What is your favorite ancient civilization and why?

Question

My personal favorite civilization is Feudal Japan.

Answer 1

The Andean cultures during the Pre-Columbian period. I have found them all interesting. It amazes me how they could build up civilations that could rival those of Europe and the Middle East.

Answer 2

The Greeks. Any group that is able to come up with the idea of democracy can't be all bad.

I really was interested in how diametric opposed Sparta and Athens were. The ability to build such a state from such opposing forces was a real challenge, plus fighting off the largest civilization at the time, the Persians. With all the fighting they did with each other Athens still had the time, money, and inclination to create marvelous pieces of art and architecture. The Spartans really impressed and appalled me at the same time. Without Greece, where would we be politically.

Answer 3

I keep changing my mind as I learn about people... but today, I like the people of Easter Island. They traveled further than any previous civilization to reach the island and made those fantastic, colossal sculptures. Ask me again tomorrow, and I might be into the ancient Celts of Ireland for their bizarre religion, artistry, astronomy, seclusion and global trading. It's all fascinating! Would like to know more about Japan's history.
Good question!

Answer 4

The Hittites. I always like the people who tend to get left out of the history books, and the Hittites are usually overshadowed by their contemporaries in Egypt and in Assyria. (I see that fans of both those civilizations have already posted...) But at one time, the Hittites were the equals of the Egyptians, and greater than the Assyrians. They just had the bad luck to be overrun by the Sea Peoples, and so they didn't play much role in later history.

Answer 5

You have a good interest, Feudal Japan is quite unique and full of sad love stories....
actually this is reason of why I became a historian to work on Asian histories.

Answer 6

The Moops. In order to understand the nuances of this underprivileged society one must rationalize their total inability to leave any trace of their culture.

Naturally, we wonder how a race of people should be considered "cultured" when their is no trace of their accomplishments. But in this far reaching situation we must stretch our imaginations and condescend to undermine the obvious.

The Moops, while a people of secrecy, invariable lent themselves to oblivion. Each Moopian held that particular nuance that as a whole dissolved their fascination with accomplishment whilst ever pursuing a total eclipse of their existence. We can realize this subtlety of ineptitude through the pursuance of rationalization. The Moops, I fear, had no such justification.

Finally, our admiration, at times utterly misplaced, can only further gratify our longing for a Moopuian renaissance...if only subliminally.

Answer 7

The Ancient Egyptians. I don't really know why. I've just always had an interest or connection with them. I love the way they left so much gold and artifacts behind and we still to this day, don't know how they built the pyramids.

Answer 8

Ancient Egypt, so mysterious and one of the most famous, but I would have loved to see ancient Australia which is not heard of very often, well really at all.

Answer 9

Ancient Chinese

Answer 10

Ancient China (Qing ~ Han dynasty)