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.

Carthage (first civilization that came with buildings that were more than 3 floors, known for General Hannibal, who invaded Rome)

Babylonia (bible tells the tale of a tower, they were known for inventing and selling weapons and arts to their neighbours)

Macedonia (although grouped with the greeks, this is not the case, the Macedonians actually "united the hellen states" when they invaded and conquered the greeks, using that as a platform to conquer the ancient world.  They conquered Egypt, surrounded Carthage, and then started eastward toward China.  Unfortunately, they were defeated by the Indians (to get to China, you gotta go through India), and would later collapse, only to have their empire swallowed up by the Romans (they taking fruit from a child).)

Celt
  (Similar to the Gauls, not really an empire, just a string of tribes and kingdoms who inhabited the British Isles before the Romans (or "White Man") invaded, best known for their burial practices and artistic sculpting, also known for Bodecia, a warrior queen, whose only military tactic was a blind charge, she was defeated by a roman contigent of infantry at 1/200th her army's size)

If you're meaning ancient, I wonder why you included feudal japan (12th to 19th century).  Ancient japan had the people known as the Jomons, who were the first to invent Pottery.  They were latered replaced by the Yayoi (known for shamanism), who emigrated from Korea, and later subjugated by Ancient China.