Julius Caesar was both a politician and a strong leader for the Romans, who were responsible for the changes in the history of the Greco-Roman. Caesar's behavior in the temple was observed to be a [...]
E, Charlemagne the Frankish King, Charles Martel of the Kingdom of Austrasia hailed for the Battle of Tours and many others.
The ancient religious stories of the Minoans and the Mycenaean were transmitted orally to the other parts of the Mediterranean region which later fused with the Greek traditions and religious practices.
Western countries have experienced such disasters in the past, and according to the mandate of heaven, this is a sign of unjust rule.
Jihad is based on the belief that there is one single state Islamic state and Muslims have the duty to expand the territory of the state and bring as many people under the rule of [...]
It also refers to the eastern Roman Empire and the time that came before the fall of the Western Roman Empire1.
It is the mid-tier period in the classification of ancient societies following the evolution of tools from stone to bronze and then the Iron Age.
The death of Alexander the Great shook the empire, beginning the process of the division and undoing of his legacy as many of the conquered regions saw opportunities to relinquish the Hellenistic rule.
The aristocratic nature of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, and the privileged position of Roman citizens about the other residents of the vast territory of the Roman state, as well as the developed bureaucratic [...]
It is one of the earliest books known today dedicated to exploring the history and describing not only lifestyles and traditions of the society in which the author or his ancestors lived but also lifestyles [...]
The records gathered from the offices of pharaohs helped to comprehend the importance of a gender issue in Ancient Egypt. The power of the pharaoh was impressive and could change history.
In this study, the researcher will look at the differences that existed between the civilization development of Mesopotamia and that of Egypt.
The fact that the construction of the famous Egyptian pyramids began approximately at that time shows the capabilities of the civilization.
The population bordering the Roman Empire included "the Irish and Picts of the British Isles, the highly civilized Persians on the Syrian Frontier, the Berbers of North Africa, Asiatic nomads like the Sarmatians, and many [...]
The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is worth analyzing the place according to its appearance to the eyes of the millions of viewers who visit [...]
Hence, the myth concerning the emergence of the Olympic Games involves Zeus. The Olympic Games owed their integrity and significance to religion.
There were three main bodies that governed the affairs of Athens and they were the assembly, the council and the courts all which were run by representatives of the people.
The elite were the rich people, and majority of the population that comprised of the common farmers, artisans, and merchants known as the plebeians occupied the low status.
Athens developed a democratic form of government that allowed the citizens to participate in the drafting of the constitution and the governance of their city-states.
The construction of Pyramids in Egypt started with the third dynasty under the rule of Netjerikhet Djoser, the 2nd King of Egypt.
This lack of unity among them was also a contributing factor to the decline of the roman republic. Despite the existence of the senate Rome was now ruled by a governor and the republic collapsed.
By opening the poem with the line, "Now I will teach you how to captivate and hold the woman of your choice," the defendant unambiguously undermined the moral foundations of a new Roman society. The [...]
The discussion should turn to the bottom of what Thucydides has to say about the nature of war and how one might learn from his writings.
The circumstances around the changing political situation and the tone of Pericles' speeches may indicate several essential factors, such as the tactical actions of the army and the position of a leader in society.
While the former discusses the dangers and consequences of tyranny, the latter chronicles the ambitious reforms of a Spartan king. The writer warns against the dangers of a single ruler having absolute power and the [...]
The operational practices of the empires helped shape the cultural and political footprint and the future of the Mediterranean and China.
The study of Stonehenge and the Great Wall as two of the most important archaeological sites is a crucial aspect to which this paper is devoted.
In 1814, he began his work on interpreting the inscriptions on the Rosetta Stone as depicted in the documentary, 'Mystery of The Rosetta Stone: Documentary on Ancient Egypt and the Rosetta Stone.' During this process, [...]
All of these landmarks of civilization were shown to be unique to the region and not derivative of the Yellow River civilization.
Both Assyrians and Persians differ significantly in their approaches to invasions, with the former murdering their enemies and the latter valuing human lives and religion. The kings of Persia, in contrast, were renowned for their [...]
The Romans built some of the most impressive buildings in the world, including the Pantheon and the Colosseum. Thus, the Romans were ahead of their time, and their legacy continues to shape modern engineering and [...]
