What's yours?
Egypt? Rome & Greece? Barbarians? China? Mesopotamia? Mesoamerica?
I dunno my favorites but I do like Greece, The Celts, Romans, and Egyptians :)
POLL COMING HERE

I don't know how comfortable I am with Rome and Carthage being put in the same time frame as Phonecia.

Personally, Sumer.

I'm not at all sure about putting Japan in the same time frame as this lot, either.

I picked a couple, since it was so hard to pick just one. Persia and Carthage are up there, but you forgot Assyria!

Rome
Egypt
Greece
other (Spanish civlization)

Xen, I am a little hazy on the achivements of the ancient Spainish; please enlighten me. :confused:

interesting religion, even if its only scantlyl known to me via what little i can dig up on traditional basque deities.

though thier biggest achievment is creating the true template for the roman legionary.

that is, assumign you discount Tartessos, the real life basis for atlantis, which is very, very interesting for me.

Rome, Greece, Persia, Parthia, Huns, Scythians and Celts (though I failed to mark them), China, AND INDIA WHICH YOU FORGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I'm well rounded. :D

Greece, China, Rome, Huns and other Barbarian Tribes,

My favorites are the Indo-European horse-people (Iranian people)- Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans, Parthians, Persians and the Huns (although they do not fit this group). Also generally interested in the Germanic and Celtic tribes.

You also seem to have forgotten the multiple Indian and Middle Eastern (whatever you call that area) civilizations like the Dravidians, Assyrians among others.

Greece is a bit general (that could be any number of city-states), but I voted for it and Japan (if Japan around 1500 AD is concidered ancient.) I forgot to choose Rome as well.

that is, assumign you discount Tartessos, the real life basis for atlantis, which is very, very interesting for me.
Rome, Greece, Persia, Parthia, Huns, Scythians and Celts (though I failed to mark them), China, AND INDIA WHICH YOU FORGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
I vote Greek civilization.
Btw, I noticed this poll discount not only Tartessos & India, but even Israel, that was also the one monotheistic people (if we except AmenophisIV/Akhenaton Egypt :egypt: - but most Egyptians continued to consider Amon & all the 'happy brigade' with Anubis, Toth, Isis etc.etc. ;) ).
I know, they made an idol :satan: , the golden calf :nono: ... but they were so down, and so thirsty :beer: (poor ones, you know, 40years walking in the desert... ) :D :D :D

I still think Assyria (the guys who conquered Israel ;) ) should have been included. :)

Carthaginians and Egyptians.

Where are the Assyrians and Hittites!?!?!?!? They are probably my favorites, and they're not even on the poll???

...and no India, or anything from Southeast Asia, or Tibet, or anything Arabian or Yemeni, or Nubia or Axum...

Carthage definitely. Come on people, if we vote now, we can still beat Scythia!

listen people, they only allowed 20 poll options, and it limited me to 18... :hmm: so i couldn't have them all.

The Persians, quite obviously.

China and Phonecia

Greece
Rome
Egypt
Celts
Carthaginians
Other (I'm quite fond of various Native American cultures.:))

I voted for Japan, but I also have a preference for Rome, Greece, the Celts, and the Druids (who were probably celts but I'm not sure at the moment)

Rome, but I'm partial to the Aztecs (going by American timeline) and the Assyrians.

I've always had a soft spot for the Sumerians.

China for me... bcs it is most powerful in the past for longest time...

Rome, Carthage and Greece/Macedon.

Definately Greece since you have the Athenians, Spartans, Macedonians, Rhodians, Corinthians, and other cool sub-states within ancient Greece.

Rome was the best! They had awesome legions, the best empire, and they knew how to govern it! Without monarchs and strange customs, they were civilized!

Rome was the best! They had awesome legions, the best empire, and they knew how to govern it!
Bit questionable about the whole "governing" part.

Israel. During the course of their migration from Egypt to the Promised Land, that ragtag mob of slaves was turned into God's Chosen People, and an army that conquered the Philistines and the Canaanites. A normal group of slaves released to be an independant nation would be terribly corrupt as they would not be used to freedom. But Israel built its own system of morals and laws that kept it together as a nation. In its early days it used a new government ruled by Judges, who would rise to power in times of danger. Israel is really cool in my opinion.

2nd place is Rome. :D

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I've got soft spots for ancient Mesopotamia, and for pre-Islamic Iran.

How about the Mayans? They carved a civilization out of the jungle, independently invented writing, and devised a calendar more accurate than the Gregorian.