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Ancient history
The study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, starting with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.
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Battle of Salamis
History; Ancient Greece
The Battle of Salamis was a battle between an Alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire in September in the straits between the mainland and Salamis, an island in the Saronic Gulf near ...
Battle of Plataea 479 BC
History; Ancient Greece
The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle between the Greek alliance and the Persian Empire under the command of Mardonius during the second Persian invasion of Greece in 479 BC near the city ...
Battle of Thermopylae 480BC
History; Ancient Greece
The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle of the Second Persian Invasion of Greece between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the ...
elamite language
History; Ancient history
The elamite language is an extinct language that was spoken in the ancient Elamite Empire (Elam)which spanned present-day Iran from 2800-550 BCE. It is a language isolate (although it is possibly ...
town
History; Ancient history
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world.In some cases, ...
king
History; Ancient history
A king is a male monarch. A monarch is a supreme or absolute head of a state government, either in reality or symbolically.[1] Such a government is known as a monarchy. A monarch typically either ...
king
History; Ancient history
A king is a male monarch. A monarch is a supreme or absolute head of a state government, either in reality or symbolically.[1] Such a government is known as a monarchy. A monarch typically either ...
