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The Origins of Ancient Egyptian Civilization
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...

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Chieftain Bronzetti
Small bronze figurine depicting a chieftain, found in Sardinia, dating from the Nuragic civilization, Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari.

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Votive Ship Bronzetti
Small bronze figurine depticting a ship with a prow decorated with a deer head, found in Sardinia, dating from the Nuragic civilization, Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age.
Museo archeologico nazionale di Cagliari.

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Aryan
Aryan is a designation originally meaning “civilized”, “noble”, or “free” without reference to any ethnicity. It was first applied as a self-identifying term by a migratory group of people from Central Asia later known as Indo-Iranians (who...

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Nuraghe Palmavera Complex
Nuraghe tower and village of Palmavera, located in the Alghero region, Sardinia, Italy. Constructed and in use from c. 15th century to 8th century BCE.

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Nuraghe Palmavera
Nuraghe tower of Palmavera, Alghero region, Sardinia, Italy, constructed and in use c. 15th-8th century BCE.

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Ancient India
India is a country in South Asia whose name comes from the Indus River. The name 'Bharata' is used as a designation for the country in their constitution referencing the ancient mythological emperor, Bharata, whose story is told, in part...

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Greek Dark Age
The Greek Dark Age (c. 1200 to c. 800 BCE, overlapping with the Iron Age, c. 1200-550 BCE) is the modern-day term for the period in Greek history following the Bronze Age Collapse when the Mycenaean Civilization fell and the Linear B writing...

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Ancient Greece
Greece is a country in southeastern Europe, known in Greek as Hellas or Ellada, and consisting of a mainland and an archipelago of islands. Ancient Greece is the birthplace of Western philosophy (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle), literature...

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Sumer
Sumer was the southernmost region of ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Kuwait) which is generally considered the cradle of civilization. The name comes from Akkadian, the language of the north of Mesopotamia, and means “land of the...