ancient civilisations and empires in history

let's list 'em.
off the top of my head, there's ancient greece (philosophy! sculpture! tragedy!), rome (gladiators), the byzantine empire/constantinople (mosaics, awesome architecture), ancient india (uh.. elephants?), ancient egypt (pyramids and papyrus!) .. ancient china (vases, funny hats and robes), feudal japan (ninjas)

am I missing any? add please.

>>101
First off, >>98 and >>99 is the same person.

IQ based on genetics is a controversial subject and thus is subject to much debate, but the fact that after, to quote >>104, "2500 generations since that Out Of Arica thing" these certain races are still living in primitive societies or in poverty and in third world countries would make anyone speculate their intelligence.

Unlike >>103, I am claiming that there are lesser and greater human races, not based upon genetics(I'll leave it to the experts to decide, and no i don't mean you, anonymous.) but based upon the current situation of these races, socially, politically and economically. I am an asian, but it is no doubt that Europeans left the most influnce in the modern world thus historically i consider them the "winners". Of course, whichever race that dominates the different aspects of social/political/etc and influences the future world would be the greater race in my book. However, I still believe in equality and fair treatment among humans, regardless of race and ethinicity.