Ancient civilizations
Ancient civilizations arose independently in several river valleys and highlands, and solved similar problems in different ways. This course covers the major ones, what they built, and how we know anything about them at all.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01How we knowEvidence and its gaps.
- 02MesopotamiaBetween the rivers.
- 03Ancient EgyptThree thousand years.
- 04The Indus and early ChinaEast of Mesopotamia.
- 05Ancient GreeceCities and ideas.
- 06RomeRepublic to empire.
- 07Persia and the Near EastEmpires of administration.
- 08The ancient AmericasDeveloped in isolation.
- 09Africa and wider AsiaBeyond the usual list.
- 10Why civilizations fallRarely one cause.
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