Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

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The move for American Independence was greatly influenced by ancient Greece, particularly philosophy from the time.

This is the third installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 here and ...

Long before we did this at football games, it was done on the battlefield during the American Civil War - and it goes back ...

Co-organized by the Greek embassy in China and the Beijing Olympic City Development Association, the exhibition, traces over ...

The modern Olympics began in 1896 as an attempt to revive the ancient Olympic Games (Olympias), which took place in ancient Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD, in order to ...

In this Aug. 4 X post, for example, a user stated that during the original Olympics held in ancient Greece, women were not allowed to compete in or even attend any events: (@sales_belinda / X) ...

Stefano Bianchetti/Getty Images In the early days of the Olympics, which started in 776 BCE, athletes stuck mostly to "dried figs, moist cheese, and wheat," according to one ancient historian.

Olympics Centuries ago, the ancient Olympics took on a similar role in society The Olympics that we know and love today trace its roots to ancient times, as far back as 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

Ancient Greece originated the Olympic Games. The Paris Olympics website outlines a bit of the history: The history of the Games goes back around 3,000 years, to the Peloponnese in Ancient Greece.