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The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000-5,500 years, with cuneiform possibly being the oldest form of writing. Genetic evidence, however, points to the first appearance of human beings about 150,000 years ago. There is also a growing body of evidence that Homo sapiens first left Africa about 60,000 years ago.For further information about human origins, see Human evolution. The end of ancient history is A.D. 476 (the fall of the Western Roman Empire).
1 Civilizations
- Ancient China
- Ancient Persia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Assyria
- Babylonia
- Hellenic civilization
- Indus Valley civilization, unified from 2600 BC - 1900 BC.
- History of ancient Israel and JudahIn compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh, the Old Testament of the Christian Bible, the writings of Josephus, other writings, and archeology. Depending on their interpretation, some
- Kingdom of IsraelThe Kingdom of Israel Malchut Yisrael in Hebrew), according to the Bible, was the nation formed around 1021BC from the descendants of Jacob, son of Isaac, who was given the name Israel meaning Struggles With God''. Following the death of King Solomon, c 9
- Kingdom of JudahThe Kingdom of Judah Malchut Yehudah in Hebrew), in the times of the Hebrew Bible, was the nation formed from the territories of the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin after the Kingdom of Israel was divided, and was named after Judah son of Jacob ( Isr
- MesopotamiaThis is an article about the ancient middle eastern region. For the region in modern times, see Iraq, Syria. See also Mesopotamia, Ohio. Mesopotamia ( Greek: , translated from Old Persian Miyanrudan "the Land between the Rivers" or the Aramaic name Beth-N
- MitanniThe Mitanni were a people of Indo-Aryan origin who ruled a vast kingdom (with a common Hurrian population) in West Asia in the second millennium BC. Mitanni arose near the sources of the Khabur River in upper Mesopotamia sometime after 1500 BC. It was a f
- Native AmericanNative Americans (also Indians Aboriginal Peoples American Indians First Nations Alaskan Natives or Indigenous Peoples of America are the indigenous inhabitants of Americas prior to the European colonization, and their modern descendants. This term compri
- Sumeria
- SusaSee Susa, Italy for the city in Piemont. Susa (or Shushan was an ancient city of the Babylonian, Persian and Parthian empires, located about 150 miles east of the Tigris River in the southeastern portion of the modern nation of Iran. Today, the ancient ci
- Urartu -- Kingdom from 860 BC to 585 BC
- (Ancient Kingdoms of Central Eastern Africa; Axumite Kingdom, Kush etc)
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