Several ancient texts cite the story of Noah, a man who built a giant vessel, filled it with animals and endured a flood. Did this event play out in history? See more »

Before Martin Luther King Jr., another man advocated civil disobedience: Gandhi. When India was under Britain's thumb, Gandhi's salt march became his most successful campaign in history. See more »

The Mesopotamians are said to have given the world irrigation, writing, organized religion, laws and the concept of time. Why were they so advanced? What makes Mesopotamia the cradle of civilization? See more »

Asia is the birthplace of all the earliest known civilizations except that of Egypt; of most of the great language families; and of all the great religions. See more »

Throughout its history, Burma has alternated between periods of unity and disunity. See more »

History of China. Prehistoric humans inhabited China as early as 600,000 years ago. See more »

The civilization of India is very ancient. In the Indus Valley are ruins of a civilization of high order that flourished from about 2300 B.C. See more »

Modern Iraq includes the territory known in ancient times as Mesopotamia. This region, consisting of the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the first centers of civilization. See more »

In 1917 the British government issued the Balfour Declaration, pledging its support for a Jewish national home in Palestine. See more »

Japan's earliest past is obscured in legend. There is little authenticated history of Japan before the Christian Era. See more »