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.

The inhabitants of sub-saharran Africa were not a major influence on the mediteranean world.

Again: Moderning thinking didn't just pop up once people left Africa. It's innate, it was there already.

Civilisation began approximately 65000 years after the first homo-sapien-sapiens ventured out of africa. Modern thinking did not necessarily begin in Africa.

"not necessarily" leaves so much more room for doubt in that department than you are willing to admit.

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go back to race thread. anglos didn't exist and spread until MUCH, MUCH later. look at the pottery and art of ancient cultures. do you think they are stupid, or color blind? anglos used white-like colors to dicpict themselves and everyone else has pretty much done the same since before then. the idea that The CARTHAGINIANS weren't darker than morroccans (who're basically anglos) sounds like the wailings of a racist lunatic.