Contemporary
Mau Mau Uprising 1952-1960: Revolt against British Rule in Kenya
The revolt was militarily defeated by 1956, but it hastened the end of colonial rule; Kenya became independent in December 1963.
All Articles
Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
Contemporary
Battle of the Imjin River (1951): The Glosters' Last Stand
The British 29th Brigade was forced back with heavy losses and the Gloucestershire Regiment was largely destroyed, but the delay helped stop the Chinese Spring Offensive short of Seoul.
Ancient World
Mesha Stele: Moabite King's Account of War with Israel
The stele gives a Moabite version of Moab's break from Israel and preserves early references to Israel, Omri and Yahweh.
Ancient World
Taharqa: The Kushite Pharaoh Who Faced the Assyrian Empire
Taharqa's long reign was a high point of Kushite rule in Egypt, but Assyrian invasions drove him from Lower Egypt and Kushite control ended soon after his death.
Ancient World
Shang Yang's Reforms (356 BC): Legalism Transforms the Qin State
Qin became a centralised, militarised state based on law, rewards and punishments, laying the foundation for its unification of China in 221 BC.
Ancient World
Mahavira and the Rise of Jainism in Ancient India
Mahavira reshaped and spread the Jain tradition, founding a fourfold community of monks, nuns and lay followers that survives today.
Ancient World
Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC): A Giant Naval Clash of Antiquity
Roman victory; the Carthaginian fleet lost about 94 ships and the Romans landed an army in Africa.
Ancient World
Homer and the Iliad and Odyssey: Origins of the Greek Epics
Two epic poems that became the foundation of Greek education and of the Western literary tradition.
Ancient World
First Intermediate Period: Collapse of Egypt's Old Kingdom
Egypt was divided between rival dynasties until the Theban king Mentuhotep II reunited the country and founded the Middle Kingdom.
Ancient World
Shamshi-Adad I: Founder of the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia
Shamshi-Adad built a short-lived kingdom across northern Mesopotamia that broke up soon after his death but was later claimed as part of Assyria's royal tradition.
Prehistory
Grand Menhir Brisé: Europe's Largest Prehistoric Standing Stone
The largest single stone known to have been raised in prehistoric Europe, later toppled and broken into four pieces that still lie on the site.
Prehistory
Halaf Culture: Painted Pottery of Neolithic Mesopotamia
A widespread village culture whose fine pottery, seals and exchange networks united northern Mesopotamia before Ubaid influence replaced it.