Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria
Sumeria was the first civilization, created the first writing system, and had the first monarch.
Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria Read more
Sumeria was the first civilization, created the first writing system, and had the first monarch.
Humanity’s first monarch, perhaps Dumuzid, comes to power in Sumeria Read more
The Maya Long Count Calendar gives a Maya creation date of 11 August, 3114 B.C.E., and traces of Maya habitation at Cuello, in Belize, were recently carbon dated to around 2600 B.C.E.
Maya culture emerges in the Yucatan Read more
The Old Kingdom, in ancient Egyptian history, is the period in the third millennium (c. 2686-2181 B.C.E.) also known as the ‘Age of the Pyramids’ or ‘Age of the Pyramid Builders’.
The Old Kingdom of Egypt begins Read more
Elam was an ancient Pre-Iranian civilization centered in the far west and southwest of what is now modern-day Iran.
The civilization of Elam rises in modern-day Iran Read more
One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, Avebury contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.
Humans of ancient Britain construct Avebury Read more
Phoenicia was an ancient civilization composed of independent city-states located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea stretching through what is now Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel.
Phoenician civilization flourishes in the eastern Mediterranean Read more
Corded Ware culture encompassed a vast area, from the contact zone between the Yamnaya culture and the Corded Ware culture in south Central Europe, to the Rhine on the west and the Volga in the east, occupying parts of Northern Europe, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
Corded Ware cultures thrives in Europe Read more
The Catacomb culture (c. 2800–2200 B.C.E.) is a group of related cultures in the early Bronze Age occupying essentially what is present-day eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.
The Catacomb culture flourishes in modern-day Ukraine and southern Russia Read more
Inhabited as early as 9000 B.C.E., Baalbek grew into an important pilgrimage site in the ancient world for the worship of the Phoenician sky-god Baal and his consort Astarte, the Queen of Heaven.
The first settlement at Baalbek is founded in modern-day Lebanon Read more
Though the exact date and location of the world’s first formal educational institution are likely lost to time, the first schools likely popped up in several places in the 2nd, 3rd, and perhaps 4th Millennia B.C.E., including Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and China.
Humans create the world’s first formal school Read more