ancient civilization
C984
concept
An ancient civilization is a complex, organized society from antiquity characterized by urban development, social stratification, specialized labor, centralized governance, and enduring cultural, technological, and architectural achievements.
Aliases (20)
- pre-Columbian civilization ×15
- ancient state ×8
- Mesoamerican civilization ×7
- Bronze Age civilization ×6
- civilization ×5
- Andean civilization ×4
- archaeological culture area ×3
- indigenous civilization of Mexico ×2
- Aegean civilization ×1
- Iron Age Levantine state ×1
- Mesoamerican culture ×1
- Mesopotamian polity ×1
- Persian Empire ×1
- ancient Greek civilization ×1
- ancient Peruvian culture ×1
- ancient civilization of Europe ×1
- civilizational complex ×1
- historical civilization ×1
- indigenous American civilization ×1
- pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization ×1
Instances (71)
- Moche culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Chavín culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Paracas culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Roman Empire
- Neo-Babylonian Empire ("ancient state")
- Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ("Iron Age Levantine state")
- Achaemenid Empire ("Persian Empire")
- Pharaonic Egypt
- Ptolemaic Kingdom ("ancient state")
- Aztec Empire ("Mesoamerican civilization")
- Andean civilization ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Etruscans
- Maya civilization ("civilization")
- Olmec civilization
- Zapotec civilization ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Teotihuacan civilization ("Mesoamerican civilization")
- Toltec civilization ("Mesoamerican civilization")
- Mixtec civilization ("pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilization")
- Isthmo-Colombian Area ("archaeological culture area")
- Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Shang dynasty ("Bronze Age civilization")
- Mycenaean civilization ("Bronze Age civilization")
- Zhou dynasty ("ancient state")
- Sumer
- Hittite Empire ("Bronze Age civilization")
- Luwian polities ("historical civilization")
- Ancient Mediterranean world ("civilizational complex")
- Aksumite Empire ("civilization")
- Hohokam culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Nazca culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Wari Empire ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Tiwanaku culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Quitu people ("Andean civilization")
- Chimu culture ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Zapotec ("Mesoamerican civilization")
- Western civilization ("civilization")
- Kushan Empire ("ancient state")
- Muisca ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Tairona ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Roman Republic
- Mesopotamia
- Imperial China ("civilization")
- Phoenician civilization
- Gandhara civilization
- Andes cultural area ("archaeological culture area")
- Minoan civilization ("Bronze Age civilization")
- Kingdom of Pontus ("ancient state")
- Greek Antiquity ("civilization")
- Nuragic civilization ("Bronze Age civilization")
- Inca Empire ("pre-Columbian civilization")
- Seleucid Empire ("ancient state")
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ("ancient state")
- Indo-Greek Kingdoms ("ancient state")