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.

lol, very nearly every single post in this thread is wrong on some point. I think it's funny when 4chan tries to act like it knows something.

FYI Alexander was greek. His father was greek, and ruled the greek city states, which revolted upon his death. go play Rise of Nations, Empire Earth, or Rise of Legends. Or read a book.