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Ancient Egypt was divided into 2 regions, Upper and Lower Egypt. The north was Lower Egypt, where the Nile River stretched out. The south was Upper Egypt stretching to Syene.
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An Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu, in Peru. It is said that the caves were used to hold mummies.
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The period in the history of ancient Egypt stretching from the establishment of the Eleventh Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty.
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Ancient Greek colonization began at an early date, during a time called the Geometric period.
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One of the world's greatest writing systems. Chinese script was fundamental to writing systems in the East.
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Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 15th century B.C.
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Akhenaten meant the "living spirit of Aten" and Queen Nefertiti is often referred to as "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World."
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Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history.
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Buddha was also referred to as "the awakened one".
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Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction.
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This was the period of ancient roman civilization beginning.
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The Adena culture was a Pre-Columbian Native American culture that existed from 1000 to 200 BC.
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Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of China.
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This was one of the largest of China's dynasties.
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The President of the Republic of South Africa is the head of state and head of government under the Constitution of South Africa.
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The Inca civilization and their empire eventually extended across western South America.
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Julius Caesar was stabbed to death.
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This document is the first printed version of the American Declaration of Independence.
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Magna Carta was also known as "Great Charter".
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The Song Dynasty consisted of the Northern Song and the Southern Song.
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Western improvements to the paper-making process came in the 19th century with the invention of wood-based papers.
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Islam had already spread into northern Africa by the mid-seventh century A.D.
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Muhammad is also known as "Holy Prophet".
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The Mayans originated in the Yucatan around 2600 B.C.
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On Christmas Day 1991, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time.
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The official purpose of this Berlin Wall was to keep Western “fascists” from entering East Germany and undermining the socialist state.
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This was the largest empire in pre-Colombian America.
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Japan begin takeover of Manchuria, which is later renamed Manchukuo.
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At 7:22 a.m., Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, dies from a bullet wound inflicted the night before by John Wilkes Booth.
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After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia.
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China has invented all of the following, paper-making, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
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The Roman Empire is also called Fall of the Roman Empire or Fall of Rome.
