The Ancient Nubian Kingdom of Kush

In modern day Africa, Nubia would be a 500-mile long stretch of land along the Nile that is one-third in modern day Egypt and two- thirds in modern day Sudan. The "Land of Gold", as the word Nubia means in the hieroglyphic, had 3 main cultures the most dominant of which was in the Upper Nile in an area that the ancient Egyptians called Kush. The rulers and prominent persons of Kush wore headdresses of gold and feathers, usually from the ostrich and other local birds. So dominant were the people of Kush that around 900 B.C., when the Kingdom of Kush emerges, they colonized the “all powerful nation” of Egypt for the next century. Around 23 B.C., as the Romans expanded their empire and attempted to subjugate the Nubians they encountered tremendous resistance from the ruling Nubian queens of that period. This confrontation continued until A.D. 320 when the Kushite economy collapsed and by A.D. 1550 as a result of the expansion of the Roman Empire and the onslaught of Christianity the Nubian empire was completely dismantled. The once powerful Nubian people were then left scattered throughout the fertile Nile valley; two-thirds within Egypt and one-third within the Sudan.

The Ancient Mexica Kingdom of the Olmec

In 1939 an archeological dig at the Feathered Serpent Pyramid revealed that hundreds of years earlier than had been imagined simple Olmec villages had given way to a complex society governed by kings and priests, with impressive ceremonial centers and artworks. Today it is widely recognized that the Olmec, whose civilization existed from 1800 B.C. to 600 A.D., came long before the Maya. The Olmec had a highly developed agricultural society based on corn supplemented with fishing and hunting. The writing of the Olmec is a logosyllabic script with signs similar to those used by the Vai people of West Africa. They are also credited with introducing writing to the New World.

The Norse Kingdom

Njord was the Norse god of coastal seas, wind and fire was the ruler of the Norse Kingdom. He brings good fortune at sea and in the hunt. He is married to the giantess Skadi and his children are Freya and Freyr, whom he fathered on his own sister.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a novel covering one hundred and thirteen years of Chinese history, starting in 168 A.D. and ending with the reunification of the land in 280 A.D. Three Kingdoms describes a fascinating dynastic-cycle: the fall of the Han Dynasty under Emperor Ling due to the Yellow Scarves rebellion, the division of the Empire into the three kingdoms – Shu, Wei, and Wu – and the reunification of the empire by the Jin Dynasty. So far reaching is the popularity of the novel that it has for some time the most read comic book series and one of the best selling computer games for SONY PlayStation system.

The Legend of Pele

Pele is one of a number of Hawaiian Volcano Goddesses. In Hawaii she is Goddess of Mount Kilauea, a still-active volcano. Of all the world's goddesses, Pele, is one of the few still living in the belief of her people, not as a metaphor, but as a metaphysical reality, to whom offerings are still made when volcanic eruptions threaten Hawaiian towns. There are a number of legends of Pele. In one of the more popular tales her people say, when Pele was young the centre of the earth glowed with her loveliness, and she was content for a million years to live in Her house in the centre. Until one day, when Pele walked to the edge of the earth and met Ocean and their fiery love exploded for the world to see.