Ancient

When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremel...

After he had finished off the Persian Empire, Alexander must have been glad to leave Pers...

Even at a distance, the acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people&rsq...

If the world had a navel, it would be the Dead Sea, the lowest point on Earth where one c...

It was not until the excavations of the 1930s that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay...

At one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Vandals, then pay attention...In t...

Over the last 2,000 years, ambitious men have dreamed of forging vast empires and attaini...

On his deathbed, some historians claim that when he was pressed to name a successor, Alex...

At one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world...

The Late Bronze Age Near East (c. 1500-1200 BCE) was a time and place where great kingdom...

There were many great cities in the ancient Near East that influenced the course of histo...

Beginning in the Triassic but especially in the Jurassic period, reptiles came to domina...

Long before it was known as Afghanistan, and even longer before it acquired its current r...

The concept of international trade was born in the ancient Mediterranean, which provided...

The birth of Europe as people know it today was hardly an easy and effortless process. T...

International trade in the ancient world was a more intricate and far-reaching system tha...

The crucial importance of education in China, a prized virtue instilled in the populatio...

The name of Sargon of Agade, or Akkad, bulks mainly in later Mesopoatmian tradition, and ...

One of the earliest species of the genus Homo to be discovered is Homo habilis, which ba...

Although the ancient world was for the most part a patriarchal place, more than a few wo...

The Biblical-era Kingdom of Moab was located primarily in modern Jordan, but we do not k...

Unlike the Mayans, the Aztecs are not widely viewed or remembered with nuance, in part b...

The Gaza Strip is one of the most controversial hotbeds of conflict in the 21st century,...

The early 1st millennium BCE was a time of great change and turmoil in the Near East and...

Do you want to learn about Sumerians? The changes which took ?l??? on the Mesopotami...

During the first half of the 1st millennium CE, an empire arose in Persia that extended ...

Smyrna was one of the various cities that enjoyed brief yet important periods of influen...

In 1831, a 26-year old French foreign service official by the name of Ferdinand de Lessep...

Cave painting falls under the heading of “parietal art,” a term used to note...

The study of origins may undoubtedly be regarded as the most striking characteristic of r...

The Early Bronze Age in the Near East (c. 3300-2100 BCE) was an era of significant cultu...

If recent history has taught us anything, it's that sometimes the best guide to leadershi...

When one thinks of the world’s first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some ...

When one thinks of the world’s first cities, Sumer, Memphis, and Babylon are some o...

At one point in antiquity, the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the largest empire the world...

When scholars study the history of the ancient Near East, several wars that had extremel...

The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and...

Raymond C. Kelly, an anthropologist and ethnologist who has written extensively on societ...

Among the most interesting of the prehistoric eras is the Permian age, the most extreme ...

Carthage was one of the great ancient civilizations, and at its peak, the wealthy Cartha...

The underground rock wall in Rockwall, Texas has fascinated me for years. I’ve read...

The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, A Roman Slave is a collection of proverbs and aphoris...

The early history of Earth covers such vast stretches of time that years, centuries, and ...

The Harappan people occupied the Indus Valley for about two thousand years, all without c...

Among the most significant water displacement phenomena in the Western world was Doggerl...

In southern Iraq, a crushing silence hangs over the dunes. For nearly 5,000 years, the s...

The Late Bronze Age Near East (c. 1550-1200 BCE) was a time and place of unprecedented w...

Rome faced many formidable enemies over the course of nearly 1,000 years, but perhaps no...

The concept of international trade was born in the ancient Mediterranean, which provided ...