Comprehensive History

Alexander III of Macedon was the king of Ancient Greece. Due to his great successes and occupation of a large empire, he is famous as Alexander the Great. During his 13 years of reign, he conquered Egypt, Persia, and a large part of Asia and North Africa. He is known as one of the greatest military generals in human history. Early Life Alexander was born on 20 th July 356 BC in Pella (then the capital of the Macedonian kingdom and now in Greece). His father,  Philip II of Macedon ,  united all parts of Greece under a single leadership. In his childhood, Alexander learned the traits of the noble youth of Macedon, including reading, horse-riding, hunting, and fighting. At 13, Philip appointed the great scholar Aristotle as his tutor. Alexander learned morals, philosophy, medicine, logic, religion, etc. from Aristotle. His later victories were positively affected by the teachings of Aristotle. Alexander’s victories started at 16 when he crushed the rebellion in Thrac...

Ancient Rome was one of the earliest civilizations in Europe, centered around the Italian Peninsula. The era of this civilization started as a kingdom around the 8 th Century BC in  Rome and later transformed into an empire within a few centuries. However, the significance of the Roman Empire diminished after its   division into two parts in the 4 th Century AD. Along with Ancient Greece, the civilization of Ancient Rome laid the foundations of several modern ideologies in science & technology, politics, society, etc. For instance, the se two ancient civilizations influenced the views of the  Renaissance in Europe during the 14 th Century. There are four eras of this ancient civilization: the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, the Roman Empire, and the division of the Roman Empire . Roman Kingdom According to a myth,  Romulus  founded the city of Rome in the 8 th Century BC and became the first king of the Roman Kingdom. Seven mon...

Ancient Greece was one of the earliest civilizations in the world and the first civilization in Europe. This civilization started around the 8 th century BC in modern-day Greece  and can be divided into three main periods. The Archaic Greek Period initiated around 800 BC after the Greek Dark Ages and lasted around the 5 th century BC. It was followed by the Greek Classical Period,  which lasted around 200 years. The last period of Ancient Greek civilization is known as the  Hellenistic Period. It started in 323 BC after the death of Alexander the Great and lasted till 146 BC. The Romans captured Greece after the Battle of Corinth, which initiated the Roman-Greek era . Archaic Greek Period The formation of city-states was the main characteristic of this Greek period. These city-states were independent in their everyday matters, and bodies of citizens ruled these cities. Each city-state had its own social & financial center, fortified area for defe...