Nations forged their legacies on the anvil of war.
The time when the first emperors carved decrees into stone, where This is the beginning of civilization, the rise of the first cities and superpowers. From stone molds and ancient forges in forgotten hallsįlowed the wealth of ancient kingdoms, the mighty armies of the Hittites and the magnificent wealth of Knossos.īy the commands of primeval kings great glittering armies of men and chariots fought bloody wars and expanded their dominions, while on the fringes of civilization barbarian tribesmen fought duels and skirmishes in dark pagan forests and great champions clashed on battlefields.įurther to the east, vast hordes of nomads scoured the steppes, falling upon scattered settlements like packs of wolves
Before Rome, before Caesar, before the rise of Persia or Sparta, the world was forged in bronze.
