Buddhism, which originated in central India in the sixth century BC, transformed Asia. Even in the sciences and especially in mathematics, India was indispensable; the ten-digit numeral system spread ...

That development came later in the 6th century BC, when the tyrant Pisistratus, who then ruled the city, established a series of new public festivals. One of these, the 'City Dionysia', a festival ...

SIMFEROPOL, August 18. /TASS/. A tomb created during the first wave of Greek colonization of Crimea, in the second half of the 6th century BC, was found by archaeologists at Myrmekion, an ancient ...

India and Greece. Indian doctor Sushruta (6th century BC) documented vishama jwara “intermittent fevers”, and the “father of medicine” Hippocrates (5th century BC) provided a description ...