It was an exploration of the rise and fall of 28 different civilizations ... and eventual abandonment of cities. The Akkadian Empire, considered the world's first empire, was established in ...

Fictionalized action films based on the retellings of the Persian Wars, a series of conflicts between the Empire of Persia and Greek city-states.

since it marked the rise of the very first recorded empire”. Among the clay tablets are school texts, Rey says. “These are the remains of the scribal training process for the administrators of ...

The ancient Assyrian language is classified as Akkadian; it was the language of the Assyrians and Babylonians, written in Cuneiform. To facilitate administrative tasks of the Assyrian Empire Aramaic ...

However, Roman tactlessness and inefficiency, along with famine and internal squabbles, led to a rise in Jewish discontent. In 66 AD, this discontent exploded into open rebellion. Four years later ...

Turning points in ancient Roman history and some of the Empire's greatest stories are brought to life in this drama documentary series.

The finds, which also include dozens of clay sealings, contain details of a metric system used to measure resources, as well as evidence of a cult of personality around a particularly charismatic rule ...