Millennium History

Ancient history

  • Neolithic Europe

    Europeans started farming after the inhabitants of the Near and Middle East . Agriculture arrived in Neolithic Europe around 6500 BC. and approximately 4,000 years B.C. there were already settled farming communities throughout continental Europe, southern Scandinavia, and Great Britain. Neolithic Eu

  • Theories of the evolution of man

    The transformation of beings, such as man, is explained by resorting to evolutionary theories , whose authors are Juan Bautista Lamarck and Charles Darwin. These theories try to explain the evolution of man. Lamarck (1744 – 1829) He is a French scientist , he proposed three ideas for the evoluti

  • Pericles

    Pericles , Greek statesman of the 5th century BC. C. The apogee of the cultural and political evolution of Athens coincides with the period in which Pericles exercised the leadership of the city government. His statesmanship was aimed at consolidating the sovereign rule of the people, with which he

  • Charlemagne

    The rise of the Carolingian dynasty led by Charlemagne, who lived in the seventh century the moment of greatest power and expansion, and its dependence on the Holy See, not only modified the geographical limits of the European continent. The new Frankish sovereignty was decisive in the foundation of

  • Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc also known as the Maid of Orleans, she is a mystical and mythical character in French history, whose presence at the head of the diminished troops of the dauphin Carlos de Valois gave an unexpected turn to the Hundred Years War (1337-1453). This dispute, which arose from the aspiration o

  • The industrial Revolution

    The process of extraordinary development and radical transformation that took place in industry and commerce is called the industrial revolution , and that contributed to modify science and technology, means of communication and transportation, as well as the uses, customs and general conditions of

  • Russian Revolution

    The Mexican Revolution and the Russian Revolution were the first great revolutions of the 20th century . In both participated the working classes (peasant, workers, etc.), middle-level social sectors (national bourgeoisie) and progressive people in general. They fought against the unjust social econ

  • the french revolution

    The French revolution is known as the political, social, economic and military movement that emerged in France in 1789; The French revolution brought as a consequence the collapse of the absolutist monarchy, which until then had ruled in France, at the same time that it caused the establishment of a

  • the russian empire

    The Russian Empire it was inhabited by Slavic and Finnish tribes, dominated by the Mongolian Tatars until the 16th century. They were very backward towns. But, at the beginning of the 16th century, Ivan the Terrible, head of the Principality of Moscow, managed to emancipate himself from the yoke of

  • Conquest of America

    The conquest of the American territories was not carried out directly from Spain . The distance was excessive for a center of peninsular power to direct such a great work, for that reason a base was created in America from where the expeditions departed. From Hispaniola the conquest spread to Centr

  • United States independence

    The today powerful nation of the United States of North America, had its origin in the territories that the English colonized on the Atlantic coast of North America (since the beginning of the 17th century), where they had managed to establish thirteen colonies, the same ones that were incorporated

  • Arabic culture, Islam

    The Arab Culture was located in Arabia, a peninsula located between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, in southwestern Asia. Due to its arid climate, Arabia is a desert where agriculture is only possible in some places on the coast and in the interior oases. Until the seventh century, the Arabian Pe

  • The Crusades

    The Crusades they are the warrior expeditions that the Christians of Western Europe undertook, between the 11th and 13th centuries, to recover from the hands of the Turks the Holy Places, where Jesus lived. In the 11th century, after having been the object of invasions, Europe became an invader, th

  • Eastern Roman Empire:Byzantine Empire

    The Eastern Roman Empire or also called Byzantine Empire , originated in the year 395 AD. when Emperor Theodosius divided the Roman Empire into two:East and West. Unlike the Western Roman Empire, which was destroyed by the Germans in AD 476, the Byzantine Empire managed to survive the Germanic thre

  • The Barbarian Kingdoms

    The Germans called barbarians by the romans , were organized in tribes and lived from agriculture and livestock. The barbarian population (which formed the barbarian kingdoms ) settled in Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, but numerous studies agree in pointing to the relatively low

  • Egyptian Culture or Ancient Egypt

    The Egyptian culture or culture of Ancient Egypt , developed in the valley formed by the Nile River, located in the northeast corner of Africa. The Nile River runs through the territory from south to north, making agriculture, livestock and navigation prosper. Geographic environment of Ancient Egypt

  • battle of marathon

    In the Battle of Marathon , an inferior force of Greek hoplites seized an opportunity to defeat their Persian foes, exploiting their superior armor and discipline to win one of the most famous tactical victories of the ancient world . However, this did not end the Persian threat against the independ

  • The Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire is called the stage of Roman history, in which Rome was ruled by emperors. These established absolute government, concentrating in one person all powers:political, administrative, religious and military. This stage began in the year 29 B.C. with the government of Augustus (Octavio

  • Celts

    The Celts were a group of fierce and warlike tribes who lived in Central and Western Europe between the 8th and 1st centuries BC They were known for their skill as horsemen, spoke similar languages ​​and shared many religious and artistic customs. Although the Celts themselves were illiterate and l

  • City of Ur

    In 1925 a British-American expedition was organized to excavate the Sumerian city of Ur , in southern present-day Iraq. Located near the Euphrates River, Ur had flourished between 3,000 and 2,000 years BC . It was one of the city-states of Sumer, in ancient Mesopotamia. Although its buildings had d

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