14 minMINOAN RISE AND FALLAmong the most familiar motifs of Minoan art are the snake, symbol of the goddess, and the bull; the ritual of bull-leaping Crete was...
30 minANCIENT EGYPT RISE AND FALLAncient monuments and grand temples aside, the ancient Egyptians invented a number of items which one simply takes for granted in the...
10 minMESOPOTAMIA RISE AND FALLAncient Mesopotamia is considered the birthplace of writing and with it, recorded history. Its people also built the world's first cities...
23 minANCIENT ROME RISE AND FALLthe Romans vast empire, which spread over three continents lasted for 1101 years, Rome’s complex political institutions began to crumble...