History :: Table of Contents

This section includes all historical writings with a focus on ancient history (to begin at least). Popular reading is marked with a [P] while scholarly reading with an [S].

The History of the World

1. Introduction
2. World Prehistory
   1. Out of Africa I
   2. Out of Africa II
   3. The Prehistory of Myanmar
3. The Third Millennium BCE
   1. Sumerian Civilization
      1. The Sumerian City-State
   2. The Akkadians
   3. Ancient Egyptian Civilization
      1. Predynastic Egypt
      2. The Old Kingdom
      3. The Great Pyramid of Giza
   4. The Minoans
4. The Second Millennium BCE
   1. The Babylonian Empire
   2. The Persian Empire
   3. The Shang Dynasty of China
5. The First Millennium BCE
   1. The Warring States Period of China
   2. Qin Shi Huang Di
   3. The Qin Dynasty
   4. The First City-States of Myanmar :: The Arrival of the Pyu People Around 200 BCE
6. The Common Era
7. The Middle Ages
8. Modern History
   1. The Civil Rights Movement

Part II :: Technical Study

World Prehistory

1. Introduction to the History of the World
   1. World Prehistory :: The Evolution of the Human Species
   2. The Rise of Early Humans
   3. The Three-Age System :: Major Periods in the Development of Civilization
      • The Neolithic Age
   4. Neanderthal :: Our Closest Cousin, Homo Neanderthalensis
      1. Neanderthal Anatomy**
   5. DNA from an Unknown Ancient Ancestor Alive In Modern Humans
   6. Gene Flow Between Ancient Hominin Groups
   7. Evidence For The Earliest Humans In Europe Found at Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria
   8. Singi Talav: Archaic Hominin Stronghold In India
   9. Khoisan Hunter-Gatherers*
   10. The Paleo-Indians of America*
       1. Paleo-Indian Migrations Into America
       2. The Ancestors of the Native American People
       3. Paleo-Indian Migrations Into America*
2. The First Cultures
   1. The Natufian Culture [Stub]*
3. Neolthic Cultures & Sites
   1. Çatalhöyük :: The Ancient Honeycomb Proto-City of Anatolia [7100-5600 BCE]
      1. Çatalhöyük Art & Religion

Ancient History

Ancient Near Eastern History

Mesopotamia

• The History of Mesopotamia
• An Outline Mesopotamian History*
• A History of Sumer and Akkad
  • Sumerian History
    • The Invention of Cuneiform Writing in Mesopotamia
    • Bullae :: The Archaic Accounting System of the Near East
    • The Invention of Writing :: Proto-Cuneiform in the Uruk Period
    • Cuneiform :: The Most Powerful Script Ever Devised
    • The Sumerian City-State
  • Sumerian Culture
    • En :: The Priests and Lords of Sumer (Sumerian Cuneiform)
    • The Sumerian Calendar
  • Sumerian Mythology
    • Enki and Ninhursag: The Creation of Dilmun
    • The Enuma Elish
      • The Enuma Elish, Tablet 1 :: The Primordial Battle
  • The Elamites
  • The Guti People
    • The Guti People
• A History of Babylon
  • Babylonian History
    • Evidence for the Babylonian Sack of Jerusalem Found at Mount Zion
  • Babylonian Mythology
    • The Babylonian Flood Myth :: An Account of the Great Flood

Persian/Achaemenid History

• Achaemenid Architecture & Monuments
  • Dukkan-e Daud: The Tomb of King David in Iran?

