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AncientPages.com - On October 12, 539 BC, the king of Persia, Cyrus the Great, and his army entered the city of Babylon. It was, however, not an easy task because Babylon's

Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists excavating in China may be closer to unravel the mystery of the 2,000-year-old urn burial mystery. As many as 113 ancient tombs

AncientPages.com - On October 10, 1575, the Battle of Dormans took place during the 5th War of Religion in France Fifth War of Religion (1575-76). A Royal force commanded

AncientPages.com - On October 9, 1410, the fascinating mechanical wonder, the Prague astronomical clock, was first mentioned. In the Middle Ages, the Old Town astronomical clock was regarded as one

AncientPages.com - On October 7, 1780, the battle of King's Mountain was fought south of the present-day town of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, in rural Cherokee County, South

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - A tripod, engraved vase of silver was dedicated by King of Lagash, Entemena to the god of war, Ningirsu. Ningirsu, a son of

AncientPages.com - On October 4, 1535, the Coverdale Bible, the first English-language translation of the Christian Bible, was printed. The Coverdale Bible, compiled by Myles Coverdale and published in 1535,

AncientPages.com - On October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, popularly known as Father of Nation, was born at Porbandar, a small town in Kathiawar, Gujarat, India. Mahatma Gandhi played

AncientPages.com - On September 30, 1938, the Munich Agreement, a significant pact, was signed between Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, and the leaders of France, Italy, and Germany,

AncientPages.com  - On September 28, 1821, the Declaration of Independence of the Mexican Empire from the Spanish Empire was drafted in the National Palace in Mexico City. It

AncientPages.com - On September 26, 46 BC, Julius Caesar dedicated a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix, because he believed she was one of his ancestors. He had

AncientPages.com - On  September 24, 1877, the Battle of Shiroyama took place in  Kagoshima, at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan. A painting depicting the

AncientPages.com - On September 22, 480 BC, the battle of Salamis in the Greco-Persian Wars was fought. The place of this encounter was located between the island of Salamis

AncientPages.com - On September 20, 1066, the Battle of Fulford, near York, Yorkshire (then capital of Northumbria), was fought. Saxon troops of Mercia and Northumbria were commanded by