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According to one story, as a young boy, Alexander tamed the great horse Bucephalus, which was said to be too spirited and wild to control. This magnificent steed later carried Alexander into battle at Issus in 333BCE.

Many people followed the teaching of Zoraster (or Zarathustra). He was a prophet who lived sometime between 628 and 551 BCE and reformed the ancient religion. He taught that life was a struggle between good (light) and evil (darkness).

Two groups developed America’s earliest civilizations — the Olmecs in Mexico and Central America, and the Chavins in Peru on the west coast of South America.

The Hittites were the first to master iron-making, and this can be seen in their weaponry. Axe heads were made from bronze and also iron.

Most Shang relics found by archaeologists come from Anyang, a city with houses, palaces, temples and elaborate tombs.

Records first mention Babylon about 2200 BCE. King Sumuabum, the first important Babylonian ruler, founded a dynasty in 1894 BCE. The best-known king of that dynasty was Hammurabi, who ruled from 1792 to 1750 BCE and won fame from developing a wise and fair code of law.

The Frankish system of land-holding and service was the beginning of the feudal system in Europe.