The Julian calendar was an initiative of the Roman emperor Julius Caesar, designed to streamline the obsolete system. The Julian calendar took into account these observations, and founded the concept of a leap year.
The Byzantine Empire, which emerged in the East, claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Roman Empire, and its rulers continued to use the title of 'Emperor.' The Byzantine Empire maintained much of the [...]
This work focuses on the principles of building aqueducts, the materials utilized in the process, the key uses, and the specifics of the repair.
However, due to a lack of provisions, the Goths rose and drove the Romans out from the Greuthungi battlefield. Overexpansion was a primary factor in the decline of Rome and other great civilizations.
Any democracy which, at least formally, is based on the power of the majority, equality of citizens, protection of their rights and freedoms, a system of separation of powers, and electability of authorities implies a [...]
For the longest time in the period from the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century, the Caucasian theory of the origin of the ancient Egyptians dominated.
The social ideals of the ancient Nile Valley cosmology and religion differ from those inherent in the cosmologies and theologies of Western civilization.
According to some sources, the reasons behind the inequality in wealth and power in ancient empires is not mere monopolies. In Rome alone, the capital of the empire, the population throughout the first and second [...]
The felling of forests could lead to the swamping of territories and later to the shift in the species composition of trees.
Now, Mesopotamia is understood mainly as a valley in the lower reaches of these rivers, and lands are added to it east of the Tigris and west of the Euphrates.
The most significant public structures in the city were gathered around the temple in the city's center, which served as the power headquarters.
Among the sources of ancient Rome stand out the civil conflict between Catilina and Cicero; the depiction of everyday life and cultural values in the poems of Catullus; Caesar's work Gallic wars; Virgil's poem Aeneid.
The ORBIS website provides an opportunity to explore the Roman world and its road and river networks. As can be seen, the map of the Roman world reveals its interconnectedness, and people had various options [...]
The concept of a single Greek civilization arose during the time of the Romans, who called all the tribes in the west of the Balkan Peninsula Greeks; The Greeks themselves called their country Hellas and [...]
Furthermore, the remnants of the greatness of Ancient Egypt's ruler were preserved in the great pyramids, still present in the modern world.
Successes in the military operations facilitated the development of the African province and fortified the influence of the Roman Empire's culture and religion.
The decline of the Roman Empire in the West that began in the 5th century had multiple interconnected factors. However, the economic and military rise of Constantinople led to the crisis in Rome.
Its visions of beauty, relations, and a sense of life created the basis of the current people's mentality. In both these ancient states, same-sex relations were a part of their culture and resulted from the [...]
The Colosseum was a symbol of victory for Christians over pagans, and the reason behind it preserving it is because of the martyrs who died in it.
In ancient Greece, the body was the material means of constructing and transmitting social values; the body's visual representation exemplified the moral codes of the time.
Both Mesopotamian and Egyptian rulers employed art as one of the methods to reinforce their ideology and remain in the cultural memory.
The Romans rose from a backwater colony to being the dominant city on the Italian peninsula due to the superiority of the political institutions of this state in comparison to others.
To be more particular, Egyptians used hieroglyphics as captions for their art to elaborate on the meaning and the idea of the piece; hence, they "complete and elaborate on the scenes".
More specifically, the origin of this Code was done according to the will of Anu and Bel, king of the Anunnaki, who called Hammurabi to bring order to the land of man.
Athens and Sparta were two critical poleis of the Archaic Age of Greece; they were inherently similar but different in many ways.
From the lecture, I discovered that the word democracy partly originates from the word demes which means the small division of the bigger sections that Athens was divided into during the ancient time.
The tomb of the young pharaoh Tutankhamun is one of the most significant archaeological finds in the exploration of Ancient Egypt. The Valley of the Kings is located on the east coast of the Nile [...]
The Nova documentary film entitled "Riddles of the Sphinx" discusses the building of the Great Sphinx, the largest statue in Egypt.
The initial religion of ancient Egypt was to realize the Gods in the form of birds and beasts. With the beginning of agriculture, the Egyptians became more dependent on nature, so they started to revere [...]
