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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 Hebrews were a nomadic people, some of whom settled in Egypt. They had their own God — Yahweh or Jehovah — and in this respect they differed little from the people around them. Yet the Israelites, led by Moses,…
Although the Exodus of the “children of Israel” from Egypt is rightly to be regarded as one of the greatest milestones in human history, in the context of the age in which they lived it must have seemed a very…
For several years the Sea Peoples from the north had been drawing closer and closer to Egypt. Syria and Libya fell to them and under the leadership of Mernera of Libya they began to prepare for an assault on Egypt…
The vacuum left in Western Asia by the passage of the Sea Peoples was soon filled. New peoples infiltrated into the devastated areas and settled there. Some cities like Alalakh and Ugarit were never rebuilt; others rose again from their…
The Buddha as he came to be known, was a young man, Gautama, who followed the usual pursuits of someone of his class. He hunted, played games, feasted and had many friends. He also inspired great personal devotion, which was…
With the collapse of Crete, the Mediterranean focus moves to Greece. The destruction of Knossos in 1450 B.C. precipitated the end of a brilliant period in Cretan civilization. The focus of power, subsequently lay on the Greek mainland, in the…
A victorious Athens was thanks to Themistocles, whose farsighted proposal that the Athenians should fight the Persians at sea rather than land, paved the way for the defeat of King Xerxes. Greece was threatened by the advance of the Persians,…
Classical Greece was a period during which the finest products of Greek civilization were achieved, has been defined as beginning after the victory over the Persians. Its end is marked by the appearance of Macedonian soldiers in Greece and the…
Alexander the Great succeeded to the throne upon the assassination of Philip of Macedonia, in northern Greece. This succession, both as king and as leader to the League of Corinth, was his twenty-year-old son Alexander. In addition to the throne,…