History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

Ancient civilizations could have benefited, and at times suffered from belonging to an interconnected global economy, according to evidence presented in a newly-published study. The international team ...

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A new study reveals how ships guided ancient civilizations through crisis, helping regions trade, defend, and endure the ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

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Long before scientists discovered that other stars in the universe host their own planetary systems, humanity had ...

Why haven't we found civilizations older than 7 - 8 thousand years when homo sapiens evolved around 200 000 years ago? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering ...

The Global Civilizations Dialogue Ministerial Meeting is taking place in Beijing from July 10 to 11. Themed "Safeguarding Diversity of Human Civilizations for World Peace and Development," the event ...

"China will work with all countries to promote friendship and cooperation, enhance mutual learning among different cultures, and build a community with a shared future for mankind. We must jointly ...