A series of victories by the state of Qin towards the end of the Warring States period resulted in their complete conquest of China in 221 B.C.E. when the Qin empire unified China for the first time in its history.
The Pandyan dynasty was an ancient Tamil dynasty, one of the three Tamil dynasties, the other two being the Chola and the Chera. The kings of the three dynasties were referred to as the Three Crowned Kings of Tamilakam.
The Bosporan Kingdom was an ancient Greco-Scythian state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula on the shores of the Cimmerian Bosporus.
In the late 6th century B.C.E., the small city-state of Rome overthrew the shackles of monarchy and created a republican government that, in theory if not always in practice, represented the wishes of its citizens.
Vanga was an ancient kingdom and geopolitical division on the Ganges delta in the Indian subcontinent. It was located in southern Bengal, with the core region including present-day southern West Bengal (India) and southwestern Bangladesh.
The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history. The military control of China by the royal house lasted initially from 1046 until 771 B.C.E.
The mysterious Olmec civilization, located in ancient Mexico, prospered in Mesoamerica from c. 1200 B.C.E. to c. 400 B.C.E. and is generally considered the forerunner of all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures including the Maya and Aztecs.
The Shang dynasty is the earliest dynasty of traditional Chinese history supported by archaeological evidence.
The First Babylonian Empire, or Old Babylonian Empire, is dated to c. 1894 B.C.E. – c. 1595 B.C.E., and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the 3rd dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
The Xia Dynasty (c. 2070-1600 B.C.E.) was the first government to emerge in ancient China and became the first to adhere to the policy of dynastic succession.
