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Widely considered to be one of the cradles of civilization by the Western world, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires, all native to the territory of modern-day Iraq.
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evolved from archaic humans in the Middle Paleolithic, about 200,000 years ago.
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During the first half of the 15th century, the Portuguese were encouraged by Prince Henry the Navigator to explore the coasts of Africa. In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed further west into the Atlantic Ocean and discovered islands that he thought were close to Asia.
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n the late fourth century, the Western Roman Empire crumbled after a nearly 500-year run as the world’s greatest superpower.
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Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor of China. He was born Ying Zheng or Zhao Zheng, a prince of the state of Qin.
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in full Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim born 570, Mecca, Arabia now in Saudi Arabia died June 8, 632, Medina founder of the religion of Islam accepted by Muslims throughout the world as the last of the prophets of God.
