History of West Bank: The Palestinian Territories include the West Bank. It is a sliver of land that separates Jordan from Israel. The area was included in the British Mandate of Palestine following World War I. However, the West Bank’s boundaries has shifted since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Israel seized control of the West Bank … Read more
Many African Empires’ economies depended heavily on the ancient African trade routes. Trade routes connected distant locations like Europe, the Middle East, and India with goods from Western and Central Africa. What did they trade? Gold and salt were the two principal commodities exchanged. West African Empires like Ghana and Mali benefited greatly from the … Read more
Aztecs Central Mexico was the location of the Aztec Empire. From the 1400s until the arrival of the Spanish in 1519, it dominated a large portion of the area. Aztec society was largely based on its religion and deities. They waged war to seize victims they could sacrifice to their gods while also constructing enormous … Read more
1100 – The Aztecs depart from Aztlan, their home in northern Mexico, and start traveling south. The Aztecs will relocate numerous times throughout the course of the following 225 years until settling down in Tenochtitlan. 1200 – In the Valley of Mexico, the Aztecs arrive. 1250 – They relocate to Chapultepec, but the Culhuacan tribe … Read more
The powerful and advanced Inca Empire controlled over a sizable chunk of the region when the Spanish landed on South America’s west coast in the 1500s. Since the early 1400s, the Empire had controlled a large portion of the area. Cusco served as the Inca Empire’s administrative hub. Early Inca Empire 2500 BC – At … Read more
Akhenaten is an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled ancient Egypt during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. He famously changed Egypt’s traditional religion from worshiping many gods to worshiping a single god named Aten. Akhenaten Overview: Occupation Pharaoh of Egypt Born Around 1380 BC Died 1336 BC Place of burial The Royal Tomb of Akhnaten, … Read more
Where did Aristotle grow up? Aristotle was born around 384 BC. Stagira city in northern Greece. He was raised as a member of the nobility, as his father Nicomachus was a physician to King Amyntas of Macedonia. At the king’s court, he met his son Philip, who would later become king. Aristotle grew up as … Read more