Asia – Syria
Hugh Heyne Smythe (1913-1977)
Diplomat, scholar and author Hugh Heyne Smythe was born on August 19, 1913 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His mother was a...
Tunis, Tunisia (9th century BCE- )
Tunis is the largest city and capital of Tunisia. The city, which is situated on a Mediterranean Sea Gulf at...
Greece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship
In the following article Mediterranean Antiquities historians Carol Thomas and David Coblentz, use an African-headed Greek coin to explore the...
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981)
Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, third President of post-independence Egypt (governing from 1970 to 1981), was born of peasant background in the...
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle cell anemia is a disease that warps red blood cells into a sickle like shape due to problems with...
Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (1941- )
Long before he became a minister, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s Operation Breadbasket, Operation PUSH (People United to...
