AP. The passing of one of the greatest down home actors of all time -- Andy Griffith -- brings to mind that, sadly, many of the actors who lived in the fictional town of Mayberry, NC are no longer with us.
The Medes were an people of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) origin who inhabited the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. By the 6th century BC (prior to the Persian invasion) the Medes were able to establish an empire that stretched from Aran (the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan) to Central Asia and Afghanistan.
Hippocrates, (born c. 460 bce, island of Cos, Greeceâdied c. 375 bce, Larissa, Thessaly), ancient Greek physician who lived during Greeceâs Classical period and is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.