Civilisations

Browse historical cultures

Anglo-Saxon Culture

Early medieval Germanic culture of England before the Norman conquest.

Anishinaabe Culture

Algonquian-speaking Indigenous culture group of the Great Lakes region.

Apache Culture

Southern Athabaskan Indigenous cultures of the North American Southwest.

Arab Culture

Arabic-speaking cultural world with ancient, Islamic, and modern regional forms.

Aramaean Culture

Northwest Semitic culture influential across Syria and Mesopotamia.

Arawak Cultures

Indigenous Caribbean and South American cultural-linguistic family.

Armenian Culture

Caucasian culture with ancient kingdom, Christian, diaspora, and modern national traditions.

Ashanti Empire

Akan state and culture centred on Kumasi and the Golden Stool.

Assyrian Civilization

Northern Mesopotamian civilization and imperial power centred on Assur and Nineveh.

Assyrian Modern Culture

Modern Mesopotamian Christian culture with ancient and Syriac continuities.

Aterian

North African Middle Stone Age culture known for tanged stone tools.

Aurignacian

Upper Palaeolithic culture associated with early modern humans in Europe.

Australian Settler Culture

Modern Australian culture formed through British colonization, immigration, and Indigenous interaction.

Aymara Culture

Andean Indigenous culture centred around the Titicaca basin and highlands.

Ayutthaya Civilization

Thai kingdom and cosmopolitan trading civilization.