Category: Ancient History

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were persons who changed black history forever. Their courage and love for their people transcended and surpassed their only boundary: America. Each one of them did what was possible for them at the time. However, what they achieved, . . . Read more

1. The extraordinary popularity of Zack Znyder’s recent film 300, the fast-moving, very faithful, though somewhat extended adaptation of the homonymous comic by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley, has brought about the speedy translation of some recent studies on the famous Second Greco-Persian War. As has happened in recent years . . . Read more

Mountains, valleys, and water isolate Greece. Hundreds of islands are scattered along its coast. As a result of this type of geography, Greece could never become a large unified empire, so instead, small city-states were created. A city-state was known as a “polis”. A polis was made up of two . . . Read more

This paper is a question-and-answer discussion of some aspects of life in ancient Babylonia. (3+ pages; 4 sources; MLA citation style) Introduction This paper answers specific questions about the civilization of ancient Babylonia and is in a question-answer format. Answers to the Questions 1. Explain the importance of the topic . . . Read more

One of the latest findings in the archeological world was recently revealed to the public in March this year in the village of Kfar Kana, North of Israel. Several subterranean galleries, passageways and pits were discovered leading scholars to believe that they were used as hiding places during the first . . . Read more

Alexander the Great (356-323 bc), king of Macedonia, the conqueror of the Persian Empire, and one of the greatest military geniuses of all times. Alexander, born in Pella, the ancient capital of Macedonia, was the son of Philip II, king of Macedonia, and of Olympias, a princess of Epirus. Aristotle . . . Read more

The mysterious culture of ancient Maya once covered a vast geographic area in Central and South America. Their civilization extended to parts of what are now Mexico, Honduras, and El Salvador, and most of Guatemala and Belize. The Mayans first settled in 1500BC. The Mayans ‘ environment consisted of tropical . . . Read more

More than 5,000 years ago, a glorious civilization called Mesopotamia arose in the area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This civilization took advantage of its countless benefits. If there were any obstacles, the Mesopotamians adapted. Soon, great cities emerged as a result of the discovery of farming, and there . . . Read more

Introduction – Who were they? When most people think of ancient civilizations they think of civilizations from thousands of years ago. However, not all ancient civilizations are in fact, that ancient. The Aztecs of America fell only just under 500 years ago, in 1524, to Spanish invaders. The Aztecs existed . . . Read more

The Aztec Nation A distant sound is heard. It sounds like a deep drum being hit with a heavy instrument. You hear it again and strain your eyes in the direction of the sound. All around you is a dense jungle. Snakes slither between your legs. You hear the sound . . . Read more

The ancient civilization of Rome was far superior to ancient China in many ways, government and leadership being the two most important ways. Rome’s government was more detailed and left no room for error. It was well thought out and the structure was very defined all though out Roman history, . . . Read more

Both the Roman and the Athenian civilizations enjoyed recreation and cherished it dearly. Recreation was and is one of the most important things in a person’s life. If a person has a total lack of recreation there are chances of melancholy that can, later on, lead to death. Having recreation . . . Read more

The Mayan Empire was one of the most innovative and interesting civilizations. It was an ancient civilization that was one of the most advanced and innovative ones. They inhabited the Yucatan peninsula and the empire lasted for about 3500 years ending around the year 1500 AD. It is considered the . . . Read more

What is this civilized thing called writing? Modern linguists define writing as a system of human communication by means of conventional, agreed-upon signals that represent language. The signs must be capable of being sent and received, mutually understood, and they must correspond to spoken words. Each written means began with . . . Read more

Persepolis was rediscovered in A.D 1620, after being hidden by its own ruins since 330 B.C. Many people came to visit Persepolis in the next centuries, but the excavation of the ruins did not begin until 1931 when the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago sponsored the excavation of . . . Read more

There are probably hundreds of myths and legends about Stonehenge. Various people have attributed the building of this great megalith to the Danes, Romans, Saxons, Greeks, Atlanteans, Egyptians, Phoenicians Celts, King Aurelius Ambrosius, Merlin, and even Aliens. One of the most popular beliefs was that Stonehenge was built by the . . . Read more

MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was the land of four primary civilizations: the Sumerian, the Akkadians, the Babylonian and the Assyrians. The Hebrews, like the Akkadians, belong to a group of people known as Semites and from there we can see the influence of Mesopotamian culture in some of the Hebrew traditions. During . . . Read more

During the thirty years that preceded the Civil War, abolitionism was a major factor in electoral politics. Abolitionism refers to antislavery activism between the early 1830s when William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator and the Civil War. By the year 1834, there existed a weak framework of abolitionists, many . . . Read more

Pros and Cons of the Spartans PROS 1st- A positive aspect of the Spartan Code was the idea to train their young beginning at a young age, by giving power to the state to control the youth. This allowed many of the children to have an equal opportunity in the . . . Read more