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a native or inhabitant of ancient or modern Persia (or Iran), or a person of Persian descent.
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The set of laws drawn up by Babylonian king Hammurabi dating to 3500 BC, the earliest legal code known in its entirety.
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relating to or characteristic of the ancient southwestern Asian region of Mesopotamia or its inhabitants
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ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River valley.
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a native of ancient or modern Egypt, or a person of Egyptian descent.
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A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides, begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
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a Spanish explorer and conquistador who landed on the coast of Mexico in 1519. Learning of the powerful Aztec empire and its capital city of Tenochtitlan.
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a member of a Semitic people inhabiting ancient Phoenicia and its colonies. The Phoenicians prospered from trade and manufacturing until the capital, Tyre, was sacked by Alexander the Great in 332 BC.
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they established the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, and their scriptures and traditions form the basis of the Jewish religion.
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The first known democracy in the world, Athenian democracy developed in 500 BC in the Greek city-state of Athens.
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a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place.
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During this period Greek culture flourished, spreading through the Mediterranean and into the Near East and Asia and centering on Alexandria in Egypt and Pergamum in Turkey.
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In 331 BC Alexander's army of the Hellenic League defeats the Persian army of Darius III near Gaugamela.
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relating to China or its language, culture, or people.
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relating to ancient Rome or its empire or people
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The first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 to 206 BC. Named for its heartland of Qin
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the branch of the Indo-European language family comprising classical and modern Greek.
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a native or inhabitant of the region of Meso-America.
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Constantinople made capital by emperor Constantine.
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relating to India or to the subcontinent comprising India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
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relating to Japan or its language, culture, or people
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Two of the main events of the Fall of Rome were the plundering of the city of Rome by an invading tribe, the Vandals, in the middle years of the century and the abdication of the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, in 476.
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The Buddha died of old age, when he was eighty years old.
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Began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. ... The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, High, and Late Middle Ages.
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Church of the Holy Wisdom or Church of the Divine Wisdom, cathedral built at Constantinople
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migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib
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relating to Islam.
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A dispute over succession to Muhammad as a caliph of the Islamic community spread across various parts of the world.
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Was fought on October 10, 732 between the franks and islamics
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Any of the Scandinavian seafaring pirates and traders who raided and settled in many parts of northwestern Europe in the 8th–11th centuries.
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relating to Russia, its people, or their language.
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relating to Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire, or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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a native or inhabitant of Mongolia
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a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.
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He became the first Muslim ruler in West Africa to make the nearly four thousand mile journey to Mecca
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A long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne.
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A split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417
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The capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire on 29 May 1453.
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The Milan Decree was issued on December 17, 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806 which had initiated the Continental System.
