Early Civilizations to Modern Age

About 400,000 years ago, a group of people were gathered at the mouth of a cave. They had a fire

Read More The Coming of Man

Mesopotamia is where civilization began. By 4000 B. C., many different groups of people  were working out their lives in

Read More Mesopotamia, Where Civilization Began 4000 B.C. – 1750 B.C.

Within 150 years of the death of Hammurabi, the cities of Mesopotamia were powerless and other peoples took up the

Read More Hittite Warriors Build a Kingdom 1750 B. C. – 700 B. C.

It was around 3500 B.C. and as it did every year around the middle of July, the Nile had begun

Read More The Gift of the Nile 3300 B.C. – 30 B.C.

On the plains of Mesopotamia, a young man stood gazing up at the stars that glittered from the dark sky

Read More The People of One God 3000 B. C. – 30 B. C.

During the century after the Hittites had raided Babylon and rose to power in Turkey and Syria, Mesopotamia was a

Read More The Rise of the Assyrians 1600 B. C. – 539 B. C.

BABYLON, the final capital of Mesopotamia civilization, had fallen to warrior tribesmen from the east, the Medes and Persians. The

Read More A New People, a New Faith 650 B. C. – 330 B. C

For thousands of years during the Stone Age, only scattered groups of people had lived in India. With only the

Read More Civilization comes to India 3500 B.C to 200 B.C.

For many generations, the ancestors of P’an Keng had considered themselves kings in northern China. Yet this family of kings,

Read More The Land of the Great Wall 4000 B.C. to A.D. 220

About 3000 B. C., when the Pharaohs ruled Egypt and Babylon was the home of mighty kings, bands of sailors

Read More The Silent Peninsula 3000 B.C. to 1600 B.C.