Year of the Four Emperors: Did you mean...?

The Byzantine Emperor ruled as an absolute monarch in an institution which lasted from the 4th to 15th century CE. Aided by ministers, high-ranking nobility, and key church figures, the emperor (and sometimes empress) was commander-in-chief...

The term “Athenian Calendar” (also called the “Attic Calendar”) has become somewhat of a misnomer, since Ancient Athenians never really used just one method to reckon the passage of time. Athenians, especially from the 3rd Century BCE forward...

In this concluding segment of Dr. David Neiman's "Cradles of Civilization" (lecture two), Dr. Neiman discusses the way the year 'one' was calculated before the advent of the modern calendar.

Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Hurrian Hymn (Ancient Mesopotamian Musical Fragment c.1400BCE, Arranged For Replica 3000 Year Old Lyre) · Michael Levy Ancient Landscapes ℗ 2011 Michael Levy Released on: 2011-05-09 Auto-generated...

1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed February 25, 2015 Dr. Eric H. Cline Professor of Classics and Anthropology Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Director of the Capitol Archaeological...

The history of Ghana, Mali and Songhai from 200 BCE-1901 CE. Special thanks to my team for all of the help! -All art, video editing and animation by Jabari Walker (Myself) -Base map, borders, and city locations expertly researched...

In AD 79, a baker put his loaf of bread into the oven. Nearly 2,000 years later it was found during excavations in Herculaneum. The British Museum asked Giorgio Locatelli to recreate the recipe as part of his culinary investigations for 'Pompeii...

See how the Native Americans lost land within the United States and sadly through many cases by force ended up on reservations.

Yuan Dynasty 1271-1368 Northern Yuan Dynasty 1368-1635

Portraits of the Four Tetrarchs, from Constantinople, c. 305, porphyry, 4' 3" high (St. Marks, Venice)