1 Java (Javanese: Jawa), the most populous and fifth-largest island in Indonesia and the site of its capital, Jakarta. 2  East Java, also called Jawa Timur, a province on the Indonesian island of Java.3  Central Java, also called Jawa Tengah, a province on the Indonesian island of Java. East Java, also called Jawa Timur, a province on the Indonesian island of Java. 2  Central Java, also called Jawa Tengah, a province on the Indonesian island of Java. 3  West Java, also called Jawa Barat, a province on the Indonesian island of Java. 4  Jawa Dam (Jordan) , remains of water works dating from 3000 BC.
ancient history. n. 1. (Historical Terms) the history of the ancient world from the earliest known civilizations to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in 476 a.d. 2. a recent event or fact sufficiently familiar to have lost its pertinence.
This includes the conquests of Alexander the Great, and ends with the conquests of the different Hellenistic states by Rome (146-31 BC). The history of Ancient Greece falls into four major divisions. The Archaic period, when the civilization's main features were evolving, lasted from the 8th to the 6th centuries BC.