It’s hard to imagine that the great shift towards modern mathematical science was way back in the early 1400s among those who ...

The ruined city of Mystras on the Peloponnese is a stop on almost every cultural tour of Greece, but it can also be explored independently by car or public bus. TRAVELBOOK provides an overview. The ...

Sparta’s famous militarism was inseparable from the all-consuming fear the Spartans had of their oppressed neighbors. Unlike other Greeks, who only took up the spear when their city went to war ...