One of the young Athenians who must have taken a good deal of interest in Draco’s writing down of the

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The legend of Theseus and the Minotaur suggests that Athens had dealings with Crete during the Minoan and Mycenaean Ages.

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A Spartan child was examined at birth. A healthy infant was allowed to live. Weaklings were not wanted. They were

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ALONG THE DUSTY SPANISH road leading north from Granada plodded a mule. On its back, bouncing and cursing his luck,

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Toledo falls and this marks the beginning of the end of Islam in Spain. A triumph for orthodoxy The events

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