The Matsaba of Mereruka is a great example of the Old Kingdom tomb and its purpose of ensuring a prosperous afterlife for the buried one. The first mention of the king of the afterlife was [...]
The tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara is one of the most famous monuments, which is the tomb of the non-royal person.
One notable difference between Caesar's and Plutarch's descriptions of the siege of Alesia is how the authors list the numbers of the Gauls.
One of the essential functions of the Pharaoh was the connection with the cosmos. The Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom were the heydays of the divine status of kings.
The passages will be examined and evaluated better understand the social and cultural history of the period and learn more about the social order in Ancient Greece. It can be asserted that the issue of [...]
The icon is defined as a representation of a sacred image or other piece of religious art work which serves an object of devotion.
Modern historians identify four key factors that changed the worldview in the first millennium BC and contributed to the emergence of the early empires, Neo-Assyrian and Persian.
Nevertheless, technological developments in the ancient civilizations were compelled by some factors that either led to the formation of new technologies or improvements of the existent ones. A factor that led to the creation of [...]
The brightest period of this ethnic group's development is the time of the Oyo Empire which impacted the Nigerian culture and today remains the largest and most influential state.
Currently, the Nile Delta is one of the most populated areas of Egypt, but this was not always the case. The use of the Delta contributed to the active development of the economy in Ancient [...]
The Ottoman Empire had the ground for boasting. It was an Islamic empire that was called “the largest and the most influential of the Muslim empires of the Modern period”.
On the other side, the Ottoman envoy declared to the Venetians that it was not acceptable for Vizier to avoid the announcement of war since it is impossible for anyone to resist the idea of [...]
Thanks to the flooding of the river, the Egyptians received irrigation of the land, and it was also used for fishing and hunting. The specific situation of the country was the key to the highest [...]
Whilst the Colosseum and the Pantheon symbolized the greatness and power of The Roman Empire, the roadways outlined how tremendous and resourceful it was.
2 The dual attitude towards magic in Ancient Greece is deeply rooted in those people's focus on knowledge and the use of the scientific method that was born during that period.
The Battle of Talas in 751 between the Abbasid Caliphate and the Chinese Tang Dynasty for control of Central Asia was the turning point initiating mass conversion into Islam in the region.
Thus, it was important for the people of Ancient Greece, Rome, and China to have faith and praise the gods they chose.
Importantly, the physical composition of the land and natural resources alongside artifacts of ancient Egypt had a substantial impact on the country's growth and development.
The continuing growth of confederations and federations throughout African history was interrupted by the invasion of the West. Ancient Egypt in the pharaonic times is immensely enlightening in the reconstruction of the African past.
Through his work on arithmetic, Arabic numerals were introduced to the west which was based on the numeral system of the Hindus and Arabic.
The essay summarizes the several answers to the question above starting from the origins said to be classical Greece and Rome to middle ages all the way to world wars and the Gulf wars.
One of the examples of the advantages that the geography of West Africa provides is the story of the establishment and the development of the Mali Empire.
Therefore, the study of complex societies has risen in popularity to investigate the formation of states separately from the concept of urbanization. The evidence of African civilization enables anthropologists and archeologists to better understand the [...]
The particularity of the Tomb of the Augurs is the fact that it is one of the first monuments in Tarquinia to have "figural decorations on all four walls of its main chamber".
Another element that can be taken into focus as regards the distinguishing peculiarities of the Roman Domus is the use of arches and vaults for the construction of spacious buildings.
That was the home to the earliest culture of the black people in Africa. It is claimed in the article that the first rulers of Egypt were black.
Caral, excavated by the archeologist Ruth Shady in the Peruvian desert is believed to be the candidate to the mother city as far as it is a 5,000 years old city of pyramids. It was [...]
In the Roman law, the man is recognized as the head of the household owning the entire property under the family's name.
Due to the fact that the river overrode the Ethiopian lowland, the inclined gradient of the River Nile sent the water torrent which overflowed the river banks resulting in over flooding of the river.
The first and maybe the main point in this opposition of times and customs is the role of a ruler. There is a great contrast between the idealized picture of the young emperor and his [...]
Owing to this growing level of dissatisfaction by the Roman citizens, a consul system was incepted by the latter. His success was largely attributed to the system of the Republic.
