Ancient facts for kids

Ancient means very old. The word can also be used in these ways:

• Ancient history — the period of written history starting more or less 5,000–5,500 years ago.
• Ancient (band) — the progressive black metal musical group.
• Ancient (company) — the Japanese software developer.
• Ancient — used to refer to an ensign in medieval times, appearing in texts such as Shakespeare's Othello.

Images for kids

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  The core territory of 15th century BCE Assyria, with its two major cities Assur and Nineveh, was upstream of Babylonia and downstream of the states of Mitanni and Hatti.

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  The Persian Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent, c. 500 BC

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  Extent of Iranian influence circa 170 BCE, with the Parthian Empire (mostly speaking Western Iranian languages) in red and other areas dominated by Scythia (mostly Eastern Iranian) in orange.

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  Largest expansion of Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes the Great

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  Khafre's Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. 2500 BC or perhaps earlier)

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  Pharaohs of Nubia

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  The Ezana Stone records negus Ezana's conversion to Christianity and conquests of his neighbors.

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  Nok sculpture of a seated person

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  Standing Greek-Buddha, Gandhara, 1st century AD.

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  A political map of the Mauryan Empire, including notable cities, such as the capital Pataliputra, and site of the Buddha's enlightenment.

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  Oracle bone script from the Shang dynasty

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  Terracotta Warriors from the time of Qin Shi Huang

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  The Chinese Han dynasty dominated the East Asia region at the beginning of the first millennium AD

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  Gold stag with eagle's head, and ten more heads in the antlers. Inspired by Siberian Altai mountain art, possibly Pazyryk, unearthed at Nalinggaotu, Shenmu County, near Xi'an, China. Possibly from Huns of the Northern Chinese prairie. 4th to 3rd centuries BC, or Han Dynasty period. Shaanxi History Museum.

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  The ruins of Mesoamerican city Teotihuacan

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  The Parthenon, a temple dedicated to Athena, located on the Acropolis in Athens

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  The Age of Migrations in Europe was deeply detrimental to the late Roman Empire.

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  Roman cast terracotta of ram-horned Jupiter Ammon, a form of Zeus, 1st century AD. Gods were sometimes borrowed between civilisations and adapted to local conditions.

See also

In Spanish: Edad Antigua para niños