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6 Ancient Civilizations: Start Here

Welcome to your Ancient Civilizations Research Guide!

Use the tabs along the top to learn about these regions & the civilizations that lived there:

  • Mesopotamia (Sumer)
    • Home of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian people
  • Europe
    • Home of the Ancient Greeks (The Spartans) and then the Romans
  • Africa
    • The Ancient Egyptians
    • The Askum
    • The Kush 
    • The Empire of Mali
  • Asia:
    • The Shang Dynasty of China
    • The Indus Valley of India
  • The Americas:
    • The Maya of Mexico
    • The Inca of Peru
    • The Aztec the Central America​​​​​​​

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Videos: The Ancient World

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Guide Attribution

This guide is used and adapted with permission, from the librarians at UWCSEA here: https://research.uwcsea.edu.sg/AncientHistory/home. Thank you to Katie Day, Nadine Bailey, and the current UWCSEA librarians.