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 ...
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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 ...
Greece’s volcanic tourist island rattled by earthquakes every few minutes
A swarm of earthquakes continued to rattle Greece ’s most popular tourist island on Wednesday. The volcanic island of Santorini has hit every few minutes through the night and into Wednesday as ...