The division of the population into distinct social classes varied across different city-states, kingdoms and polities in ...

In history, few replies have ever carried as much weight, defiance, and wit as a single word once uttered by the Spartans: ...

Pretty much everyone alive today knows the caricature of the Ancient Spartan warrior. Decked out in a round shield with a Λ on its face, a red cloak, and a crested helmet, the classic Spartan hoplite ...

The Middle East is a region where the past has never passed, where history weighs on the present more heavily than anywhere else .