The Queens of Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Queens in Order 

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Ancient Egypt is one of ancient history’s most enduring and greatest civilizations. For 3,000 years the Egyptian empire was ruled by 170 great (some arguably not so great) pharaohs. Of those 170 pharaohs, several of them were female. Ancient Egypt was ruled by a handful of powerful women, each leaving their mark on the ancient …

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Roman Emperors in Order: The Complete List from Caesar to the Fall of Rome

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The Roman state began as a semi-mythical and small-scale monarchy in the 10th century BC. It later prospered as an expansionist republic from 509 BC onwards. Then, in 27 BC, it became an empire. Its leaders, the emperors of Rome, went on to become some of the most powerful heads of state in history. Here …

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A Full Timeline of Chinese Dynasties in Order

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The history of China is broken up into periods known as dynasties, which are imperial regimes named for the family the ruling emperor belonged to. From 2070 BC until 1912 CE, China was ruled by emperors. Art, artifacts, conflicts, and events throughout Chinese history are all described and grouped according to the dynasty in which …

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Ancient Egypt Timeline: Predynastic Period Until the Persian Conquest

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Egypt was one of the first and most successful of the ancient kingdoms. Several dynasties ruled Egypt from different parts of the Nile, helping dramatically reshape the history of civilization and the western world. This Ancient Egypt timeline walks you through the entire history of this great civilization. Predynastic Period (c. 6000-3150 B.C.) Ancient Egypt …

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The First Cell Phone: A Complete Phone History from 1920 to Present

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From Germany’s train operators testing wireless communication in the 1920s, the DynaTAC 8000X prototype, flip, and digital phones to the present-day devices, the first cell phone went through a lot of transformations. The first cell phone made communication more accessible than it had ever been before with the mobile phone being the latest in a …

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