Category: Great Civilizations

          The Qin dynasty was one of the greatest empires in Chinese history. In around 300 BC, seven different states in China fought each other. The Qin state emerged as the most powerful of the warring states. King Zhen of the Qin state defeated the other six states. King Zhen took…

                                The period of the ‘Hundred Schools of Thought’ was of great intellectual expansion in China. Regional rulers rose during the period between 476 and 221 BC. They waged bitter wars. So, this period is known as the period of…

If we look at Chinese history, we will find that it was mostly ruled by powerful families called dynasties. The earliest one was Shang dynasty. They began to rule in around 1600 BC. The Shang dynasty ruled for more than 500 years, until they were conquered by the Zhou, in 11th century BC. The Zhou…

               A civilization that grew up thousands of years ago quite separately from the rest of the world – this is probably an ideal description of the great Chinese Civilization.                There are three great river valleys in China. They are the Hwang-…

                Unlike many other civilizations, Egypt gave prominence to women. Women of all classes in Ancient Egypt had many rights, compared to women later in history. Many of them were skilled in professions like mid-wifery, some of them were priestesses, and some even held important positions in court.…

            Egypt is known for its magnificent monuments and its history, but have you ever thought about the kings who were behind these extraordinary constructions?             Ramses II was one among them. He was the third pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of Egypt. He is…

                It was during the New Kingdom that the Egyptian Empire conquered the most lands. They sent ambassadors all over western Asia. The kings built huge temples and erected colossal statues of them. The period of the New Kingdom extended from 1570-1070 BC. For about 500 years, New…

          There are many wonders from the ancient world that have fascinated us, and the pyramid from Egyptian civilization is one among them.           The pyramids are truly one of the world’s greatest architectural wonders. Egyptian pyramids are royal tombs. The Egyptians believed that pharaohs, their kings…

          There were over 2000 gods and goddesses in Ancient Egypt. Some had the body of a human and the head of an animal.           Ra was the Sun god and was one of the most important           ancient deities. The lord of…

          The great land along the banks of the Nile has been mentioned extensively in history. The Ancient Egyptians originally threw their dead bodies into pits of sand. Later, they decided to put their dead in coffins, but the bodies quickly decayed. But soon they developed a method of preserving bodies…