Recent discoveries in archaeology have unveiled a previously unknown civilization that could fundamentally alter our ...

Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several famous philosophies that are still studied today. The civilization is also known for building the Great Wall of China.

24/7 Wall St. Insights Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the 1,000-year-old Palaspata temple complex in Bolivia, revealing insights into the Tiwanaku ...

While most of us have heard the story of King Midas, we do not know about the civilization from which his story arose: The Phrygians. This largely unheard-of civilization emerged in Anatolia ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

When countries open up to the free exchange of goods and ideas, the result can be a historic golden age. But trade is rarely allowed to stay free for long.

Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away." This encounter ...

THE title of this book is somewhat misleading. One is led to expect from it a history of the growth of civilization from its earliest stages to its various developments among different nations or ...