History & Civilization Facts

Ancient empires, legendary explorers, and the stories that shaped the world we live in.

Ancient World

Ancient Egypt

The Great Pyramid was the tallest building on Earth for 3,800 years.

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Roman Empire

They had concrete better than ours, heated floors, and a road network that lasted millennia.

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Ancient Greece

Hundreds of independent city-states that gave us democracy, philosophy, the Olympic Games, and the alphabet behind these very words.

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Mummies

Egyptian embalmers spent 70 days drying bodies in natron salt and wrapping them in 4,000 yards of linen, but mummification has been practiced on every inhabited continent.

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Pyramids

More than 100 royal pyramids rise from Egypt's deserts, and the Great Pyramid stood as the tallest structure on Earth for nearly 4,000 years.

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Medieval Period

Knights & Castles

Armored warriors and the stone fortresses they defended, at the center of European life from about 1000 to 1500 AD.

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Mythology & Legends

Greek Mythology

12 Olympians on Mount Olympus, Heracles' 12 Labors, the Trojan War, and the source material for thousands of years of Western literature.

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Exploration & Adventure

Pirates

Real pirates were nothing like Captain Jack Sparrow. They were far more interesting.

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Vikings

They never wore horned helmets, but they did reach North America 500 years before Columbus.

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US History

The American Revolution

The war and the ideas that turned thirteen British colonies into the United States.

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