Ancient history facts

01. Some workers in ancient Egypt were paid in bread and beer, with highly paid workers earning several hundred loaves of bread per day. #egypt #ancient #history #travel #living #world #adventure

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1. In the 12th-century, women in Shanxi (a Chinese province) were considered more desirable as a wife if they had already slept with a large number of men.

01. Crocodile dung was used as one of the earliest contraceptives in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. #dung #wtf #ancient #didyouknow #civilization #human #history

History is full of war, famine, and plague, but you can't accuse it of being cruel. It's what we made it. So if anything, it's people who are vicious and wicked. The past is just... indifferent. An open book, ready to be explored. Or in this case, a Twitter account.

The African Diaspora (fl. 600-1900) is the spread of people beyond Africa, mainly by way of the Arab and Western slave trade. The 18 million or so who left Africa have grown to more than 180 millio…

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1. During the late 1700s, in order to fight the British, an Indian king developed rocket artillery that fired swords.

Most of the 12 major Roman gods identified with their Greek counterparts, they had many similarities and were drawn from Greek iconography, myths and religious practices. The 12 major Romans gods were called the Dii Consentes and their statues stood in the Roman Forum. The Dii Consentes consisted of 6 gods and 6 goddesses. #Ancient History #History #Infographic #History Facts #Gods #Roman #History in Pictures #Facts #Daily Facts #Major Gods #Modern History #Roman Empire