The Aztecs, Toltecs, Mayans, Olmecs, and the other people of Mesoamerica developed the first great city states of North America in ancient times
The more then seven thousand islands that make up the Philippine Archipelago are home to one of the most diverse cultural regions of the ancient southeast Asian world
First the Chimu, and Wari people built tremendous coastal civilizations, later the Incas fortified their mountain Kingdom in the Valley of Cuzco creating the largest Empire of the Americas
After the fall of the earliest Mesopotamian civilizations, the Persian Empire rose to become the greatest military force in the ancient world
Home of the ancient Indus Valley civilizations, the Indian subcontinent could possibly be where the earliest civilizations originated
The far north of Canada is home to the Inuit, one of the few ancient cultures that adapted to the remote frozen tundra of the Arctic circle, as well as many other peoples of the great boreal forests
From Clovis, the legendary first King of France, to the brutal Gallic Wars fought against Caesar's Rome, the world of ancient France is a fascinating chapter in the history of early Europe
The major cities and civilization centers uncovered in Mesoamerica as depicted in an interactive map complete with detail views of the archeological sites of the precolumbian world.
The first chapter of the Conquest of Mexico as told within an animated collage of images, text and views of that pivotal moment in the history of the new world.