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The Old Assyrian Period – The Growth Towards an Empire

Assyria The country of Assyria encompasses the north of Mesopotamia, made up of city-states that were politically unified after the middle of the second millennium...

The Celtic People Around Europe and Their Ancient Civilization and Way of Life

The Celts were a tribal people of the Bronze and Iron Ages united by a common language, culture, and art. They lived throughout Europe....

The Story of Aristotle (384–322 b.c.e.) The Greek Philosopher

Aristotle is one of the greatest figures in the history of Western thought. In terms of the breadth and depth of his thought, together...

The Story of Carthage – From a Colonial City to the Mediterranean Hegemon

The city of Carthage in North Africa (modern-day Tunisia) was the capital of the Carthaginian empire that controlled parts of the Mediterranean from the...

The History of Vietnam: Origins to 1009 C.E. – Thousand Years of Chinese Occupation

Vietnam's history is intimately tied, for better or for worse, to its long relationship with China. The impact of Chinese cultural and political forms...

The Mystery of the Singing Sand and its Historical Background

Sound-producing sand avalanches Sound-producing sand grains constitute one of nature’s more puzzling and least understood physical phenomena. They occur naturally in two distinct types: booming...

List of 15 Movies About Ancient Rome

XV. Romolo e Remo is a 1961 film based on the legend of Romulus and Remus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoydKmph6JY XIV. The Avenger is a 1962 film Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan war...

Rise of the Great Persian Empire – How it Become a Dominant Power in the Known World

The Persians Sometime in the 9th century, another Aryan tribe, the Persians, settled in Anshan to the south of Susa. In the early 7th century,...

The Sumerians and the Akkadians – The First Civilizations in the World

THE URUK CULTURE It is uncertain whether the Sumerians were native to Mesopotamia or if they migrated into the region from the east or south...

The First Settlement of the Americas (c. 15,000 Years Ago)

Biological and cultural roots of the Native Americans Dental morphology, genetics, and archaeology show that the biological and cultural roots of the Native Americans lie...

The Dark Ages of the Ancient Greeks

What do we mean by Dark Ages ? The Greek Dark Ages were characterized by a gradual, though severe, decline in material culture. Mycenaean pottery...

List of The 10 Largest Empires in History

X. The Portuguese Empire The Portuguese Empire , also known as the Portuguese Overseas, was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in world history and...

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The Old Assyrian Period – The Growth Towards an Empire

Assyria The country of Assyria encompasses the north of Mesopotamia, made up of city-states that were politically unified after the middle of the second millennium...

The Celtic People Around Europe and Their Ancient Civilization and Way of Life

The Celts were a tribal people of the Bronze and Iron Ages united by a common language, culture, and art. They lived throughout Europe....

The Story of Aristotle (384–322 b.c.e.) The Greek Philosopher

Aristotle is one of the greatest figures in the history of Western thought. In terms of the breadth and depth of his thought, together...

The Story of Carthage – From a Colonial City to the Mediterranean Hegemon

The city of Carthage in North Africa (modern-day Tunisia) was the capital of the Carthaginian empire that controlled parts of the Mediterranean from the...

Thirty Years’ War – The Bloodiest European Religious War

The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars that took place in Europe. It is the most lasting war to ever take place...