The History of the World in Bite-Sized Chunks

AKSUM, THE GHANA EMPIRE AND THE MIGRATION OF THE BANTU

Brittany, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of Man (Breton, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic and Irish are all Celtic languages in origin)

Octavian defeated the general Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium

ruled by two consuls elected by a Senate.

THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

Thrace in Europe to the border of India until the mid-second century BC when they were expelled by the Parthians

dynasty in Egypt lasted nearly 300 years until it was annexed by Rome (see ) in 30 BC

Alexandria (founded by Alexander in 332 BC) in Egypt and Antioch in Syria became the new centres of Hellenistic culture,

Assassinated in 336 BC, Philip’s dream for Macedonia to take over the Persian Empire was taken up by his twenty-year-old son Alexander III

ALEXANDER THE GREAT AND THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD