Category B.C. – Ancient Empires

Ancient empires, explore the Ancient History BC section at World History Volume, your complete guide to the world before the Common Era. This category covers the rise and fall of the earliest human societies, from prehistoric communities to the great empires of the ancient world. If you are a student, teacher, or history enthusiast searching for reliable articles on early civilizations BC, you will find clear timelines, detailed narratives, and original source-based accounts here. Begin with the foundations of humanity, including Peking Man, Neanderthal Man, Homo Sapiens, the Mesolithic Age, and the Bronze Age. Learn how agriculture developed in China, how Eridu was founded near the Euphrates, and how settlements grew in the Indus River Valley. Discover how Egypt was united under Narmer, how the Pyramid of Khufu was built, and how powerful rulers like Sargon of Akkad, Hammurabi of Babylon, and Ramses II shaped the ancient Near East. The collection also explains the history of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Sumer, the Hittite Empire, Shang Dynasty China, and early India. Follow the story of the Israelites, the Assyrian Empire, and the Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great and Darius the Great. For classical antiquity, dive into ancient Greece history, from the Minoan Age and Mycenaean Age to the Dark Ages, the Age of Colonisation, and the birth of Athenian democracy. Read about Sparta and Athens, the Persian Wars, the Peloponnesian War, Socrates, and the conquests of Alexander the Great. Continue into the rise of the Roman Republic, the Punic Wars, and the transformation of the Mediterranean world. Every article in this Ancient History BC category is written in simple, readable language with dates, maps, and key events, making it ideal for school projects, exam preparation, and general knowledge. Start exploring today to understand how ancient cultures, wars, religions, and inventions created the foundation for the modern world.

The Aryan Invasion of India (c. B. C. 1400)

Priest-king, or deity, from Mohenjo-daro, in the Indus Valley. The people of this pre-Aryan city were not the primitive barbarians of Aryan legend.
This entry is part 8 of 31 in the series B. C.

Aryan peoples from the North descended into India, radically affecting the native civilization, round about between 1750 to 1400 B.C. Some four thousand years ago in India, around the Indus Valley at Mohenjo-daro and farther north at Harappa, a civilization…

The Eruption of Santorin – (B.C. 1450)

Part of the crater on the island of Nea Kameni, in the Santorin lagoon. The first of the Kameni islands (Palaea Kameni) was formed by volcanic activity in the second century B.C. and subsequent activity has created Nea Kameni. These islands, on which the volcano is still active today, represent the aftermath of the great eruption of the fifteenth century B.C.
This entry is part 6 of 31 in the series B. C.

By 2000 B.C. Crete, and its out post the island of Santorin, was the home of a remarkable, flourishing civilization. Known as Minoan, after the legendary King Minos, this civilization ranks with Mesopotamia and Egypt as one of the great centres…