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![Minoan Civilization](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/393.jpg?v=1718223186)
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Minoan Civilization
The Minoan civilization flourished in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 - c. 1450 BCE) on the island of Crete located in the eastern Mediterranean. With their unique art and architecture, and the spread of their ideas through contact with other...
![Indus Script](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2977.jpg?v=1718005267)
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Indus Script
The Indus Script is the writing system developed by the Indus Valley Civilization and it is the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent. The origin of this script is poorly understood: this writing system remains undeciphered...
![Ancient Crete](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/380.jpg?v=1715620863)
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Ancient Crete
Crete is an island in the eastern Mediterranean which during the Bronze Age produced the influential Minoan civilization with its distinctive architecture and art. An important member of the Greek world in the Archaic period, Crete dipped...
![Great Zimbabwe](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10169.jpg?v=1720568946)
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Great Zimbabwe
Great Zimbabwe is a ruined city near Masvingo, central Zimbabwe which was inhabited between c. 1100 to c. 1550 (flourishing c. 1300 - c. 1450) in the region’s Late Iron Age. Capital of the Kingdom of Zimbabwe of the Bantu-speaking Shona people...
![Predynastic Period in Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4413.jpg?v=1721383969)
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Predynastic Period in Egypt
The Predynastic Period in Ancient Egypt is the time before recorded history from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic Age and on to the rise of the First Dynasty and is generally recognized as spanning the era from c. 6000-3150 BCE (though physical...
![Mycenaean Art](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3374.jpg?v=1709644503)
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Mycenaean Art
The Mycenaean civilization flourished in the late Bronze Age from the 15th to the 13th century BCE, and their artists would continue the traditions passed on to them from Minoan Crete. Pottery, frescoes, and goldwork skillfully depicted scenes...
![Nephthys](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/4621.jpg?v=1721374636)
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Nephthys
Nephthys was one of the original five gods of ancient Egypt born of the union of Geb (earth) and Nut (sky) after the creation of the world. She was the fourth born after Osiris, Isis, and Set and was the older sister of Horus (usually referred...
![Sidon](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/2664.jpg?v=1718934544)
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Sidon
Sidon is the Greek name (meaning 'fishery') for the ancient Phoenician port city of Sidonia (also known as Saida) in what is, today, Lebannon (located about 25 miles south of Beirut). Along with the city of Tyre, Sidon was the most powerful...
![Swahili Coast](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/10328.jpg?v=1707756724)
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Swahili Coast
The Swahili Coast on the shores of East Africa was a region where Africans and Arabs mixed to create a unique identity from the 8th century called Swahili Culture. Swahili is the name of their language and means 'people of the coast.' The...
![Third Intermediate Period of Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/5853.jpg?v=1699827663)
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Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
The Third Intermediate Period (c. 1069-525 BCE) is the era following the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570-c.1069 BCE) and preceding the Late Period (c.525-332 BCE). Egyptian history was divided into eras of 'kingdoms' and 'intermediate periods'...