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Babylonian Civilization
Mesopotamian civilization centred on Babylon across Old, Middle, and Neo-Babylonian phases.
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex
Bronze Age urban cultural complex of Central Asia.
Bactrian Culture
Ancient culture of Bactria at the crossroads of Iran, Central Asia, and India.
Baekje Culture
Korean kingdom influential in art, Buddhism, and Japan-Korea exchange.
Bagan Civilization
Burmese Buddhist kingdom centred on Bagan.
Baiyue Cultures
Ancient southern Chinese and northern Vietnamese cultural groupings.
Balinese Culture
Indonesian island culture shaped by Hindu-Buddhist and local traditions.
Ban Chiang Culture
Bronze and Iron Age archaeological culture of northeast Thailand.
Basketmaker Culture
Early Ancestral Pueblo cultural phase.
Basque Culture
Indigenous culture and language community of the western Pyrenees.
Batak Culture
Highland and lake-region cultures of northern Sumatra.
Bell Beaker Culture
Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age material-culture horizon across western Europe.
Bengali Culture
Culture of Bengal shaped by Indic, Islamic, literary, and riverine traditions.
Benin Kingdom
West African kingdom known for court art, bronze casting, and urban institutions.
Berber Culture
Indigenous North African cultural and linguistic communities.
Blackfoot Culture
Plains Indigenous culture of North America.
Bohemian Culture
Medieval Czech/Bohemian culture centred on Prague and the Bohemian kingdom.
Brazilian Culture
Modern Lusophone American culture shaped by Indigenous, Portuguese, African, and immigrant traditions.
Breton Culture
Celtic culture of Brittany in northwestern France.
Bruneian Sultanate
Malay Islamic sultanate on Borneo.