Like all women of their time, Asellina and Zmyrina could not vote. But they found influence in their own ways. Asellina owned a popular thermopolium on a bustling corner of ancient Pompeii, where her ...

Introduction: the creation of the universe -- Peking man: early humans in China -- "Surprise and delight:" the discovery of China's first culture -- Longshan: China's first civilization -- Everybody ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous ...