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...

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...

Pericles, a successful Athenian orator, general, and statesman once said, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. ” These words are especially relevant when considering the legacy of Ancient Greece. Ancient...

Throughout time, our world has seen many different Empires ruling different territories. Some rise to great success, while others fall. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting four different Empires; Ancient Persia, Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empires. However, I will specifically be...