Ancient history

Period between prehistory and the medieval era The Standard of Ur (Sumerian)The Mask of Tutankhamun (Egyptian)The Priest-King (Indus Valley)The Venus de Milo (Greek)The Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Etruscan)The Augustus of Prima Porta (Roman)A soldier from the Terracotta Army (Chinese)The Haniwa warrior in Keiko Armor (Japanese)A colossal head (Olmec)Well-known ancient artwork and sculptures, each representing a certain civilisation. Ancient history Preceded by prehistory Near East Sumer Kish Egypt Elam Ebla Mari Armi Hatti Dilmun Magan Nubia Berbers Akkad Assyria Babylonia Qatna Amurru Yamhad Urkesh Mitanni Hittites Phrygians Ugarit Canaan Phoenicia Alashiya Arameans Israel and Judah Sabaʾ Himyar Chaldea Urartu Media Phrygia Achaemenid Empire Sea Peoples Anatolia Arabia Egypt Iran The Levant Mesopotamia Europe Aegean Civilization Greece Thracians Dacians Illyrians Paeonians Pelasgians Argaric Torrean Nuragic Talaiotic Tartessos Guanches Etruscans Rome Migration Period Barbarian kingdoms Old Europe Paleo-European Pre-Indo-European Balts Celts Finnic Germanics Slavs Iberia Italy Gaul British Isles Sápmi Karelia Scandinavia Germania Illyria Thrace Dacia Paeonia Malta Caucasus Northe