Time Period Index (Ancient)

The Odyssey, traditionally attributed to Homer and composed around the 8th–7th century BCE, recounts the decade-long...

Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning "between two rivers") was an ancient region located in the Near East...

Odysseus (Roman name: Ulysses) was one of the great pan-Hellenic heroes of Greek mythology. He was famous for his courage, intelligence...

The Sumerians were the people of southern Mesopotamia (modern-day southern Iraq) whose civilization flourished...

The Enuma Elish (also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation) is the Babylonian creation myth...

The Silk Road was a network of ancient trade routes, formally established during the Han Dynasty of China in 130 BCE, which linked...