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Bred for Battle—Understanding Ancient Sparta’s Military Machine
Little remains of the ancient city of Sparta ... century B.C.— especially their heroic stand at the critical Battle of Thermopylae in 480—the Persians may well have conquered Greece.
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Kids Learn About Ancient Greece With The Help Of Video Game Assassin’s Creed In This Teacher’s Class
As they were learning about ancient Greece, he opted to play Odyssey, the eleventh installment of the game developed by Ubisoft. He showed them the Battle of Thermopylae, one of the most prominent ...
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Battle of the Persian Gate: An Achaemenid Thermopylae, 330 BCE
In both ancient and modern times, the parallels between the battles of Thermopylae and the Persian Gates have been readily ...
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America’s 300 Moment: The Maryland Spartans Who Saved Washington’s Army
Remembering the Marylanders who fell in the Battle of Brooklyn ... made an epic stand resembling that of the 300 ancient Spartans at Thermopylae. The Marylanders saved Washington’s Army ...
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Radio 4's Ancient Worlds Collection
Melvyn Bragg and guests Elizabeth Frood, Richard Parkinson and Kate Spence discuss the Pharaoh Akhenaten, the ruler who brought revolutionary change to ancient Egypt. Melvyn Bragg and guests ...