Civilisations

Browse historical cultures

Ta�no Culture

Arawakan culture of the Greater Antilles at European contact.

Teotihuacan Civilization

Central Mexican urban civilization centred on Teotihuacan.

Thai Culture

Tai-speaking culture of Thailand shaped by Theravada Buddhism and monarchy.

Thracian Culture

Ancient Balkan culture of Thracian-speaking peoples.

Three Kingdoms China

Era of competing Chinese states after the Han dynasty.

Thule Culture

Arctic culture ancestral to many Inuit communities.

Tibetan Culture

Himalayan culture centred on Tibetan language, Buddhism, and plateau societies.

Tibetan Empire

Imperial Tibetan polity and culture across the Tibetan Plateau and Inner Asia.

Timurid Civilization

Turko-Mongol and Persianate imperial culture centred on Central Asia and Iran.

Tiwanaku Civilization

Highland Andean urban and religious culture centred near Lake Titicaca.

Toltec Culture

Postclassic central Mexican culture associated with Tula.

Tongan Culture

Polynesian culture and maritime chiefdom/kingdom in western Polynesia.

Torres Strait Islander Culture

Indigenous island cultures between Australia and New Guinea.

Totonac Culture

Gulf coast Mesoamerican culture associated with El Taj�n and Veracruz.

Tuareg Culture

Saharan Amazigh culture known for trans-Saharan pastoral and caravan networks.

Turkish Culture

Modern and historical culture of Anatolia shaped by Turkic, Islamic, Byzantine, and regional inheritances.

Ubaid Culture

Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic culture of Mesopotamia preceding the Uruk period.

Ugaritic Culture

Late Bronze Age Levantine city culture known for alphabetic cuneiform texts.

Ukrainian Culture

East Slavic culture shaped by Kyivan Rus, Cossack, Orthodox, and modern national traditions.

Urartian Civilization

Iron Age kingdom around Lake Van in the Armenian highlands.