Questions tagged [ancient-history]
Ancient history was from the beginning of recorded history (c. 4000 B.C.) until the fall of the Roman Empire (c. A.D. 500).
758
questions
-1
votes
0
answers
41
views
How important was the distinction between Greeks, freemen, barbarians, and slaves to the Ancient Greek National-Consciousness?
I have been reading The Idea of Nationalism by Hans Kohn, in it, he mentions that Aristotle in his Politics characterizes barbarians (non-Greeks) as being natural slaves, and Greeks as natural freemen....
- 113
-5
votes
0
answers
50
views
The Ancient Hanifs of Arabia
The Hanifs of Arabia, were saidcitation needed to have been one of the earliest monotheistic cultures in World History. While Ismail retained the monotheism of his Father, Ibrahim-(Abraham), his ...
- 65
-5
votes
1
answer
133
views
How much of the surviving ancient Egyptian text has been found? [closed]
It is like oil. Even if we can not say how much oil has not been found yet, we still can have various estimates.
As far I know, the currently available total mass of ancient Egyptian text is about 5 ...
- 335
-1
votes
1
answer
214
views
Are there any instances of ancient kings or chiefs dueling or engaging in other physical contests to assert their authority?
In popular fiction chiefs/kings or heirs to the throne often duel or engage in physical contests for kingship e.g the archery contest in the Odyssey.
Did any such duels or physical contests occur?
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
145
views
Is there ancient Egyptian literature surviving today? [closed]
In short: is there anything like the Gilgamesh epic surviving from Ancient Egypt? Similarly old and similarly secular?
The Wikipedia article talks at length about who would write and what they were ...
- 121
-1
votes
1
answer
255
views
What is the likelihood that significant unearthed prehistoric settlements exist beneath cities with continuous habitation? [closed]
Considering the comparatively rapid accumulation of soil layers over time, which has led to the burial of structures such as the Easter Island statues and Harappan sites, what is the likelihood(based ...
- 107
1
vote
0
answers
123
views
What do the inscriptions in Pomposa abbey say?
I've recently visited Pomposa Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in northern Italy near Ferrara, and while visiting I've stumbled upon these inscriptions below a fresco depicting an Hydra.
I have ...
- 19
9
votes
0
answers
181
views
Alexandria by Islam Issa--Did Artistotle know Latin or Hebrew?
I started reading the book Alexandria by Islam Issa, which is a history of the City of Alexandria, Egypt. However, early on, there was one detail that seemed really off, and I wanted to get feedback ...
- 199
0
votes
0
answers
255
views
Is this stone natural or is it an ancient tool? (pictures from both sides)
So those are the two pictures I took. It kinda looks like a tiny axe but it could be natural. Can someone help me identify if this is an ancient artifact or just a natural rock with a special shape?
1
vote
1
answer
128
views
What caused the fall of the Zhou dynasty? [closed]
The Zhou dynasty was the longest dynasty, yet in the end they created the Warring States Period why?
I have read Wikipedia:Zhou, but I don't understand it well.
user65351
0
votes
1
answer
150
views
What was the original title of Jewish kings? [closed]
Thinking about King Solomon, and other Jewish leaders who bear the title "king" in English sources (for example King David).
Seems a bit strange, because the word king is of Germanic origin. ...
- 119
1
vote
0
answers
72
views
In Ancient Greece or Rome, could a slave (not an ex-slave) themselves own slaves, apart from the fictional Eumaeus (Odyssey Book 14 lines 450-453)? [duplicate]
In Homer's Odyssey the swineherd Eumaeus is a trusted slave of Odysseus' family, having been bought by Odysseus' father Laertes. Yet we are told in Book 14, lines 450 - 453, that Eumaeus himself owns ...
- 5,591
-1
votes
1
answer
123
views
What major figures don't have contemporary historiographers? [closed]
Are there many, or even any, major figures whose life and achievements have only been described by historians posthumously, or at least the only surviving primary sources about which are dated later ...
- 107
4
votes
2
answers
225
views
What is the first election where we have the specific numbers of votes and the names of candidates?
What is the earliest political vote where we have the exact details of the specific numbers of votes and the names of the candidates?
The "candidates" could be persons, teams, policies, ...
- 258
2
votes
1
answer
194
views
In ancient Sumer, what would happen if a child inherited an estate?
Let us suppose that in ancient Sumer, a wealthy man who is the head of his household has two living children, a daughter and a son. The daughter is older, but both offspring are considered to be ...
- 611