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Ancient Egypt
Cradle of civilization in North Africa
Ancient Egypt was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in the eastern corner of North Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150 BC, when Upper an…
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Roman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8t…
Greek civilization from 1200 BC to 600 AD
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centurie…
Historical region of West Asia
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part …
Bronze Age civilisation in South Asia
Indus Valley Civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwes…
Mesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)
Maya civilization
The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period. Known by i…
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
Achaemenid Empire
The Achaemenid Empire was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC. At p…
History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chi…