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The Neolithic Period, also called the New Stone Age, is the final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans.
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he Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt (also known as Thinite Period, from Thinis, the supposed hometown of its rulers) is the era immediately following the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt c. 3100 BC. ... Before the unification of Egypt, the land was settled with autonomous villages.
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Minoan, Any member of a non-Indo-European people who flourished (c. 3000–c. 1100 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 for the legendary King Minos. -
Hinduism has no founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs, Hinduism started somewhere between 2300 BCE and 1500 BCE. Hinduism is the world's oldest religion, according to many scholars, with roots and customs dating back more than 4,000 years. 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 -
The Old Kingdom of Egypt (c. 2613-2181 BCE) is also known as the 'Age of the Pyramids' or 'Age of the Pyramid Builders' as it includes the great 4th Dynasty when King Sneferu perfected the art of pyramid building and the pyramids of Giza were constructed under the kings Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. -
The First Intermediate Period, described as a 'dark period' in ancient Egyptian history, spanned approximately one hundred and twenty-five years, from c. 2181–2055 BC, after the end of the Old Kingdom. ... This event marked the beginning of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. -
The empire period the Hittites developed iron-working technology, helping to initiate the Iron Age. -
The 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.The Indo-Aryans were part of an expansion into the Indus Valley and Ganges Plain from1800-1500 BCE. A Aryan is a member of one of the peoples of the Indian subcontinent speaking an Indo-European language and one of the early Indo-European invaders of southern Asia. -
Judaism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion, dating back nearly 4,000 years. Jews believe that God made a special covenant with Abraham and that he and his descendants where chosen people who would create a great nation. The history of Judaism is essential to understanding the Jewish faith, which has a rich heritage of law, culture and tradition. -
The second of these, known as the Second Intermediate Period, covers the time between the Middle and New Kingdoms from roughly 1640-1570BCE. 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. -
The New Kingdom era in Egyptian history following the disunity of the Second Intermediate Period -
The Phoenicians were a Semitic-speaking people of somewhat unknown origin who emerged in the Levant around 3000 BC. ... The Phoenicians were organized in city-states, similar to those of ancient Greece, of which the most notable were Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos. -
The period was one of decline and political instability. It coincided with the Late Bronze Age collapse of civilizations in the ancient Near East and Eastern Mediterranean. -
Buddhism is one of the world's largest religions and originated 2,500 years ago in India. Buddhists believe that the human life is one of suffering, and that meditation, spiritual and physical labor, and good behavior are the ways to achieve enlightenment.