Ancient Civilizations

HISTORY:  The Indus Valley Civilization, also called the Harappan Civilization is the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent.  It is included along with Mesopotamia and Egypt (which were earlier) as being among these three earliest civilizations in terms of expansion.  By 200e, more than 1,000 Mature Harappan cities and settlements had been discovered; […]

HISTORY:  The ancient Chinese civilization, according to the earliest records, dates from about 2000 BC.  With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the oldest civilizations, and regarded as one of the cradles of civilization. GEOGRAPHY:  China was isolated from much of the rest of the world due to dry deserts to […]

HISTORY:  The Mesoamerican civilization is divided into several periods; the history of pre-hispanic Mesoamerica; the Paleo-Indian (first human habitation until 3500 BCE); the Archaic (before 2600 BCE), the Preclassic or Formative (2500 BCE – 250 CE), the Classic (250–900 CE), and the Postclassic (900–1521 CE); as well as the post European . GEOGRAPHY: The historical […]

HISTORY:  Egypt reached the height of its power in the New Kingdom, ruling much of Nubia and a large portion of the Near East, before it entered into a period of decline.  The Egyptian civilization’s success came mostly from its ability to adapt to the conditions of the Nile River Valley for agriculture. GEOGRAPHY:  Egypt […]

HISTORY:  This civilization arose from the Peruvian highlands sometime early in the early 13th century. (1438-1532) The Spanish conquered the Inca Empire from 1532 until its last stronghold in 1572. GEOGRAPHY:  When at its largest, the empire joined Peru, western Ecuador, western and south central Bolivia, northwest Argentina, and a large portion of what is […]

HISTORY:  It is the site of the earliest developments of the Neolithic Revolution from about 10,000 B.C.; inspiring some of the most important developments in human history including the invention of the wheel, planting of first cereal crops, and the development of cursive script, mathematics, astronomy, and agriculture; known as one of the earliest civilizations […]