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The Neolithic Period, also called the New Stone Age, is known as the final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans. During this time, we see the first agriculture begins to take place. This begins around 8000 BCE.
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Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions and originated 2,500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe that human life is one of suffering and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment or nirvana.
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Sometime around 3100 to 2660 BCE, Upper Egypt came north and invaded Lower Egypt, unifying the two kingdoms under a single ruler who took the title of the pharaoh and wore a double crown.
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Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years or roughly around 2300 - 1500 BCE. Today, with about 900 million followers, Hinduism is the third-largest religion behind Christianity and Islam. Roughly 95 percent of the world's Hindus live in India.
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The 1st Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt began when the Old Kingdom's centralized monarchy grew weak as provincial rulers called nomarchs became powerful, and ended when the Theban monarch gained control of all Egypt. This was the beginning of political Chaos. This happened between 2180 - 2080 BCE.
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The Middle Kingdom was a time of achievement for the ancient Egyptians. Art took on new styles and techniques, like the block style, where art was produced from large blocks of stone. Irrigation projects at the Faiyum, a large oasis on the west bank of the Nile in Lower Egypt, increased harvests. This is also when we saw more political stability.
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The Hittites can attribute much of their success to their adeptness for metallurgy. Metallurgy is the use of metals and the science of separating metals from their ores. This occurred around 2000 BCE
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Aryan, name originally given to a people who were said to speak an archaic Indo-European language and who were thought to have settled in prehistoric times in ancient Iran and the northern Indian subcontinent sometime around 2000 BCE.
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Minoan, Any member of a non-Indo-European people who flourished (c. 2000–c. 1400 bc) on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age. The sea was the basis of their economy and power. Their sophisticated culture, based at Knossos, was named after the legendary King Minos.
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The Old Kingdom is perhaps best known for a large number of pyramids, which were constructed as royal burial places. Thus, the period of the Old Kingdom is often called “The Age of the Pyramids.”
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he Second Intermediate Period, covers the time between the Middle and New Kingdoms from roughly 1640-1570 BCE. As Egypt divided into weakened dynasties at the end of the Middle Kingdom, they were invaded by the foreign Hyksos people, who conquered most of Egypt.
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The period in ancient Egyptian history between 1570 through 1070 BCE covers the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Dynasties of Egypt. Considered to be the peak of Egyptian power.
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The Phoenicians are perhaps best known for creating the first alphabet, which influenced writing systems everywhere. Though the Phoenician people didn't form a powerful empire, they were still incredibly influential. As master seafarers and traders, they created a robust network across and beyond the Mediterranean Sea. This can be dated back to around 1500–300 BCE.
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The Third Intermediate Period covers the centuries between the New Kingdom (about 1100 - 653 BCE) and the Late Period; for much, but not all, of this time, the country was divided into two or more segments.
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Judaism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years or around 376 BCE. Followers of Judaism believe in one God who revealed himself through ancient prophets. The history of Judaism is essential to understanding the Jewish faith, which has a rich heritage of law, culture, and tradition.
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At its most basic, Christianity is the faith tradition that focuses on the figure of Jesus Christ. In this context, faith refers both to the believers' act of trust and to the content of their faith. As a tradition, Christianity is more than a system of religious belief. This belief originated around 350 BCE