A Little History of the World No.5.
Ever wondered why Monday is called Monday or Saturday is called Saturday? Well, that was decided by the Babylonians more than 4,000 years ago. And the answer is right above your head.
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A Little History Of The World No.4
Egypt wasn’t the only great civilisation around this time. The Mayans in Mexico, the Indus Valley civilisation in modern day Pakistan and the Xia Dynasty in China all emerged too.
We are publishing a short-fire history of the world throughout April and possibly beyond, inspired by EH Gombrich’s classic book “A Little History of the World”.
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A Little History Of The World No3
The Egyptian civilisation, of pharaohs and pyramids, lasted nearly 3000 years from 3150 BCE to its decline around 550 BCE. Even then it was still an important kingdom for another 500 or so years until 30 BCE.
It was stable, strict and mostly peaceful. Its ending was sudden and unexpected (we’ll get to that soon), but still no empire or civilisation has even come close to such a reign.
A Little History of the World No.2:
Humans were once hunter-gatherers, covering hundreds of miles in searching food. Suddenly we settled down into villages, towns and then cities. What made humans settle down? A great river.
Bonus fact: the Nile flooded so regularly it allowed people to create the first calendars.
It’s the start of a brand new series!
Inspired by the classic book ‘A Little History of the World’ by E.H. Gombrich, we are taking you on a tour of world history over the last 5500 years. Every day throughout April a new chapter will be posted.
When did history start?
We start by asking when did history start? Did you know that the dinosaurs are not part of history and neither are cavemen. In fact, history didn’t start until around 3150 BCE when humans started thinking differently about their existence…
Ok so you know about the ancient Egyptians, and the Romans and the Greeks, but how do they all fit together? Who came first and did they exist at the same time? We’ve compressed 3150 years of history into, ahem, 15 seconds to show you how the ancient world looked.
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