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.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
pre-Columbian civilization 29
ancient civilization canonical 25
archaeological culture area 20

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: ancient civilization
Generated description
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.

Instances (159)

Instance Via concept surface
Nuragic civilization Bronze Age civilization
Colla (Qolla) polities Andean civilization
Inca Empire pre-Columbian civilization
Chimor (Chimú state)
surface form: Chimor
pre-Columbian civilization
Calima culture —
Seleucid Empire ancient state
Neolithic Britain archaeological culture area
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ancient state
Indo-Greek Kingdoms ancient state