In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.. Ancient Rome began as an Italic …

The Laks (self-designation: Lak) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native to an inland region known as Lakia within Dagestan in the North Caucasus.They speak the Lak language.Laks historically live in the Lakskiy and Kulinskiy districts of Dagestan. This ethnocultural area is known as Lakia.There are about 200,000 ethnic Laks in the world.

They descend from the ancient Mesopotamians. They are Eastern Rite Christians, mainly followers of the Assyrian Church of the East, and speak and write Mesopotamian Eastern Aramaic dialects. Caucasus Jews of two sub-ethnic groups Mountain Jews and Georgian Jews. There are about 15,000–30,000 Caucasus Jews (as 140,000 immigrated to Israel, and ...

The Tat people (also: Tat, Parsi, Daghli, Lohijon) are an Iranian people presently living within Azerbaijan and Russia (mainly Southern Dagestan).The Tats are part of the indigenous peoples of Iranian origin in the Caucasus.. Tats use the Tat language, a southwestern Iranian language somewhat different from Standard Persian, Azerbaijani and Russian are also spoken.

The Turkic peoples are a collection of diverse ethnic groups of Central, East, North, South and West Asia as well as parts of Europe, who speak Turkic languages.. The origins of the Turkic peoples has been a topic of much discussion. Recent linguistic, genetic and archaeological evidence suggests that the earliest Turkic peoples descended from agricultural communities …

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity.It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic), and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic).The concept has been mostly applied to Europe and the Ancient Near East, but also, by analogy, to other parts of the Old World.. The duration of the Iron Age varies depending on …

The Caucasus (/ ˈ k ɔː k ə s ə s /), or Caucasia (/ k ɔː ˈ k eɪ ʒ ə /), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea; mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia.The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically been considered as a natural barrier between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. ...

Dune, also known as the Dune Chronicles, is an American science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and has continued to add new publications. Dune is frequently described as the best selling science fiction novel in history. It won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Hugo Award in 1966, and was later adapted …

Elam (/ ˈ iː l ə m /; Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite: ???????????????????? haltamti; Sumerian: ???????? elam; Akkadian: ???????????? elamtu; Hebrew: עֵילָם ʿēlām; Old Persian: ???????????? hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a ...

The First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018) had a significant political influence in the Balkans. In the time of Tervel (700–721) the Bulgars helped Byzantines two times, in 705 the Emperor Justinian II to regain his throne, and 717–718 defeating the Arabs during the siege of Constantinople. Sevar (738–753) was the last ruler from the Dulo clan, and the period until c. 768-772 was ...