Mathematical disciplines began in antiquity with the Babylonians and with Hellenistic writers such as Archimedes and Ptolemy. During the classical period in Greece (6th, 5th and 4th centuries BCE) natural philosophy slowly developed into an exciting and contentious field of study.
The dogs of Ancient Egypt were mostly working animals. They accompanied their owners on hunting trips and were frequently used as guard dogs. It was a common Ancient Egyptian insult to refer to someone as a dog.
Puabi was an important woman in the Sumerian city of Ur, during the First Dynasty of Ur (c. 2600 BCE) Her seal does not place her in relation to any king or husband. It has been suggested that she was the second wife of king Meskalamdug.
Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. Apollo is an important pastoral deity, and was the patron of herdsmen and shepherds.
Travois were hauled by dogs before horses started appearing on the Northern Plains by the late 1600s. Horses also revolutionized hunting and warfare techniques.
An old man had a dream that something extraordinary would grow in his garden which was in a clearing he had made nearby. The people of his village grew to suspect that something was going on, but they could see nothing.
When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the rainbow. — Native American Prophecy
Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca tribe was the central figure of an 1879 court case that established that Native Americans are "persons" under the law. Standing Bear's desire to honor his son's wish that he be buried in his Nebraska birthplace led to the trial for which he is best remembered today.
James Mooney traveled to Comanche land to gain an understanding of the Comanche Peyote Ceremony. He saw the ritual as a fountain of honesty and of true spiritual inspiration.
In Classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Mediterranean history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The Ancient Greek word Hellas was gradually recognized as the name for Greece.
The dual aspect of the mind and body.
The view is derived from the metaphysics of Benedict de Spinoza. The mental and the material are different aspects or attributes of a unitary reality, which itself is neither mental nor material.
The first education system was created in the Xia dynasty (2076–1600 BC) Government built schools to educate aristocrats about rituals, literature, and archery. The first schools in Ancient Rome arose by the middle of the 4th century BC.
