The Roman Monarchy It begins with the government of Rómulo in the year 753 BC. and ends in the year 509 BC, with the expulsion of the king Tarquin the Proud . 1. Legendary Character:Founding of Rome Rome was founded in Lazio, on the banks of the Tiber River and close to the sea, on April 21, 753 BC
The Republic is called the second period of Roman history, which begins with the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud , 509 BC until 29 BC in which Octavio became emperor, with the name of Augustus. At this stage, Rome became the leading power in the Ancient World, with numerous colonies in Europe, Asia
The Roman Culture , successor of the Greek Culture in Universal History, was developed in the Italian peninsula. This peninsula is located in the south of Europe, penetrating the Mediterranean Sea in the shape of a boot. Its limits in ancient times were:to the north with the Alps; to the south with
Greek culture it developed in the Balkan Peninsula, located in southeastern Europe. In ancient times its limits were:Illyria and Macedonia to the north, the most Mediterranean to the south; the Aegean Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the west. Geographical Mean of Greek Culture Greece has a ru
The Age of Pericles was called, the time when Athens reached its maximum political and intellectual apogee, and began the era of the development of the arts and sciences . Background of the Age of Pericles The Persian Wars had favored the progress of the popular classes, the heroic naval victories
In the early 5th century AD, Britain began to be invaded by fierce tribes from Norway, Denmark, and northwestern Germany. It was the Angles and the Saxons, who ended up creating a culture in Great Britain that would last more than 400 years . The invaders began to arrive in Britain after the Roman
The Corinthian War is the conflict between the knights of Sparta and small merchants and craftsmen. Thebes, capital of Boeotia, was gradually becoming the focus of anti-Spartan resistance. This city had been the most favored by the Athenian defeat and the Boeotian League was strengthened around it.
Ancient Polynesians were the first to cross the Pacific from the shores of Southeast Asia in about 1500 B.C. and little by little they spread through the islands of this ocean . Those voyages of colonization were a spectacular achievement for an ancient people who sailed in canoes. Today, Polynesia
Chinese culture forms a world apart, of strong isolation. Only in prehistoric times, especially the Neolithic, can we point to any contact between such distant worlds. The pottery with painted spirals of the Chinese culture of Yang-Chao, in the III millennium, resembles that of South Russia and the
The Babylonian Empire was one of the most important in the ancient world . The Babylonians were a very sophisticated people, who built great cities and invented astronomy, the lunar calendar and the zodiac. They were also great teachers of algebra and advanced mathematics. The capital of the Babylo
The mainland of Southeast Asia is a vast region that includes the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia and Singapore . Despite the diversity of the region, the languages and cultures of these peoples share many common features. The history of the region has been greatly influe
Most of the Egyptian pharaohs are remembered because they were great conquering soldiers or because they built gigantic temples and tombs. Tutankhamun was neither a great soldier nor a great builder, however he is the best known of the pharaohs . This circumstance is due to the dramatic discovery
In March 1974, a small group of farmers dug wells in the fields near the city of Xian, in north-central China. Instead of water they found an extraordinary treasure:an underground chamber containing a terracotta army. When Chinese archaeologists began excavating the site - which became known as Pit
The southwestern region of North America includes the current US states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and southern Utah. Between the third centuries B.C. and XV AD, three different agricultural cultures developed there:the Hohokam, the Mogollón and the Anasazi . Although much of the southwester
Thousands of years ago, in the fertile valley of the great Indus River, a civilization emerged in what are now India and Pakistan . This is the Indus civilization, which archaeologists also call the Harappan civilization, which is the name of one of its largest cities. Until 2600 BC, people from di
In this region there are several cities that appeared about 6,000 years ago. The inhabitants of these settlements were clever and clever people who made several vital discoveries. It is believed that they invented the wheel, the plow with a metal blade and, most important of all, the art of writing
The Sumerians were pioneers, both in writing and in mathematics. They also built magnificent buildings, including those huge stepped pyramids called ziggurats . They also produced remarkable craftsmanship, carving small statues and inlays with different precious stones. No one knows how the Sumeria
Japan is made up of a group of islands located off the coast of Korea, in the North Pacific Ocean . Its written history is not very old, since the first thing that is recorded is the so-called Kojiki, or Record of ancient matters , which was written in the year 712 AD The Kojiki The Kojiki is a com
The Phoenician Culture was of the Semitic race, possibly from the shores of the Persian Gulf. The ethnic name that the inhabitants of the Phoenician Culture gave themselves was kenaʿani, Canaanites or bin kenaʿan, children of Canaan, this name coincides with the inhabitants of Canaan cited in the Bi
Approximately between 2000 and 500 BC, Babylon was the capital of the Babylonian empire and an important religious and commercial center . It was also the place where the legendary Tower of Babel was built and the Gardens of, considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were built. The
Dahomey , kingdom in West Africa , used in the southern region in the 18th and 19th centuries Benin thrived . Tradition has it that in the early 17th century three brothers competed for the kingdom Allada , which like neighboring Whydah (now) Ouidah ), was in Slave Trade got r
If you have seen the movie Kingdom of Heaven by Ridley Scott will surely remember the scene in which Saladin tries to storm the Crack of the Moabites. The Crusader Castle, also known as the Kerak , was together with the Crac de los Caballeros, one of the largest Christian fortresses in the Holy Lan
The white walkers and his hosts of undead occupy almost as important a part in the series of Game of Thrones and in the saga of A Song of Ice and Fire like the intrigues and conspiracies exercised by antagonistic kingdoms and families. However, as Stannis conveys to Samwell Tarly in A Storm of Blad
Autocratic monarchy was established in France in the fifteenth century, but in the sixteenth century A period of religious civil wars in France from 1559 to 1589 AD Well, it proved to be an important stage in French history. In this period of religious civil wars, Henry IV finally tried to handle th