Great Ancient Cities

When we think of the Ancient World, our minds are drawn to the mighty ancient cities at the heart of great empires and cultured civilizations. …

“All roads lead to Rome,” says an old proverb. Indeed, for centuries Rome was the biggest and most important city of the Roman world. Rome was the …

At the height of its powers, the Persian Empire stretched from the Hindu Kush in the East to the coast of Asia Minor in the West. Within this great …

Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Roman Empire for more than a millennium, founded by Emperor Constantine the Great.

The Silk Road, which crossed Asia and Europe, was a great channel for cultural and mercantile exchange between Eastern and Western civilizations. A …