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Near East
Sumerian
Hittite
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Parthian
Canaanite
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Elamite
Commagene
Akkadian
Assyrian
Babylonian
Lydian
Phrygian
Sabaean
Egypt & Nubia
Egyptian
Kushite (Meroitic)
Mediterranean
Minoan
Phoenician-Punic
Byzantine
Nuragic
Dacian
Nasrid
Mycenaean
Thracian
Etruscan
Greek
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Iberian
Hellenistic
Prehistoric Europe
Palaeolithic
European Bronze Age
Viking
Neolithic
Celtic
Megalithic
Asia
Indus Valley
Sinhalese
Majapahit
Oxus (BMAC)
Ancient India (Gupta)
Javanese
Ancient China
Pallava
Pagan (Burma)
Arakanese
Ancient Japan
Khmer
Mughal
Sogdian
Siamese
Silla (Korea)
Vijayanagara
Champa
Imperial China
Chalukya
Chola
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nok
Swahili
Aksumite
Mapungubwe
Dogon
Yoruba (Ife-Benin)
Medieval Ethiopian
Great Zimbabwe
Mali Empire
Mesoamerica
Olmec
Teotihuacan
Toltec
Aztec (Mexica)
Maya
Zapotec
Purépecha (Tarascan)
Classic Veracruz
Mixtec
Andes
Caral-Supe (Norte Chico)
Chavín
Nazca
Chimú
Moche
Inca
San Agustín
Tairona
Tiwanaku
Wari
Tierradentro
Chachapoya
North America & Oceania
Aboriginal Australian
Polynesian
Ancestral Puebloan
Hohokam
Mississippian
Chamorro (Marianas)
Rapa Nui
Micronesian (Saudeleur)