“Futuristic” designs and technical innovation are not just limited to our modern-day technologies. Ancient societies also turned out brilliant and …
Military Technology: 5 Weapons' Systems From Ancient Times & More
Ancient civilizations invented the predecessors of all weapons used until the discovery of gunpowder. Although most were significantly primitive, there were ancient weapons that were far ahead of their time.
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The Ancient Greeks were, from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period, famous for their armor. Few soldiers or warriors went into battle as heavily …
The Acheans were a group of Indo-Europeans who arrived in Greece in the Early Bronze Age. Warrior-based kingdoms would eventually rise throughout the …
From culture to culture, each kingdom of the ancient world conducted warfare by its own means. Ancient warfare tactics would be broadly applied in …
Although the human mind can be considered a brilliant invention of evolution, it is also capable of horrendous imaginations. Throughout the …
Medieval war was primarily conducted as a series of sieges. Capturing castles was the key to conquering a region or territory because it represented …
The archetype of the beautiful warrior is firmly rooted in world culture. We see them in movies, we see them in books but we know very little of the …
The Punic Wars, also known as the Carthage Wars (264–146 BC), are a series of three military conflicts between the Roman Republic and the …
Nestled at the foot of the Taygetus mountain range in the southern Peloponnesian region of Greece, known as Laconia, is the town of Sparta. This …
At the height of its power, the Achaemenid Empire stretched from India in the east to the Balkans in the west. Such a massive empire could not have …
The Trojan War, perhaps the Bronze Age’s most famous conflict, pitted the Trojans (also called Dardanians) and their allies (the Pelasgians, …
For as long as people have interacted with plants, animals, and minerals, poison has been a part of our human story. Looking back within the deepest …
The Trojan War, the most famous conflict of the Bronze Age, pitted the Greeks (also called Achaeans, Argives, or Danaans) against the city of Troy …