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The U.K. is known for its famous regions, especially the Highlands and Wales. Yet the least recognized, the notorious Borderlands helped shape Britain’s identity, governance, and law.
Once celebrated as one of the world’s most sophisticated civilizations, what happened to classical Greece, and how exactly did it disappear?
Justinian I commissioned the Corpus Juris Civilis, which includes the famous Codex Justinianus (the Justinian Code).
Hundreds of Greek myths have survived into the modern age. Don’t have time to read them all? Here are the 35 most famous you should know.
The Minoan culture collapsed in the Late Bronze Age. Their cities disappeared, but what happened to the people when their civilization fell?
The ancient city of Cahokia was one of North America’s largest cities until its abandonment and the vanishing of its people.
Spanning many decades, the fall of the Roman Empire was a long process, studded with tragedy and catastrophic failures.
Representing wealth and power, the golden death masks and the Lion Gate of Mycenae are some of the most important relics from Bronze Age Greece.
