Ancient history

Ancient history

The study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, starting with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.

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Emperor Sujin

History; Ancient history

Emperor Sujin; ("Sūjin", used by Aston, is not the standard pronunciation) also known as Mimakiiribikoinie no Sumeramikoto or Hatsukunishirasu Sumeramikoto; was the tenth emperor of Japan. Pestilence ...

Emperor Kaika

History; Ancient history

Emperor Kaika; also known as Wakayamatonekohikooobi no Mikoto; is the ninth emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Modern scholars have come to question the existence of ...

Emperor Kōgen

History; Ancient history

Emperor Kōgen, also known as Ooyamatonekohikokunikuru no Mikoto, was the eighth emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Modern scholars have come to question the existence ...

Emperor Kōrei

History; Ancient history

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; and Kōrei's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.

Masamune

History; Ancient history

Masamune was also known as Gorō Nyūdō Masamune, or Priest Gorō Masamune. He is thought to be Japan's greatest swordsmith. There are no exact dates known for Masamune's life and hence he has become ...

Pontus

History; Ancient history

Mountainous region on the south edge of the Black Sea, east of Bithynia. Greeks colonised the coast, and the kingdom of Pontus reached its largest extent under Mithradates VI, who challenged Roman ...

Battle of Mediolanum

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Mediolanum was a battle between the Alemannic Germans and the Roman legions under the command of Emperor Gallienus near Mediolanum (Milan) in 259 AD. The situation in the Western half ...