Civilisations

Browse historical cultures

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.

Buganda Kingdom

Great Lakes kingdom and Ganda cultural centre in Uganda.

Bugis-Makassar Culture

Maritime culture of South Sulawesi known for navigation and trade.

Bulgarian Empire

Medieval Bulgarian imperial culture in the Balkans.

Burgundian Culture

Germanic and later regional culture of Burgundy.

Burmese Culture

Culture of Myanmar centred on the Burmese language and Buddhist institutions.