The Sea Peoples are one of t he most mysterious groups in ancient history. We know so little about them that even thei…

Mesopotamia, now part of Iraq , is actually the combined name for several civilizations that emerged in Mesopotamia. A…

The Neo-Babylonian Empire was one of the most impressive periods of Mesopotamian civilization . In particular, the per…

The Achaemenid Empire refers to the following that existed in the ancient Orient, which is now the Middle East and Egy…

The Battle of Issus and the Battle of Gaugamela are both battles between the Kingdom of Macedonia and Achaemenid Empi…

The Ring of Gyges is considered to be a legendary ring  because it is said to be able to hide itself at will. It is sa…

The Battle of Plataea occurred after the expedition of Xerxes I , king of Achaemenid Empire . Remaining forces of the …

The Battle of Thermopylae was one of the battles in the Greco-Persian Wars . It was fought between the Spartan -center…

Whenever you study world history, the Greco-Persian Wars will always come up. Many people may not know about the cause…

The first king of Achaemenid Empire  was Cyrus the Great . To learn more about Cyrus the Great, 5 facts about Cyrus t…

Cambyses II was born as the eldest son of Cyrus the Great , the first king of Achaemenid Empire . To learn more about …

Nebuchadnezzar II was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire . And the meaning of his name is as follows. O God …

Cyrus the Great was the first king of  Achaemenid Empire . His greatness is that he united all the ancient Orient (Mid…

The Battle of Salamis was a naval battle between the Greek and Persian fleets during the Persian Wars . The battle is …

The Battle of Marathon was fought in 490 B.C. at Marathon, Greece, where the Athenians defeated the Persian expedition…

The Babylonian Captivity was an incident in which the Jews of the Kingdom of Southern Judah were taken captive and r…

Assyria was the region that occupied what is now  northern Iraq . In other words, it referred to the northern part of …

The city-state of " Hittite " appears in the Mesopotamian civilization . This kingdom was very good at manufa…

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the " Seven Wonders of the World " structures chosen by the ancien…

The Code of Hammurabi was promulgated in BC . It is the second code in the world to remain in its complete form. Such …