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Byzantine Civilization
Continuation of the Roman Empire in the eastern Mediterranean with Greek-speaking Christian culture.
Cahokia Culture
Major Mississippian urban and ceremonial centre near the Mississippi River.
Cajun Culture
Louisiana culture descended from Acadian, French, African, Spanish, and Indigenous interactions.
Calima Culture
Archaeological cultural sequence of southwestern Colombia.
Canaanite Culture
Bronze and Iron Age cultural sphere of the southern Levant.
Cardial Ware Culture
Early Mediterranean Neolithic culture known for impressed pottery.
Carian Culture
Ancient culture of southwest Anatolia and the Aegean coast.
Carib Culture
Indigenous Caribbean and northern South American culture.
Carolingian Civilization
Early medieval Frankish imperial culture associated with the Carolingian Renaissance.
Carthaginian Civilization
Phoenician-derived western Mediterranean civilization centred on Carthage.
Casas Grandes Culture
Northern Mexican and southwestern borderlands culture centred on Paquim�.
Catacomb Culture
Bronze Age steppe culture following the Yamnaya horizon in parts of the Pontic steppe.
Celtiberian Culture
Iron Age culture of central Iberia blending Celtic and Iberian traits.
Champa Civilization
Austronesian Hindu-Buddhist and later Islamic culture of coastal Vietnam.
Chav�n Culture
Andean religious and artistic horizon centred on Chav�n de Huantar.
Chera Culture
Tamil-Malayalam kingdom and culture of southwest India.
Cherokee Culture
Indigenous culture of the southeastern United States.
Chim� Civilization
North coast Andean kingdom centred on Chan Chan.
Chola Civilization
Tamil maritime and temple-building imperial culture of southern India.
Chu Culture
Ancient Chinese regional culture of the Yangtze basin.