World History Archive

This section is a curated collection of World Mythology. I have chosen what I consider to be the most potent, interesting, and important examples of ancient mythology from cultures around the world and through time — the Sumerians, Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans — that living humans should be generally aware of.

This is not an extensive, encyclopedic collection. If you are a fan of World Mythology, and desire a deep, proper coverage, visit the World Mythology page of Projeda History (Gods, Heroes, Sages, and Kings).

Methods of Dating The Past

There are four Major Methods of Dating the Past discovered so far that we use to establish a numerical, chronological scale to measure our time here on this planet. These dating methods establish a chronology for events in the past […]

Adapa and the Mythical Foundations of Sumer

Adapa is an illustrious figure of the Ancient Sumerians, whose impact was so great that he resounded through thousands of years of Near East history and religion. Although Adapa was originally a Sumerian figure, stories were told of him for […]

The Ancient Connection Between Sumerian, Semitic, and Indo-European Religions

For many years I have been pestered by a nagging thought. An idea on the periphery of my consciousness scratching away like an insect, never letting me rest. This idea began to taunt me long before I had the breadth […]

The Beginning of the Neolithic In The Levant

The Neolithic Revolution began in the Levant between about 8000–7000 BCE. The Levant — or the Levantine Coast — is a region of the Eastern Mediterranean of West Asia which makes up what we might call the western half of […]

Neolithic Europe

The earliest remains of food-producing societies in Europe are found in Greece, dating a few thousand years after the Neolithic Revolution first occurred in the Fertile Crescent. Based on the evidence gathered so far, it appears that this cultural revolution […]

Similarities Between Norse Religion and Ancient Greek Religion

The deeper that we explore Norse Religion and the Ancient Greek Religion, the more connections that we find. While on the surface each tradition is distinct, unique, and original, we find that significant aspects of the internal structure of the […]

Prehistory of Asia

The Prehistory of Asia is a rich tapestry that extends across millions of years of human evolution and cultural development. Asia was one of the first regions inhabited by hominins, the distant ancestors of modern homo sapiens, along with our […]

Battle-Axe Culture

The Battle Axe Culture, also called the Boat Axe Culture, flourished during the Chalcolithic in the coastal areas of the south Scandinavian Peninsula and southwest Finland, lasting from about 2800–2300 BCE. [1] This ancient culture, known for their distinctive battle […]

Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period

During the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Period the Earth was on the tail end of the Last Ice Age. Most recently the severe, but short, Younger Dryas. But climate was changing in Mesopotamia, and around the world. The people who lived in […]

The Middle Ages of Europe

We know from the writings of Middle Ages scholars that they considered the time they lived in as a Dark Age. When I put myself in their shoes, I do not blame them. They looked back to the previous age […]

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