Ancient History

Page Updated June 2022 .

World History Timeline covers events from 4.3 million years ago to the present month. Here and there opinion is involved in the selection of items, but we try to keep opinion down.

Genghis Khan, the Mongols and Asia, to 1300  Genghis Khan and successors, the Mongols into Europe, Mesopotamia, and Korea and China.

India, from 500 to 1200 CE  Emperor Harsha, the Bhakti movement, Tantrism, Shankara, Muslim invasions, slave taking, Buddhism's demise, and economic stagnation.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook  A thorough collection of reference materials and primary source documents organized by topic.

Japan, Buddhism and Military Aristocracies Murder and power rivalries, Buddhist empresses and emperors as figureheads, the Samurai, Zen and Pure Land Buddhism.

Lost Tribes of Israel  Ever since the Assyrians exiled the Lost Tribes of Israel in the eighth century B.C., the mystery of what happened to the ten tribes has deepened inexorably with time. Find out where they went.

Mysteries of Çatalhöyük  Learn how to think like an archaeologist by doing games, activities and other experiments at this site about a 9,000 year old village found in modern-day Turkey.

Mythology of the Constellations  The stories behind what we see in the night sky.

The Ancient World of Antiquity  Find out about societies, migrations and religious continuities, to 1000 BCE, a new age of literature, conflict and ideas, to 480 BCE, Greeks, war and hellenistic civilization, to 200 BCE and more until 500CE.

The Mysterious Etruscans  Includes sections on: Art, The Sea, Cities, History, Religion, Tombs, Lifestyle, Engineering and Language.

The Sumerians  The rise of civilization in Syria and Mesopotamia. Sumerians believe in sin, war, male supremacy and slavery, and they create a tradition in writing sacred stories.