The warrior Temudjin united all the Mongolian tribes under his command when he was declared Great Khan, with the name Genghis Khan. Immediately after, he attacked the provinces of Northern China and Eastern Persia and penetrated Southern Russia and the Caucasus. Under mandate from Genghis Khan, ...
In the first century B.C, King Antiochus I of Commagene built a sanctuary unlike any of his predecessors. His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey.
The myth and folklore of ancestral people from ancient Greece, Persia, India and elsewhere give us a far different story. They spoke of a time when mankind walked with the gods and lived in harmony with nature on a pristine Earth. Their stories repeatedly whisper of a long-lost Golden Age...
Coming from the Middle East, the Hebrews installed themselves in Palestine, directly to the south ofPhoenicia. In other words, between the Mediterranean Sea, the river Jordan, the Dead Sea, the mountains of Lebanon and the Sinai Peninsula. Ancient Hebrew Civilization Map Their placement, in a t...
Egypt's strategic location in the world also contributed significantly to the success of its trade during the time. Egypt is still located in the north region of the African continent. During this time, Egypt was at the center of trade attraction as Greece surrounded it in the northwest. In...
Ch 12. Ancient Persia Overview Ch 13. Ancient Minoans Ch 14. Mycenaean Civilization Ch 15. Ancient Greece from 500-399 BC Ch 16. Ancient Greece: Athens Overview Ch 17. Ancient Greece: Sparta Overview Ch 18. 4th Century Greece Till the Death of... Ch 19. Important Ancient Greek... Ch...
Round bronze mirror: decorated with four animals, Persia, 1100 B.C. A bronze mirror and pottery were found in a burial at Gonur Tepe, an archaeological site from Bronze Age Turkmenistan Bronze mirror found with the now famous 2,000-year-old mummies found in the Takla Makan Desert west of...
All the Assyrian art was inspired by that ofPersia, Syria, the Hittites and Babylonia. Their statues are solid. Under the reign of Ashurbanipal the sculptors of animals achieved in bas-reliefs a grace and movement rarely equaled, which, since then, does not exist in the royal effigies with...
‘conveyor belt’ of the Japan Current made a seaborne journey from Egypt, Arabia and Persia to India, the Spice Islands, China and the Pacific Coast of America the most profitable one in all commerce for nearly a thousand years.”[10] Gold and other metals, food and drugs were the ...
The Chaldean dynasty, also called the Neo-Babylonian Empire, lasted from the rise of power of Nabopolassar in 626 BC to the invasions by Persia in 539 BC. So, the Chaldean Dynasty lasted roughly 80 years. 13. Hittites The Old Hittite Empire was founded around 1750 BC by Hattusili I. ...