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3 days ago · Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centered on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 BCE following the demise of the Roman Republic and continuing to the final eclipse of the empire in the West in the 5th century CE. Learn more about the Roman Empire in this article.
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5 days ago · Key Takeaways: World history timelines provide a record of events from the invention of writing to the present. Ancient history covers the rise and fall of civilizations, empires, and religions from around 3200 BCE to 500 CE.
2 days ago · 1500 BC: Sundial in Ancient Egypt or Babylonia (modern-day Iraq). 1500 BC: Glass manufacture in either Mesopotamia or Ancient Egypt; 1500 BC: Seed drill in Babylonia; 1400 BC: Rubber, Mesoamerican ballgame. 1400 BC - 1200 BC: Concrete in Tiryns (Mycenaean Greece).
2 days ago · Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature (Homer and Hesiod), mathematics (Pythagoras and Euclid), history (Herodotus), drama (Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes), the Olympic Games, and democracy. More about: Ancient Greece.
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1 day ago · The history of ancient Rome timeline spans over a thousand years, from the city’s legendary founding in 753 BC to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 410 AD. Ancient Rome evolved from a humble settlement into a formidable republic and ultimately a vast empire that dominated much of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.
1 day ago · Part of a series on Human history ↑ Prehistory (Stone Age) (Pleistocene epoch) Holocene Timelines Neolithic – Contemporary (10,000 BCE – Present) Age of the human race Recorded history (Common Era) Earliest records Protohistory Proto-writing Ancient Copper Age Bronze Age Iron Age Axial Age Classical antiquity Late antiquity Africa North America South America Oceania East Asia South Asia ...
