Ancient history

• Scientific Renaissance

  Its called Scientific Renaissance the period of development of science during the 15th and 16th centuries. This time was based on rationalism, humanism and the knowledge of Classical Antiquity that changed peoples mentality. Vitruvian Man (1490) by Leonardo da Vinci. Iconic illustration of Renaiss

• english revolution

  The English Revolution was a set of civil wars and political regime changes that took place in England, Scotland and Ireland between 1640 and 1688. These revolutions marked the rise of the bourgeoisie and consolidated the parliamentary monarchy in England. Abstract The English Revolution can be di

• Telephone History

  The telephone was created by the American scientist of Scottish origin Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922). It was he who filed the first invention patent in March 1876, hours before another scholar,Elisha Gray . The registration started one of the longest patent court battles in history. Illustrat

• The Seven Wonders of the Modern World

  The Seven Wonders of the Modern World (or New Seven Wonders of the World) represent the most important monuments of modernity according to their history and architecture. Chosen through open research and released on July 7, 2007, they were presented at a ceremony at Estádio da Luz, in Lisbon, Portu

• Social contract

  The social contract is a metaphor used by contractual philosophers to explain the relationship between human beings and the state. This figure of speech was used especially by Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Contractualists The so-called contractualists are the philosophers wh

• Enlightenment philosophers

  The enlightenment philosophers contributed in different ways and in different areas of knowledge. From moral, religious and political issues to economic and philosophical ones, the ideals of Enlightenment thinkers promoted the process of world awareness. The lights of Enlightenment thought are a c

• Modern State

  The Modern State emerged from the union of the various fiefs existing on the European continent. The formation of the Modern State is divided, for study purposes, into four phases:the modern state, liberal state, crisis in the liberal state and liberal democratic state. It was born in the 15th cen

• Cultural Renaissance

  The Cultural Renaissance was a movement that began in the Italian Peninsula in the 14th century and spread throughout Europe until the 16th century. This phase coincides with the prosperity of the cities of the Italian Peninsula, especially Florence, where wealth allowed investments in the product

• Renaissance:Characteristics and Historical Context

  The Renaissance was a cultural, economic and political movement, which emerged in Italy in the 14th century and extended throughout Europe until the 17th century. Inspired by the values ​​of Classical Antiquity and generated by economic changes , the Renaissance reshaped medieval life and ushered i

• Questions about the Industrial Revolution

  The Industrial Revolution is one of the most requested topics in Enem and in entrance exams across the country. Thats why weve put together exercises to get you ready for the big day. Good study and good luck! Question 1 (UFG-2013) Read the following information: In the mid-eighteenth century, Ja

• Pharaoh

  It is considered a pharaoh those leaders who reigned in Egypt, after the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt carried out by Menes. This king ruled from 3185 to 3125 BC The Life of a Pharaoh it was marked by religious rituals, meetings with his advisors, reception of ambassadors, visits to works an

• Law of the Twelve Tables

  The Law of the Twelve Tables was a set of laws created in the period of the Roman Republic, under pressure from the plebeians. Established in 451 BC, there were written the laws that determined how judgments should be, punishments for debtors and the power of the father over the family. Law of the

• Mesopotamia

  The word Mesopotamia means between two rivers and refers to the city-states, empires, and civilizations that arose between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Mesopotamian civilization is called the cradle of Humanity, because there lived peoples who left to humanity legacies such as the division

• Fall of the Roman Empire

  Among the causes of the fall of the Roman Empire are:internal disputes for power, barbarian invasions, division between West and East, the economic crisis and the growth of Christianity. Officially, the Western Roman Empire ends in 476 AD, when Emperor Romulus Augustus is forced to abdicate in favo

• ancient china

  Three dynasties ruled China between the beginning of the second millennium BC and the year 221 BC. All lived around the Yellow River Basin. The Xia, Shang and Zhou were responsible for the process of occupation of Chinese territory and the ethnic formation of the country . Even before the influence

• Antique

  Antiquity or Ancient Age is the period of history told from the development of writing, roughly 4000 BC, to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. This period of history is divided into: Eastern Antiquity :including the Egyptian civilization, the Mesopotamian civilization, as well as the

• Mesopotamian art

  Mesopotamian art represents the various artistic manifestations (painting, sculpture, architecture, handicrafts, literature, etc.) that were developed by the Mesopotamian civilization during about 4,000 years. They inhabited the fertile lands of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, territ

• Sparta and Athens

  The cities of Sparta and Athens formed during the Archaic period, in the context of the formation of the first Greek polis. This process was consolidated between 700 BC. to 500 a. C. when the nomadic Genos (tribes) became sedentary. Even if they called themselves Helenes and sharing some customs

• Romanesque art

  The Romanesque Art refers to a style that emerged during the Middle Ages, more precisely in the High Middle Ages (between the 11th and 13th centuries). The term “Romanesque ” is closely related to the influences of the Roman Empire, which for centuries dominated almost all of Western Europe. Charac

• Hellenistic Period - Hellenism

  TheHellenistic Period (or Hellenism ) was a period of history between the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. in which the Greeks were under the rule of the Macedonian Empire. The Greek influence was so great that, after the fall of the Empire, the Hellenistic culture continued to predominate in all the terr