Ancient Mesopotamia saw the rise of the first civilization in world history. All later Western civilizations were built on the foundations laid down here
Banking
Society and Economy in Medieval China
Section 1: The end of the Han empire and the period of division A census in 140 CE showed that the Han empire (201 BCE to 220 CE) had a population of some 50 million people. This was down from nearly 60 million at the beginning of the 1st century CE. The large-scale wars and […]
The Late Babylonian Empire
Overview Babylonia was the name by which southern Mesopotamia had become known after the time of Hammurabi, the great king who had reigned in the eighteenth century BCE. It was he who had made ancient Babylon one of the greatest cities of Antiquity. The late Babylonian period, the subject of this article, falls in the […]
The Roman Republic : Government and Society
Timeline 509 BCE – traditional date for the founding of the Roman Republic 494 BCE – 1he 1st Secession of the Plebs 451-449 BCE – The writing of the 12 Tables of Laws 396 BCE – the Romans take the important Etruscan city of Veii 390 BCE – traditional date for the sack of Rome […]