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).

The Birth of Modern Astronomy

The birth of Modern Astronomy marks a radical, momentous shift in our understanding of the world, the universe, and reality. It was the work of early astronomers and scientists (such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler) that completely transformed our understanding […]

World Prehistory

The study of World Prehistory covers the vast period of time from the first emergence of a human-like species on planet Earth, our most distant ancestor species, more akin to primates than modern humans, following the developments through multiple evolutionary […]

The Three-Age System

Within the study and elucidation of history, an important concepts to understand is that of the division of history into certain key phases of the development of humanity and human civilization. One such system is that known as the Three-Age […]

The Great Flood — The Babylonian Flood Myth

The world is abound with traditions of a Great Flood. We have the Sumerian version Great Flood, three separate versions of the Babylonian Flood Myth, the Hindu Flood Myth, the Greek Flood Myth, and the Biblical (which is actually descendant […]

Eriu :: A Great Goddess of the Feminine Trinity of Ancient Ireland

Eriu was a goddess of ancient Ireland. She is often seen as a personification of the land of Ireland itself, as it was after her that this small island of the northeastern Atlantic – the furthest western periphery of Europe […]

Indo-Aryan Peoples

The Indo-Aryan People, also known as the Indic People are a diverse ethnolinguistic group native in modern and ancient times to the Indian subcontinent and South Asia. However, the Indo-Aryan people are not native entirely native to the land of […]

The Ancient Egyptian Creation Story

The Ancient Egyptian creation story is one of the oldest known to us, predating the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible codified maybe c.650 BCE) by more than two thousand years. There are certain similarities – though important distinctions also – between the […]

The Celtic Creation Myth

We know precious little about the religious and mythological doctrines of the ancient Celtic peoples. From the beginning the Celts have been mysterious, hidden half-seen in the mists of oblivion that surround them, heroic, proud, mighty, and frightening figures when […]

Cuneiform — The Most Powerful Script Ever Devised

The unique glyphs that comprise the cuneiform writing style were developed in a fashion that was heavily influenced by the writing material. We established in Proto-Cuneiform :: The First Phase of Writing that the cuneiform script began as picture-symbols scratched into […]

Bullae — Archaic Accounting System of the Near East

There is a large quantity of convincing evidence that writing was invented by priest-officials in their role of organizing and running ancient cities, at least in the Near East. They gathered together the harvests and other goods, distributing some to […]

« Previous 1 2 3 4 Next »