How Alexander the Great redrew the map of the world
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
Scientists say several thousand earthquakes detected near Greece’s island of Santorini
Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two ...
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The other Greek city-states
Altogether there were over 1500 city-states in the Greek world, but some of these would barely qualify as towns in modern terms. Even Athens, by far the largest of all city-states, only contained ...