People
On this page, you will find an overview of people who are best known as groups (and not as individuals).
There are 59 items in People:
Indo-Europeans
Indo-Europeans: general name for the people speaking an Indo-European language. They are (linguistic) descendants of the people of the Yamnaya culture (c.3600-2300 BCE) in Ukraine and southern Russia, and settled in the area from Western Europe to India in various migrations in…Israel
Kingdom of Israel: the northern of the two Jewish states after the kingdom of Solomon was divided. Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism. The name "Israel" survived as the…Jewish Pirates
Jewish pirates: known group of buccaneers, active in the early first century BCE. A Jewish pirate: graffito from the tomb of…Kassites / Cossaeans
Kassites (Akkadian Kaššu): tribal federation living in the Zagros mountains, in modern Luristan. In the seventeenth century BCE, they threatened Babylonia, which they captured in the fifteenth century. More than a millennium later, they are mentioned - now called Cossaeans…Langobards (Lombards)
Langobards or Lombards: Germanic tribe, originally living along the river Elbe but later creating a kingdom in northern Italy.Langobards on the Elbe …Leuci
Leuci (Greek Λευκοί): tribe in Gallia Belgica, inhabitants of the Roman cities Tullum, Nasium, and Andesina.The land The Meuse near Domrémy-la-Pucelle The land…Lingones
Lingones: tribe in ancient Gaul, living in the modern French département Haute-Marne.A Celtic tribe The Lingones in northern Gaul In the famous…Mamertines
Mamertines: group of mercenaries living in Messana, often fighting like pirates. The port of Messina today; the "toe" of Italy can…Massagetes
Massagetes (Greek Μασσαγέτας): a nomad tribe in Central Asia. Portrait of a warrior The Massagetes were an ancient tribe in Central Asia, mentioned…Medes
Medes (Old Persian Mâda): tribe, ruled by a king, in the west of modern Iran; capital Ecbatana (modern Hamadan). Two Medes Media…Mitanni
Mitanni or Mittanni: ancient kingdom in modern Kurdistan, northern Iraq, and Syria, attested in the third quarter of the second milennium BCE. …Mycenaean Greeks
Mycenaean Greeks: modern name for the first phase of Greek history, the Late Bronze Age, from about 1600 to 1050 BCEHistory …