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Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, near the Nile Rive, in the place which is now the country Egypt.
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Mesopotamia was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia in itself means "two rivers" in Greek.
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The Pyramid of Cheops, also known as the Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest pyramids in Egypt.
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This civilization was located on the Indus Valley.
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China is an East Asian country with a large territory, a huge population and an ancient history, with written records dating back 4,000 years.
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Hammurabi's code is a Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia.
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It is widely accepted that first human habitation in the Japanese archipelago can be traced back to prehistoric times.
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The Mesoamerican civilizations arrived by land bridge between Asia and America and occupied modern day Mexico and Peru.
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The History of Russia begins with the Eastern Slavs in Kievan Rus.
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Phoenicia was an ancient civilization in Canaan that was situated on the Fertile Crescent.
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Ancient Rome grew from a small town on the Tiber River into an empire that included the Mediterranean islands, most of Europe, Britain, western Asia and northern Africa.
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At this civilization's height, it was the largest empire the world had ever seen, from Egypt in the west to Turkey in the north and the Indus River in the east.
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Athenian democracy developed around the fifth century BC in the Athens' city states.
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This civilization refers to the the period of greek history starting from the beginning of democracy and ending at the death of Alexander the Great. THis was located in Greece, Crete and Asia Minor.
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Buddha also known as Siddharta founded the religion Buddhism first started in India.
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The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states and the Persian Empire.
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The Battle of Gaugamela, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia.
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This period starts when Alexander the Great dies and ends at with the conquest of Egypt. Hellenistics means pieces of Greek, Egyptian, Persian and Indian cultures.
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The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
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The African civilization included Axum, Numidia and Nubia. They were located all over Africa.
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After the re-foundation of the Roman Empire, under Roman emperor Constantine I, transferred the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantium
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THe Byzantine civilization also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was on the EUropean side of the Bosphorus Strait.
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The Fall of the Western Roman Empire because its vast territory was divided into several successor polities
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This civilization included most Europe, including the Frankish empire, the Spain empire and many others.
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THe Hagia SOphia, also known as the Church of the Holy Wisdom was cathedral built in Constantinople during the Byzantine civilization.
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The Hegira is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina.
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Sunni–Shia schism followed the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad ito see who would be the next caliph.
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Islam wa slocated in Spain, Sicily, and North Africa, and surrounding Byzantium in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria.
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Victory at Tours ensured the ruling dynasty of Martel’s family, the Carolingians. It also stopped the Islamic expansion.
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This civilization is located is Scandinaviam Kievan Rus, France, the British Isles and Sicily.
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The Mongol Empire was created when the nomadic tribes in the Mongol homelands came together. The Mongols were located in Asia and Eastern Europe.
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The Great Schism was the break between what are now the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches.
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Magna Carta, is a charter agreed to by King John of England.
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Mansa Musa, fourteenth century emperor of the Mali Empire, is the medieval African ruler most known to the world outside Africa. He made a pilgrammage to Mecca, called the Hajj.
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The Tenochitlan is the Aztec capital located on Lake Texcoco.
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The Hundred Years' War was a long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne.
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The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading army of the Ottoman Empire.
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The Decree of Milan was issued by Napoleon I of France to enforce the Berlin Decree of 1806.
