Solon Continues His Lesson to Croesus
After telling the story of Tellus of Athens, Solon continued to advise King Croesus with calm and careful words. He explained Tellus’s happiness by...
Croesus King of Lydia
Croesus was the son of Alyattes and was born in Lydia. He became one of the most powerful kings of his time. Croesus ruled...
The Persian View of the Conflict with Greece
According to the Persians, the early disputes between Asia and Greece were small and personal. These early events involved the taking of women from...
Ancient Conflicts Between Greeks and Eastern Peoples
Ancient writers often tried to explain why great wars happened between nations. One of the most famous explanations comes from The Histories by Herodotus....
The Administration of Bulgaria under Soviet Rule
The People’s Soviets
The administration of Bulgaria after World War II was organized according to the Soviet model. Provincial, district, and city councils, known as...
The Outlawing of Opposition Parties
The Peasant Party Banned
By the end of August 1947, the Peasant Party was declared illegal by the Communist authorities. It was accused of being...
The 1946 Elections and Communist Repression
The Constituent Assembly Elections
In 1946, the Communist-controlled government in Sofia announced new elections for a Constituent Assembly. The task of this body was to...
The Second Bulgarian Kingdom
After the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire in 1014, Bulgaria remained under Byzantine rule for over 170 years. During this time, the Byzantine...
The Decline of the First Bulgarian Empire
Shortly after the death of King Simeon I in 927, the First Bulgarian Empire began to decline. Bulgaria had been weakened by two centuries...
The Expansion of Bulgaria
After the fusion of Slavs and Old Bulgarians, the new people, called Bulgarians, began to expand their territory. They moved south into Thrace and...
