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Decline of the Roman empire came after the triumph of Christianity. Meanwhile, Julius Caesar’s heir and successor, Octavian, was but 33 years old, when he became sole ruler of the Roman Empire in B. C. 30. The Roman world had…

Roman republic, for “westward the course of empire makes its way,” first to Rome and ultimately, by way of northern Europe, to the Americas. Civilization moved eastward and northward from Egypt, whose culture first met the requirements of a civilization.…

Alexander and the Great Hellenistic Age – was the supreme achievement, of Alexander the great. When summarizing the rich heritage from Greece, mention must be made that the great weakness — the Achilles’ heel of the city-states was – their…

Ancient Greeks, is where the history of Europe and of Western civilization really began, with the arrival in the Aegean world of those invaders we call the Greeks. There, amid an earlier civilization that had been enriched by those of…

Ancient Far East, included the early Chinese people, the early Japanese people and the ancient civilization of India. The early peoples of Egypt and the Fertile Crescent achieved a high degree of civilization in ancient times. At about the same…

Kingdoms of the ancient Middle East included the Egyptians, Hebrews and Phoenicians. The culture of a people is not regarded as a civilization, until the people have devised a system of writing and developed communities large and complex enough to…

Prehistoric ages of man include – the dawn of life on our planet, the tools and weapons of prehistoric man, the deep roots of civilization and the achievements of prehistoric man. Scientists estimate that man may have lived on the…