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Legacy of Ancient Civilizations: Created by Stephen Rocha. With Christopher Nissley. Voyage back in time to the world of six ancient peoples whose contributions to art, culture, and literature had a great effect on civilization.
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Apr 27, 2020 · The ancient Greeks left the world such an impressive legacy of ideas that many of them were seen for centuries in the civilizations that followed and, even today, cultures around the world continue to display many of the quintessential features of life in ancient Greece.
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Voyage back in time to the world of six ancient peoples whose contributions to Art, Culture, and Literature had great effect on civilization. These are the Minoans, The Mycenaeans, Ancient Arabia, The Phoenicians, and the the inhabitants of Thera and Troy.
There were many interesting and important civilizations in the Mediterranean region in ancient times, but the Mycenaeans were especially fortunate in one way.Their legends and deeds became the subjects of the finest works of literature to be handed down from antiquity - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the dramas of the great Greek playwrights.In ...
- Sumerian Civilization (4500 B.C. to 1900 B.C.) The ruins of Eridu in Iraq (Peter Sobolev/Shutterstock) Ancient Sumer, an area in Mesopotamia above the shared floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is famous for fostering the first civilizations in human history.
- Indus Valley Civilization (3300 B.C. to 1300 B.C.) Ruins of Dholavira, a Harappan metropolis, in Gujarat, India (Credit: Vihang Ghalsasi/Shuttterstock)
- Ancient Egypt (3100 B.C. to 30 B.C.) Valley of the Kings. The tombs of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs near the West Bank of the Nile River (Credit: Anton Belo/Shutterstock)
- Ancient and Early Imperial China (2070 B.C. to A.D. 220) Western Xia tombs at the foot of Helan Mountains, an ancient landmark in Ningxia province of China (Credit: Katoosha/Shutterstock)
Discover the history and civilization of Ancient India, including its origins, society and legacy. Map and timeline included.
History of Mesopotamia, the region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed. Centered between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the region in ancient times was home to several civilizations, including the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians.
