0800 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The civilization of Ancient Greece emerged into the light of world history in the 8th century BC. Normally it is regarded as coming to an end when Greece fell to the Romans,[…]
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Roman Kingdom
0753 BC-12-01 00:00:00 the history of the Roman Kingdom began with the city’s founding, traditionally dated to 753 BC, and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Republic in about[…]
“The Odyssey”
0725 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Epic poems “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” are written by Homer. 97000
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
0600 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar who ruled between605-562 BC. 98000
Buddha
0600 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Traces of what appears to have been an ancient timber shrine was found under a brick temple that is itself within Buddhism’s sacred Maya Devi Temple at Lumbini, in southern Nepal near[…]
Carthage founded by Phoenicians
0580 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Carthage was founded as a Phoenician colony near modern Tunis. After the fall of its mother-city Tyre in 585, Carthage became the leader of the Phoenician colonies in the west and founded[…]
Pythagoras
0569 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles. The theorem of Pythagoras – for a right-angled triangle the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the[…]
Persian Empire
0550 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The Persian Empire was the largest empire by geographical extent in ancient times. However the empire only flourished for two centuries. 100010
Core of Hebrew Bible possibly completed
0539 BC-12-01 00:00:00 By the time of the fall of Babylon in 539 B.C., and the return of the Jewish exiles to Palestine, the core of the Hebrew Bible was said to be completed. 102000
Solon’s Laws
0530 BC-12-01 00:00:00 As civil war beckoned, Solon, the poet, was selected by Athenians to be the mediator of a dispute between the rich landowners of Athens, and their serfs. So great as the respect[…]