#ancient-civilizations

The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern region of Mesopotamia, which is now modern-day Iraq, around 4000 BCE. They are credited with...    Read more

Ancient Egyptians had a comprehensive knowledge of human anatomy and used natural ingredients to create medicines to treat various ailments. The...    Read more

Historians approach the study of ancient civilizations in a number of ways, depending on the specific civilization and the available evidence. Some...    Read more

The Babylonian Empire was a dominant power in ancient Mesopotamia for almost two thousand years, but eventually faced decline and fell to the Persian...    Read more

Mentuhotep II was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the 11th Dynasty, around 2061 BC to 2010 BC. He is known for reuniting Upper and Lower...    Read more

The Inca Empire, also known as Tawantinsuyu, was one of the largest and most powerful empires in pre-Columbian America. It covered a vast territory...    Read more

The wars between Rome and Carthage, collectively known as the Punic Wars, had a profound impact on the history of the Roman Empire. These three wars,...    Read more

The Rosetta Stone is a large slab of granodiorite rock inscribed with a decree issued in 196 BC by King Ptolemy V in three scripts: Greek, Egyptian...    Read more

The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, covering approximately 3.6 million square miles (9.4 million square kilometers) of North Africa....    Read more

Merneptah was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh who ruled from 1213 to 1203 BCE. He was the fourth ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt and the...    Read more