To give your healthcare provider important information about the current status of your metabolism, including the health of your kidneys and liver as well as electrolyte and acid/base balance and levels of blood glucose and blood proteins; to monitor known conditions, such as hypertension, and to monitor the use of medications to check for any ...
Ancient Greeks. In 2008, researchers said a reference to a total eclipse was found in Homer's Odyssey, with the lines The sun has perished out of heaven, and an evil mist has overspread the world. The Ancient Greeks believed a total eclipse to be a bad omen.
The first installment of our Ancient Peru series relates what archaeology has revealed about its first cities and civilizations. The expansive, culturally rich civilizations that existed in the Americas at the time of European contact came as a great surprise to the early Spanish explorers. Most notable were the Aztec empire in Central Mexico and the Incan empire in Peru, both of which controlled great expanses of land and millions of people.