ancient history
Water under bridge
Ancient history is the study of human civilization from the earliest written records through roughly the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
The term also dismisses something as old news or no longer relevant: That argument is ancient history.
When someone says We're ancient history, they mean the relationship is definitively over.
Domain under unified control
- kingdomMonarch's ruled territory
- pharaohAncient Egyptian ruler
- emperorMale ruler of empire
- polisGreek sovereign urban center
republic · democracy · oligarchy · monarchy · city-state · acropolis · senate · tribute
Act of unearthing
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- digUnearth by shoveling
- potsherdsFragments of broken ceramics
- carbon datingIsotope-based age measurement
stratigraphy · numismatics · epigraphy · trowel · fieldwork · survey · trench · context
Ordered historical record
- eraDistinct historical period
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- scrollsRolled written records
tablets · manuscripts · codices · historiography · Herodotus · Thucydides · primary source · inscription
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- SumerianEarliest known civilization
- AssyrianAncient Mesopotamian people
Akkadian · Mesopotamian · Bronze Age · Iron Age · dynasty · papyrus · sarcophagus · ziggurat
empire
Domain under unified control
polis · republic · democracy · oligarchy · monarchy · city-state · acropolis · senate · tribute · conquest
excavation
Act of unearthing
carbon dating · stratigraphy · numismatics · epigraphy · trowel · fieldwork · survey · trench · context · layer
chronicle
Ordered historical record
- eraDistinct historical period
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- genealogyStudy of family descent
scrolls · tablets · manuscripts · codices · historiography · Herodotus · Thucydides · primary source · inscription · archive
classical
Of ancient Greece/Rome
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- BabylonianOf ancient Mesopotamian empire
- SumerianEarliest known civilization
Assyrian · Akkadian · Mesopotamian · Bronze Age · Iron Age · dynasty · papyrus · sarcophagus · ziggurat · obelisk
pantheon
All gods of a religion
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
legends · Olympus · Zeus · Odyssey · Iliad · Homer · oracle · prophecy · Troy · Gilgamesh
- ancient historyMesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria, Sumer, Egyptian
- history types
- historypast events, historian, epochs, era, epoch
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, memoir, documentary
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- ancient worldpyramids, pyramid, Athens, Sparta, Zeus
ancient historycurrent events
Recent notable happenings
the present · modern times · the here and now · breaking news · contemporary history
ancient historycurrent events
Recent notable happenings
hot topic · burning question · unfinished business · open wound · breaking news
ancient historymodern history
Study of recent centuries
contemporary history · current affairs · medieval history · early modern history
history, ancient, historical, prehistoric, histories, antiquity, annals, prehistory, ancients