ancient societies
Long-gone human communities
Ancient societies are human communities from the distant past, typically before the medieval period—civilizations like Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and China.
The phrase emphasizes organized social structures: governments, religions, economies, and cultural practices.
Ancient societies developed writing systems to keep records.
The term appears frequently in history and anthropology courses.
- aqueductsChannels conveying water distances
- clay bricksMolded earth building units
- barterDirect goods-for-goods exchange
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
caste system · oral tradition · matriarchy · ruling class · Nile Valley · Babylonian exile · Stoicism · mythology · Trojan War · Confucianism · bronze tools · sculpture · sun worship · Peloponnesian War · bureaucracy · Andes Mountains · Epicureanism · empire
- ancient historyclassical antiquity, Mesopotamia, Babylon, Assyria, Sumer