Ancient Studies Study Notes

Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III of Macedon, was one of the most enigmatic and magnificent rulers in history . With only 30 years of age (and a somewhat altered or psychotic personality) he dominated a great empire that united the East with the West. His figure has been a great inspiration for military strategists such as Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius … Read more

By Byzantine civilization, also known as Byzantium, we usually refer to the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire , one of the two parts into which the Roman Empire was divided in the 4th century. This civilization initially consisted of a multi-ethnic Christian people , of strong Hellenic roots, who referred to themselves as “Romans” ( romioi ), but who ended … Read more

Egyptian culture has existed for more than 6,000 years , undergoing numerous changes that occurred due to contact with invading peoples, such as the Arabs, the Romans and the Greeks. Its center is in northeast Africa , mainly on the banks of the Nile River , but it has expanded in times of imperial conquest. Both ancient Egypt and the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia were … Read more

Mesoamerica is a  historical region of the American continent that included the current countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua , Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala , Belize and south-central Mexico . Its name comes from the Greek, mesos, which means “middle” or “intermediate” and refers to the lands of central America . The region is considered one of the six cradles of the early civilization of the world, inhabited by diverse … Read more

Mesoamerican civilizations are  pre-Columbian cultures that inhabited the central region of America (in the current countries of Costa Rica, Nicaragua , Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala , Belize and south-central Mexico ), between 1,500 BC and AD 1,521. Mesoamerica comes from the Greek and means “middle” or “intermediate” and refers to the lands of Central America. The main peoples that inhabited these lands were: the Olmecs, Chichimecas, … Read more

The classical period refers to the historical moment of the maximum apogee of creations and intellectual , artistic and literary manifestations of the Greco-Roman culture in the Ancient Age , located between the 8th century BC to the 2nd century AD. The classical period is framed in the geographical space corresponding to the place where the Greco-Roman civilization developed, that is, the Mediterranean basin and … Read more