Ancient Civilizations
The Maya
A civilization that invented the concept of zero independently, then built some of the tallest structures in the Americas without metal tools or the wheel.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece never existed as one country — it was a patchwork of fiercely independent city-states that somehow still managed to invent democracy, philosophy, and the Olympics.
Ancient Egypt
A civilization so stable that it lasted longer than the time separating us from Cleopatra separates her from the building of the pyramids.
Mesopotamia
Long before Egypt's pyramids, a civilization nestled between two rivers had already invented writing, cities, and formal law codes — earning it the nickname "the cradle of civilization."
Ancient Rome
An empire that fell over 1,500 years ago and still runs your local plumbing, legal system, and calendar.