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- Ptolemy I of Egypt (7434 bytes)
1: :''For the unrelated [[astronomy|astronomer]], see [[Ptolemy]]''
9: ...]], master of Asia in [[315 BC|315]], showed dangerous ambitions, Ptolemy joined the coalition against...
13: ... [[Battle of Salamis in Cyprus (306 BC)|Battle of Salamis]]. The complete loss of Cyprus followed.
15: ...Egypt, but here Ptolemy was strong, and held the frontier successfully against him. Ptolemy led no fur...
19: ...ounding the Great [[Library of Alexandria]]. He wrote himself a history of Alexander's campaigns, dis... - Ancient Greece (23806 bytes)
2: ...[[Bulgaria]], [[Egypt]], [[France]], [[Libya]], [[Romania]], [[Spain]], and [[Ukraine]].
4: ...zations, while Greek-speaking, were so different from later Greek cultures that they should be classed...
10: ...s in [[18th century|18th]] and [[19th century]] Europe and [[The Americas]].
14: ...[Image:vcycladic.jpg|thumb|left|Marble statuette from the Cycladic islands, 3000 BC]]
15: ...ki" and [[Jerome]]'s "Chronicon", contain brief chronologies and king lists for this period. The histo... - Aeschylus (5184 bytes)
1: ...]: '''Αισχυλος''') was a [[playwright]] of [[ancient Gre...
5: ...[480 BC]] he fought at the [[Battle of Salamis]]. Salamis was the subject of his play ''[[The Persians]]'',...
7: ...gh some accounts differ, claiming it was a stone dropped by an [[eagle]] or [[vulture]] that likely mi...
11: ...s gravestone covers Aeschylus, son of Euphorion, from Athens, who died in fertile Gela.
19: Aeschylus' work has a strong moral and religious emphasis. Many of his play... - Alexander I of Macedon (1759 bytes)
1: '''Alexander I''' was ruler of [[Macedon]] from [[495 BC]] to [[450 BC]]. He was the son of [[Am...
3: ...tions after the Persian defeat at the [[Battle of Salamis]] in [[480 BC]]. Despite his cooperation with Per...
5: ...e modeled his court after [[Athens]] and was a patron of the poet [[Pindar]]. - Antigonus I Monophthalmus (4328 bytes)
5: ...C]] he also received [[Pamphylia]] and [[Lycia]] from [[Perdiccas]], [[regent]] of the empire. On Perd...
9: ...BC]] Antigonus invaded Syria, under Ptolemy's control, and besieged [[Tyre]] for more than a year. Hi...
11: ...n dominions. His invasion of [[Egypt]], however, proved a failure; he was unable to penetrate Ptolemy'...
13: ...d forces and attacked him. He recalled Demetrius from Greece and moved against Lysimachus. The army of...
15: ...held, off and on, until it was conquered by the [[Roman Republic]] at the [[Battle of Pydna]] in [[168... - Amphitheatre (4978 bytes)
1: ...d]] (being particularly associated with ancient [[Rome]]) which was used for spectator sports, games a...
3: ...d for racing and looked more like a very long, narrow horse shoe.
5: The best-known amphitheatre in the world is the [[Roman Colosseum]], which is more correctly termed th...
7: ...7-09.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The [[Colosseum]] in [[Rome]], [[Italy]].]]
9: ==Catalogue of Roman amphitheatres== - Persian Empire (26229 bytes)
1: ... because changing the name separated the country from its past. It also caused some Westerners to conf...
4: ...uropean nations termed the area ''Persia''. This province was the core of the original Persian Empire....
11: ...ion of Parsuash was annexed by Sargon of Assyria around 719 BC. Eventually the Medes came to rule an i...
13: ...te]]. The Persians gradually conquered territory from the native kingdom of [[Elam]], including the im...
15: ...he king promised not to terrorize Babylon nor destroy its institutions and culture. Cyrus was killed d... - Greco-Persian Wars (5983 bytes)
1: ... can also refer to the continual warfare of the [[Roman Empire]] and [[Byzantine Empire]] against the ...
3: ...free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or later. Persian satraps (governors) ...
5: ...over them, formed a league, and applied for help from the other Greeks. [[Athens]] sent twenty ships ...
9: ...allowing the lighter Greek ships to flank and destroy them. Following the defeat, Xerxes and his fleet...
11: ...commanded by the Spartan king [[Leotychides]] destroyed the remaining Persian fleet in the [[battle of... - Mycenaean Greece (6175 bytes)
2: ...mythology]]. The Mycenaean period takes its name from the archaeological site [[Mycenae]] in the north...
6: ...nd the collapse of their Bronze Age civilization around [[1100 BC]]. The collapse is commonly attribut...
8: ...[[1400 BC]] the [[Mycenaeans]] extended their control to [[Crete]], center of the [[Minoan civilizatio...
10: ...arge circular burial chambers with a high vaulted roof and straight entry passage lined with stone. Th...
12: ...00 BC]] the Mycenaean civilisation collapsed. Numerous cities were sacked and the region entered what ... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
2: ...lled "Mycenaean" because its existence was first brought to popular notice by [[Heinrich Schliemann]]'...
15: ...andiwork of [[Crete]] have supplied the clearest proof of it, confirming the impression already create...
21: ... complexity, and the greater oblongs are entered from a long side and divided longitudinally by pillar...
23: ...ule on a short side, and has a central hearth, surrounded by pillars and perhaps open to the sky; ther...
29: ...n records, only a summary history can be derived from monuments and archaeological remains. But the de...
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