Ancient Civilizations

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History teaching funnels almost everybody through Egypt, Greece and Rome, which leaves most adults unable to name a single Mesoamerican or Central Asian civilization. Draw one and give it an hour: where it was, when it peaked, what it built, and why it stopped. Twenty-five entries spanning six continents' worth of the ancient world. The ones nobody has heard of tend to be the most interesting draws, and the Indus Valley in particular tends to start arguments about what counts as advanced.