Tag: history
History
Canaan
Canaan (Hebrew: כְּנַעַן Kəna‘an – “submissive, subject”) was the son of Ham and grandson of Noah (Gen. 9:18). After Ham’s disrespect for Noah, the latter pronounced a curse not on...
History
What Jesus Probably Ate According to Historical Records
What Jesus Probably Ate in First-Century Galilee No historical source gives a complete list of what Jesus of Nazareth ate. Yet the Gospels, Jewish texts, archaeology and food historians offer...
Economy
History of Elderly Care in Bulgaria
We are used to seeing a few different ways in which the elderly in need are cared for. In most cases, especially when the need for care is minor (my...
Education
Aurelian: The Emperor Who Saved Rome
Lucius Domitius Aurelian, better known simply as Aurelian, was a Roman emperor who ruled from 270 to 275. His story is like a Hollywood movie and is worth watching. Born...
Archeology
Achaemenids, a dynasty of Persian kings (1)
By A. A. Nemirovsky Artaxerxes [Persian: Khshayârshâ, Greek: ̓Αρταξέρξης], the name of the Persian king Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty, used in the Synodal translation of...
Christianity
Athos History
Ancient Period In antiquity, the mountain, which, according to the ancients (Steph. Byz. Ethnica. P. 36), bore the name of the mythical Thracian giant Athos (αθως, αθων - of pre-Greek...