Pliny the Elder lived in the first century AD (23 – 79). He wrote a massive work, Historia Naturalis, in 37 volumes. This work represents the first known Western encyclopedia. From the preface dedicated to the future emperor Titus, we learn that he used two thousand books in his work, from which he derived 20,000 … Read more
Beros, a Babylonian priest, astronomer, and historian, lived, as he himself claims, during the time of Alexander the Great, at the turn of the 4th to the 3rd century BC. In addition to his astronomical works, he also wrote the History of Babylon (Babyloniaka) in three books in the Greek language, however, only fragments and … Read more
This article is based on the writings of 20th-century historian Christopher Dawson. As a historian of ideas, rather than bare facts (although his erudition was immense), many of his ideas are still very relevant today. One of his main themes is the importance of culture. To describe its role, he compares it to a plant … Read more
Miguel León-Portilla (1926 – 2019), a Mexican anthropologist and historian, is the foremost authority on the Nahua culture, the dominant culture of pre-Hispanic America, whose most famous representatives are the Aztecs. The study, as well as the tireless work on the preservation of indigenous Mexican cultures and languages, has been his lifelong preoccupation. Citing authentic … Read more
