A Little History of the World No.11
OK so it’s 800 BCE and now we can introduce some people you’ve definitely heard of. But Ancient Greece wasn’t really a single society as the name suggests, but a collection of smaller, competing, tribes. They included the Ionians who founded Athens and the Dorians better known as the Spartans.
A Little History of the World No.10
As merchants and traders, the Phoenicians needed receipts and invoices. This meant they needed a more efficient way of writing things down. Their ingenious solution changed our world.
This is part 10 in our series covering world history in 15-second instagrams. You can watch the rest of the series here.
