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4 days ago · With no clear direction, scientists cast their nets wide, exploring various regions for clues to our ancient past. The search took them from the savannas of Africa to the jungles of Southeast Asia, fueled by a desire to unravel the mystery of our origins. However, it wasn't until the mid-20th century that the pieces began to fall into place.
6 days ago · History. From the powerful civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, and the Indus Valley, to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Here we feature some of the most seminal and influential events and people throughout history, that have helped shape the world we know today.
4 days ago · Italy was the birthplace and centre of the ancient Roman civilisation. [3] [4] Rome was founded as a kingdom in 753 BC and became a republic in 509 BC. The Roman Republic then unified Italy forming a confederation of the Italic peoples and rose to dominate Western Europe, Northern Africa, and the Near East.
5 days ago · Prehistoric Africa served as a gruesome theater of survival for early humans, challenging their very existence. Anthropologist Raymond Dart's grim portrayal depicts our ancestors not as idyllic dwellers of a Garden of Eden, but as merciless predators locked in a struggle for survival. The "killer ape" theory posits that aggression and violence ...
4 days ago · By 14,000 years ago, humans had marched across modern-day Asia, into North America and to the southernmost part of South America. The key? Food. That, and the adaptability of our ancestors to the ...
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4 days ago · Ephesus, the most important Greek city in Ionian Asia Minor, the ruins of which lie near the modern village of Selƈuk in western Turkey. Overview of Ephesus (now in Turkey). An ancient street in Ephesus (now in Turkey), built about the 1st century ce. In Roman times it was situated on the northern slopes of the hills Coressus and Pion and ...
