Contemporary
Battle of Pork Chop Hill (1953): Fighting Amid Armistice Talks
US forces held the hill in April 1953 but abandoned it to Chinese forces on 11 July 1953, two weeks before the armistice.
All Articles
Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
Ancient World
Siege of Lachish (701 BC): Sennacherib's Campaign in Judah
Assyrian victory: Lachish was stormed and destroyed, its people deported, and Hezekiah submitted and paid heavy tribute, though Jerusalem itself was not taken.
Ancient World
Adena Culture: Early Mound Builders of the Ohio River Valley
The Adena established the tradition of large burial mounds and earthworks in eastern North America, later developed by the Hopewell.
Ancient World
Dujiangyan Irrigation System: Li Bing's 2,200-Year-Old Waterworks
The system controlled Min River floods, irrigated the Chengdu Plain and made Sichuan one of China's richest farming regions; it remains in use.
Ancient World
Mahabharata: The Ancient Indian Epic and Its Historical World
The Mahabharata became a foundational text of Hinduism and one of the most influential works of world literature.
Ancient World
Fabian Strategy (217 BC): Fabius Maximus, the Delayer
Rome avoided further disaster in 217 BC; the strategy was dropped in 216, then readopted after Cannae and helped Rome outlast Hannibal in Italy.
Ancient World
Eclipse of Thales (585 BC): The Birth of Greek Philosophy
Thales' reputation for predicting the eclipse made him the first celebrated Greek thinker, and his search for natural explanations began the Milesian school of philosophy.
Ancient World
Hyksos in Egypt: Foreign Kings of the Second Intermediate Period
A dynasty of West Asian origin ruled northern Egypt for about a century before being driven out by the Theban kings around 1550 BC.
Ancient World
Chogha Zanbil: The Great Elamite Ziggurat in Southwest Iran
A religious city and ziggurat of the Middle Elamite kingdom, listed by UNESCO in 1979 as one of Iran's first World Heritage Sites.
Prehistory
Hal Saflieni Hypogeum: Malta's Underground Neolithic Necropolis
The Hypogeum became the only known prehistoric underground temple-like burial complex of its kind and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Prehistory
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings of the Alps: Lake and Bog Villages
Hundreds of waterlogged Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements preserved wood, food and textiles; 111 sites became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
Prehistory
Nawarla Gabarnmang: Ancient Rock Art Shelter of Arnhem Land
Excavations revealed one of the oldest securely dated pieces of rock art in Australia and a long record of Aboriginal occupation.