by Dr. Linda Ellis | Feb 12, 2020 | Ancient histories, Blog, Dr. Linda Ellis, Greece, History, Innovations
Like a sizable majority of its philosophical belief systems and its educational principles, much of the urban planning in the United States is essentially rooted in the kind of design principles that were first developed by the Ancient Greeks between the years 500 and...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Jan 21, 2020 | Ancient histories, Blog, Dr. Linda Ellis, History, Innovations
Historiography is the study of the way history is written—the methods used by historians—which involves extensive research, determining the authenticity of sources of information, the selection and interpretation of particular details from those sources, and finally...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Dec 19, 2019 | Ancient histories, Blog, Diplomacy, Dr. Linda Ellis, Innovations, Italy
The rapid technological advances over the 20th century changed how states carry out diplomacy in the 21st century. While nations traditionally communicated with each other and their populations via print and broadcast media, the information age gave us digital...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Dec 11, 2019 | Ancient histories, Blog, Dr. Linda Ellis, History
The current climate change and extreme weather events are impacting not only the existence of animals, plants, and human beings around the world, but also countless archaeological sites, historic architecture, cultural monuments, and paleontological treasures that...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Nov 25, 2019 | Ancient histories, Blog, Dr. Linda Ellis, History, Italy
A cult is a system of devotion directed towards a particular figure in religion, politics, the military, or even in business. Religious and political cults are certainly not new—they appeared in ancient history and will continue to develop in the future. Two...
by Dr. Linda Ellis | Nov 13, 2019 | Ancient histories, Blog, Dr. Linda Ellis, History, Italy, Rome
When trying to establish a new nation after the American Revolution, the Framers (aka “Founding Fathers”) of the new U.S. government and its Constitution realized that the only useful examples were from antiquity, so they studied the republics of ancient Greece and...
