The fundamental work of the historian Carl Friedrich Becker, written at the end of the 19th century, traces the entire historical path of the Ancient World - from the biblical Moses to the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. e. A detailed account of events and rich illustrative material allow the reader to see with his own eyes events that are many millennia distant from us.

Although primitive times are not included in the framework of history, the legends that have reached us about them are of great interest.

The heroic period contains myths about heroes. Heroes are semi-divine beings standing at an intermediate level between gods and people. Most often, one of the hero’s parents was some kind of god.