient Babylon during the period of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626-539 BCE), succeeding its founder, his father, Nabopolassar (r. 626-605 BCE). He is best known from the biblical...

Terracotta icon depicting Daniel in the lions' den, found in Vinicko Kale, North Macedonia, 5th-6th century. Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia, Skopje. The archaeological site of Vinicko Kale (Fortress of Vinica...

The Achaemenid Persian Empire functioned as well as it did because of the efficient bureaucracy established by its founder Cyrus the Great (r. c. 550-530 BCE) which was administered through the satrapy system. A Persian governor of a province...

Daniel Webster, or 'Black Dan', who made up one-third of the 'Great Triumvirate' of US congressmen (the other two being Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun), portrait by Francis Alexander, commissioned in honor of his legal defense in Dartmouth...

Daniel in the Lions' den visited by an angel, oil on canvas by François-Alexandre Verdier, c. 1705. Museum of Fine Arts, Caen.

Shays' Rebellion leaders Daniel Shays (left) and Job Shattuck, illustration by an unknown artist, 1787. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Portrait of Daniel Morgan by an unknown artist, from the George Washington Bicentennial Commission c. 1924. US National Archives and Records Administration.

Prophets Daniel and Ezekiel on the south side of the medieval rood screen. St Firman's, North Crawley, Buckinghamshire.