Category: Civilizations and Empires

5000 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning ‘between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean 44000

3000 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. 55000

3000 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The Indus Valley is contemporary with the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. The civilization is famous for its large and well-planned cities. Over 1,052 cities and settlements have been found. Most[…]

1550 BC-12-01 00:00:00 Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in Canaan which covered most of the western, coastal part of the fertile Crescent. Several major Phoenician cities were built on the coastline of the Mediterranean. It[…]

2070 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The first dynasty in China to be described in ancient historical chronicles. 70000

1200 BC-12-01 00:00:00 The mysterious Olmec civilization prospered in Pre-Classical (Formative) Mesoamerica from c. 1200 BCE to c. 400 BCE and is generally considered the forerunner of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures such as the Maya[…]

0808 BC-12-01 00:00:00 [808-399 BC] Caranus establishes the ancient Macedonian kingdom and is the first known Macedonian king (808-778 BC). 94000

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

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,[…]