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![Ancient Greek Music](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/708.jpg?v=1713838446)
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Ancient Greek Music
Music (or mousike) was an integral part of life in the ancient Greek world, and the term covered not only music but also dance, lyrics, and the performance of poetry. A wide range of instruments was used to perform music which was played...
![Music & Dance in Ancient Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/6670.jpg?v=1721391456-1721391469)
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Music & Dance in Ancient Egypt
Music and dance were highly valued in ancient Egyptian culture, but they were more important than is generally thought: they were integral to creation and communion with the gods and, further, were the human response to the gift of life and...
![Prize amphora showing a chariot race](/uploads/kraked/6/6-593_ci_preview.jpg?v=1538483162-1725754278)
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Prize amphora showing a chariot race
Chariot-racing was the only Olympic sport in which women could take part, as owners of teams of horses. Kyniska, a princess of Sparta, was the first woman to win the Olympic crown in this sport. British Museum curator Judith Swaddling describes...
![Edvard Grieg](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17424.png?v=1711192926-1684307861)
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Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) was a Norwegian composer known for his songs, piano music, and the Peer Gynt suites. The composer was famous in his own lifetime, touring extensively to play and conduct his own works across Europe. Grieg's Romantic...
![Johannes Brahms](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17411.png?v=1718703672-1684138518)
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a German composer of Romantic music best known for his symphonies, songs, and orchestral, chamber, and piano music. A great student of the history of music, Brahms was convinced that only by working within...
![George Frideric Handel](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17662.png?v=1700605323-1689705366)
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George Frideric Handel
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) was a composer of baroque music who was born in Germany but became an English citizen. His most famous works include his Messiah, Water Music, baroque Italian operas, and English oratorios. A hugely successful...
![Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles](/uploads/kraked/6/6-2638_ci_preview.jpg?v=1630346511-1725754278)
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Noah in the Bible and the Qur'an | Jack Miles
CC: Cultures are often revealed through the stories they hand down through generations. Every civilization has foundational ones. Among the stories many cultures tell, we find tales of a great flood, but the story of Noah’s flood captured...
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
One of the most famous images of the Second World War, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press, was taken 23 February 1945 on the Japanese Island of Iwo Jima in the late stages of the Pacific War. The...
![Ancient Egyptian Music and Dancing](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3028.jpg?v=1722519783)
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Ancient Egyptian Music and Dancing
This painting from the Tomb of Nebamun (c. 1350 BCE) shows women making music and other almost naked women dancing.
![Western Classical Music, c. 1700-1950](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17445.png?v=1724407564-1691744376)
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Western Classical Music, c. 1700-1950
An infographic showcasing the evolution of musical styles and the creative contributions of a plethora of classical composers through four distinct periods in art history: Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism, and Modernism.