Essays on Ancient Civilizations

The academia usually refers the grand civilization established by Egypt, Babylon Hittites and Athelia as “ancient east”. However the definition of “ancient east” has led to the exclusion of a series of ancient civilizations that was emerged during the Bronze Age. The fact should be...

The various styles of artwork that lay buried beneath the aftermath of the 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius, hold the key to understanding the complex lives of the Roman people that lived in the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Art reveals many different things...

The Terracotta Army is one of the recent incredible discoveries of the ancient Chinese history. It is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China. Emperors started building their tombs as soon as they took over...

The Achaemenid Empire, a special form of the Persian army in the period ‘Immortals’ is not the name of the name has never been reduced. This unity, which dates back to the 6th century and was about 10,000, would never have been lost. These warriors...

Prior to the arrival of Hernán Cortés and his “Conquistadores” in the New World, the ancient civilizations of the Americas had seen prosperity, drought, and aggravated territorial wars instigated by neighboring tribes or intrasocietal demagogues. There would be no tragedy so harrowing as the one...

The ancient Athenians are believed to be the “architects” of the modern-day democracies, the creators of a solid foundation that was further modified and reshaped later, turning into what we call democracy nowadays “Government of the people by the people for the people” (Abraham Lincoln)....

Tom Standage describes the importance of wine as well as Greece and the Empire of Rome. As he explains it, it was around 9000 BCE when the fermented grape juice was discovered in Armenia and Iran. As wine grew in popularity to nearby areas, it...

The Mali Empire was established in 1235CE and is located in Western Africa along the Niger River. Although the Mali Empire collapsed in the 1600s, the Malian culture still continues to live on today. It is known for its abundance in gold and salt mines....

Ancient Greece is a land of numerous city-states, called polis. Each polis had its individual government, laws, rulers, and traditions, in spite of the fact that they did have certain things in common such as their language and religion. As a rule, in spite of...

Sparta, a military focused civilization, is known for its extremely harsh training, the Agoge. In this essay I will speak about three major things that made Sparta what it is in today’s world: Lycurgus, the Agoge, and the battle of Thermopylae. Lycurgus, shown in this...