Partho-Sasanian History

• Architecture & Monuments
  • Gawri Wall

Ancient Egypt

1. The Prehistory of Ancient Egypt
2. Ancient Egyptian History
   1. A
   2. Periods and Dynasties of Ancient Egyptian History
      1. Early Period
      2. Old Kingdom
         1. Third Dynasty (III)
         2. Fourth Dynasty (IV)
            1. Pharaoh Sneferu :: First Pharaoh of Dynasty IV
            2. The Great Pyramid of Giza
            3. Egypt’s Oldest Papyri Documents May Reveal Secrets of the Great Pyramid’s Construction
         3. Fifth Dynasty (V)
         4. Sixth Dynasty (VI)
      3. First Intermediate Period
         1. Seventh Dynasty VII
         2. Eighth Dynasty VIII
         3. Ninth Dynasty IX
         4. Tenth Dynasty X
         5. Early Eleventh Dynasty XI
      4. Middle Kingdom
         1. Late Eleventh Dynasty XI
         2. Twelfth Dynasty XII
         3. Thirteenth Dynasty XIII
         4. Fourteenth Dynasty XIV
      5. Second Intermediate Period
         1. Dynasty XV :: Dynasty 15 of Ancient Egypt
            1. Skeletal Analysis Shows That “Invasion” of Egypt by Foreign Hyksos Rulers Was Actually A Local Uprising
      6. New Kingdom
      7. Third Intermediate Period
      8. Late Period
      9. Hellenistic Period
3. Ancient Egyptian Religion
   1. <<<Ancient Egyptian Description of the Nine Parts of the Human Soul>>>
4. Ancient Egyptian Mythology
5. Ancient Egyptian Cities
   1. Heliopolis :: Great Cities of Ancient Egypt*
   2. Siwa Oasis :: The Oasis of Amun-Ra
6. Ancient Egyptian Architecture
   1. The Great Pyramid of Giza
7. Ancient Egyptian Figures
   1. Middle Kingdom
      1. Pharaoh Senusret I | 12th Dynasty | Middle Kingdom | 1971-1926 BCE**
      2. Thutmose III | New Kingdom | Dynasty XVIII | 1479-1525 BCE [L.C.]**

Central Asia

• Oxus Civilization (Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex) **

East Asian History

• History of India
  • Indian Civilization*
  • Indo-Aryan People
  • The Gupta Empire of Ancient India [c.320 CE – c.550 CE]

• Chinese History
  • A Brief History of Chinese Civilization*
  • The Liangzhu Culture of Neolithic China
• Chinese Mythology
  • Yutu :: The Jade Rabbit of the Moon
  • Jiandi :: The Mother of the Shang Dynasty

• Mongolian Peoples (Xiongnu Culture, Mongolian Empire)
  • The Ancient Mongolian Diet

• South East Asia
  • Myanmar
    • The Prehistory of Myanmar
    • First City-States of Myanmar :: The Arrival of the Pyu People Around 200 BCE
    • Modern Myanmar
      • Slavery and Human Trafficking In Myanmar
  • The Mount Padang Pyramid :: Possibly The Oldest Structure Every Built By Humanity Dating As Early As 20,000 BCE

History of North and South Americas

• History of the Great Indian Nations of America [1492-1890]
• The Aboriginal Peoples of Canada

African History

• The Khoisan Hunter-Gatherers*

Europe & the Mediterranean

• Celtic & Germanic Peoples
  • Introduction
  • Celtic Mythology
    • The Celtic Creation Myth
    • Fionn mac Cumhail and the Salmon of Knowledge
    • Eriu :: The Great Goddess of the Feminine Trinity of Ancient Ireland
  • Germanic/Scandinavian Mythology
  • Unorganized
• The Pictish People
  • Diet of the Ancient Picts of Scotland

Ancient Greece

• An Introduction to Ancient Greece**
• The Most Famous Greeks of Ancient Greece**
• The Greek Alphabet
• Greek Mythology
  • The Nine Muses of Greek Mythology
  • Callisto :: The “Most Beautiful” Consort of Zeus

Ancient Americas

• The Mayans
  • Chichen Itza :: One of the Greatest Cities of the Mayans

Modern History

American History

• Mexican History
  • The Mexican War of Independence :: Sparks of Revolution
  • The Grito de Dolores :: The Cry of Dolores

Earth History

• The Triassic Period
  • The Adamanian-Revueltian Turnover :: Late Triassic Vertebrate and Fauna Extinction

History Books

• The History of the World :: Organized Chronologically By Historical Age and Major Period