Browse historical cultures
Israelite Culture
Iron Age southern Levantine culture associated with ancient Israel and Hebrew traditions.
Italian Culture
Modern and historical culture of the Italian peninsula with Roman, medieval, Renaissance, and national layers.
Jemdet Nasr Culture
Transitional Mesopotamian period between Uruk and Early Dynastic phases.
Jewish Culture
Diasporic and Levantine culture with ancient Israelite roots and global communities.
Jomon Culture
Long-lived Japanese hunter-gatherer and pottery-producing culture.
Joseon Culture
Korean Confucian dynastic culture of the early modern period.
Judahite Culture
Iron Age culture centred on Judah and Jerusalem.
Jurchen Jin Culture
Tungusic dynasty and culture ruling northern China before the Mongols.
Kamakura Culture
Japanese warrior-government culture under the Kamakura shogunate.
Kanem-Bornu Empire
Lake Chad empire and Islamic Sahelian state.
Kassite Babylonia
Dynastic culture that ruled Babylonia for centuries after the Old Babylonian period.
Kazakh Culture
Turkic steppe culture of Central Asia.
Kerma Culture
Bronze Age Nubian kingdom and culture centred at Kerma.
Khiamian Culture
Early Neolithic Levantine cultural phase associated with Khiam points.
Khitan Liao Culture
Inner Asian dynasty and culture ruling north China and Mongolia.
Khmer Civilization
Cambodian civilization centred on Angkor and monumental temple landscapes.
Khoisan Cultures
Indigenous southern African cultural-linguistic groupings including foragers and pastoralists.
Khwarezmian Culture
Central Asian Iranian culture and oasis civilization around the Amu Darya.
Kievan Rus Culture
East Slavic and Norse-linked medieval polity and culture centred on Kyiv.
Kofun Culture
Japanese mound-tomb period associated with elite confederations and early state formation.