The Byzantium Empire succeeded the Roman Empire in terms of the monarchical government and a complex system of bureaucracy. During the VIIth and the VIIIth centuries, the model of government was evolving, reversing to the [...]
They include The Roman empire, the Persian empire, Indian empire and the Parthian empire, there are also a lot of other empires that were also formed. The British empire was also able to withstand a [...]
Bentley and Ziegler examine the world as a whole and focus on the development and formation of the world's major societies, 'traditions', and also interactions and connections that have always been established among societies, 'encounters'."Traditions [...]
This led to the death of many young people in the nation which resulted in one of the failures for them to reach the standards of the Romans of establishing an empire.
Byzantine Constantinople was the capital of Christian Empire the successor of Greece and Rome, and it became the wealthiest and the largest city in the whole Europe.
The meaning of the piece is evident from its background Anubis is the guardian of the dead in the afterlife and of their mummies in this world.
In the cultural sense, the phrase 'ancient Greece' refers to the way of life of the ancient Greek people as depicted in their mode of worship, language, governance, entertainment and their understanding of the physical [...]
One of the greatest legacies of Greek civilization is their contribution to the development of arts and sciences. Christianity and its pacifism are also said to have killed the militantism of the Romans.
The author was intended to show and describe in detail the ancient facts of state formation beginning with Aeneas and then Romulus and Remus and other dominant figures in the historical framework of ancient times.
They were mostly confined to their homes, were under the authority of a male member of the family, could not work outside the house, and could not be as educated as the men.
In this myths, he is referred to as precious serpent and was believed to be the spirit of the waters which flowed along the winding bends of rivers.
The Latin language was one of the features of the Roman culture that the church adopted. Even after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Christianity was still widely spread and the church still insisted on [...]
This has led to widespread abuse of his power to the detriment of his country and its people as a whole.
The following paragraphs describe the characteristics of the Roman Civilization. This was the main entertainment of the Roman Civilization.
This paper is going to consider all the major aspects of their development in order to find out the reasons for the success of some of them and the failure of others in their attempt [...]
Cities begin to form with the Sumerians settling in the city of Babylon. By the time of the second period in this comparison poets and poetry were becoming popular.
As to Toltecs, they lived in the northern part of Mexico and also contributed to the formation of the Mayan and Aztec cultures.
These characteristics of the environment, in turn, dictated the manner of city-state emergence and structure in Ubaid and Uruk. According to Mieroop, the emergence of the city-state in Mesopotamia was due to the diversity of [...]
The just war theory is a theory that describes the occurrence of war and tries to justify the occurrence with reference to various issues such as tradition, doctrine, and history.
The Macedonian empire was characterized by a heavy cavalry due to the broad plains of the area that enabled the raising of horses, and the monarchical system of government provided the landholding nobility used to [...]
Ancient Greek civilization has been immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, art and architecture of the modern world particularly during the Renaissance in Western Europe and again during various neo-classical revivals in [...]
Through innovation, town planning was very important in Rome, the roman in the city plans considered factors like the climate, purpose of the town, and the environment.
The Koreans were the first producers of high-fired ceramics. The reduced oxygen environment in the kiln created the gray color that the Koreans were famous for creating.
There was a strong influence of the Minoan palace culture that was greatly affected by the earthquakes that took place in that area most of the time, and therefore it became hard as the palaces [...]
According to the primary task of the essay, it is necessary to say, that the characters of Iliad, Odysseus, and the conclusions by Socrates belong to various epochs of Greek history.
In the 20th century, Indian archaeologists discovered a civilization that existed simultaneously with the Egyptian civilization of the era of the first pharaohs and Mesopotamia of the Sumerians period.
Meanwhile, smaller states such as Israel, Phoenicians, and early Egyptians were attempting to survive and maintain their historical lands and identities in the midst of conquering empires.
The importance of water for Babylonian infrastructure, thus, became leading, influencing the lives of peasants through the necessity of irrigation and the lives of city-dwellers through the integration of water canals into the city's infrastructure.
The Great Flood in Genesis and the Epic of Gilgamesh both depict the flood, the boat, the God of gods, and persons responsible for preserving humanity.