History

The Aksumites traded ivory, rubber, silk, spices, turtle shells, salt, gold, emeralds, precious metals, and steel.

The cities of Sumer were administratively divided into states ruled by governors (Ensi) or kings (Lugal).

The idea of establishing an overseas British colony came from the Virginia Company of London, with the blessing of King James I.

Today, in the Thermopylae ravine, the barrow where the Spartans were buried has a stone tablet engraved with an inscription by the Greek poet Symonides: “Go tell the Spartans, thou who passest by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.”

The most characteristic buildings of the Sumer civilization were ziggurats.

In the 14th century, Timbuktu was the richest city in the world, with a university and a rich collection of books. In the 14th century, Timbuktu had five times the population of London at that time.

Pocahontas married a successful tobacco planter, John Rolfe, in 1614.

The battle of Thermopylae had little impact on the fate of the war.

The civilization of the Indus Valley was completely unknown until the end of the 19th century - the ruins of the city remained hidden from the world for about 3,700 years.

The settlement of Jamestown in the Virginia colony was established on May 14th, 1607.