All around the world, civilizations left behind impressive ancient ruins to visit that now offer a dose of history and ...

Emperor Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty was the first emperor of ancient China and ruled from 221 B.C. to 210 B.C. He's most ...

Durant, who died in 1981 at the age of 96, is best known for the multivolume history of the world, The Story of Civilization ... in a few succinct words: this book of "heroes" covers figures ...

In “The Once and Future World Order,” by Amitav Acharya, and “The Golden Road,” by William Dalrymple, our best hope might be ...

The logo-syllabic writing style is one of the earliest in civilized history, and translations of the ancient Babylonian tablets are essentially windows into the civilization’s commerce ...

The world's oldest civilizations laid the foundation for human progress and cultural development, shaping the history and legacy we inherit today. These ancient societies, dating back thousands of ...

Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous philosophies that are still studied today. The civilization ... across 2,000 years of history. From 770 B.C. to around ...