24 Aug Marco Polo in Mongol-ruled China
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
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20 Aug The Iranian peoples – the Parthi and the Persians – and their Empires
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
17 Aug Athenian Supremacy in Greece
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
13 Aug Rome’s first dictator
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
12 Aug The Shabaka Stone
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
03 Jul Volume One: Today’s idea of Hell was passed down from the Sumerians:
2500 BC - the bodies of a Sumerian King and Queen were accompanied to their tombs by their attendants, who were buried with them, probably after taking poison...
03 Jul Volume Two: Babylonian KIngs:
Naramsin 2270 – 2233 BC – Babylonia continued to decline during his reign Hammurabi – 2233 – 21 BC – reunited the Babylonian Kingdom Samsuiluna – 21 – 21__ BC – Babylon fell into decline under Hammurabi’s grandson Samsuiluna Much later, during Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses IV’s (1151 –...
03 Jul Volume Three: The Hellenistic Era (323 – 100 BC)
323 BC – after the death of Alexander the Great (336 – 324 BC), Greek culture became widespread throughout the Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean; and the Hellenistic Era began. Newly-established Greek colonies and cities (such as Pergamum) became the main centers in the newly-established Hellenistic...
03 Jul Volume Four: Julius Caesar and Queen Cleopatra:
49 BC - Caesar crossed the Rubicon River and marched on Rome. 48 BC - Battle of Pharsalus: Caesar defeated Pompey and pursued him into Egypt. 47 BC - in Egypt, Caesar defeated Ptolemy XIII, placed Queen Cleopatra back on the Egyptian throne, and he and Cleopatra became...
03 Jul Volume Five: 69 AD – Year of the Four Emperors:
68 - Roman Emperor Nero (54 - 68) committed suicide, the Julio-Claudian Dynasty came to an end, and civil war broke out. 69 - Year of the Four Emperors: Three men - Galba, Otho, and Vitellius - were declared Emperor one after the other, and were assassinated...