Biography of Caliph Mvavia II! Caliph Mvavia II lacked the abilities of a ruler and soon handed over the Caliphate to his successor, Abdul Malik. But a quarrel between the latter and Abdulla, the son of Zuber, resulted in the division of the Islamic Empire into two parts. Syria and Egypt were taken over by Abdul Malik, with Damascus as [...]
Themistocles, son of Neocles, emerged as a new figure in the history of Greece during the initial stage of the Persian war; he belonged to the mercantile class of Athens, not a noble masquerading as popular champion, but a commoner drawn from the ranks. Son of obscure parents, he did not receive the education of well-bred gentlemen, for he lacked [...]
Biography on the Pausanias! Pausanias, son of Cleombrotus became the regent of his child-cousin Pleistarchus son of Leonidas, the hero of Thermopylae. He was a man of remarkable military ability who showed his worth in the battle of Plataea where he had to oppose an abler general than himself. But as Prof. Bury remarks, his talents as a politician were [...]