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.

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Humans have not seperated into differenet sub-species, but they were well on the way before the white race discoverred how to travel the globe. The Nile, Himalayas, Asian steppes and Bering strait have kept negroes, caucasians and mongoloids seperate for generations with little mixing. Recent advances in genetic science have proven the magnitude of the distinction between the races. In the bottle necks there are mixed races, but the vast majority of the world's population fit into the Negro, Caucasian, Mongoloid and native american categories.

Due to the domination of Africa by white males, the vast majority of sub-saharran Africans and blacks have at least one recent white ancestor. The black race has effectively ceased to exist or at least been reduced to the same satus as eskimos and australian aborignes. This is important for black people to remember.