CIVILIZATIONS 101

line-teal.png

Welcome to Civilizations 101! This series is a resource guide to learn about some of the ancient civilizations that make up the modern MENA region. Each brief overview of these 93 ancient civilizations is divided into eight sections: Introduction, Inception & Decline, Allies & Rivals, Modern Influence, Ruling System, History, Key Accomplishments, and Economics. All eight sections of each overview are ONLY 101 words, which was a fun challenge for each of our writers to be concise. This overview paragraph is also 101 words to stay in theme. Read to learn more about the multifaceted aspects of the ancient civilizations from the region.

ABBASID

ACHAEMENID

AFSHARID

AGHLABID

AKKADIA

ALALAKH

ALMOHAD

ALMORAVID

ALODIA

ASSYRIA

AYYUBID

BABYLONIA

BARGHAWATA

BAVAND

BUYYID

BYZANTINE

CARCHEMISH

CARTHAGINIAN

CHALDEA

DABUYID

DILMUN

EBLA

EGPYTIAN

ELAMITE

FATIMID

FAZUGHLI

FUNJ

GARAMANTES

GHASSANID

GUTIAN

HADH

RAMAUT

HAFSID

HAMMADID

HIMYARITE

HITTITE

IDRISID

IKHSHIDID

KERMA

KHWARAZMIAN

KIZZUWATNA

KUSHITE

LAKHMID

LYDIAN

MACEDONIA

MAGAN

MAKURIA

MAMLUK

MARI

MARINID

MEDIAN

MIDRARID

MINAEAN

MITANNI

MONGOL

NABATEAN

NABHANI

NOBATIA

NUMIDIA

OMANI

OTTOMAN

PARTHIAN

PHOENICIA

PHRYGIA

QAJAR

QARINVAND

QARMATIAN

QATABAN

QATNA

RASHIDUN

RASULID

RUSTAMID

SAADI

SABAEAN

SAFAVID

SAFFARID

SASANIAN

SELEUCID

SELJUK

SULAYHID

SUMER

TAHIRID

TIMURID

TLEMCEN

TULUNID

UMAYYAD

URARTU

WATTASID

YAMHAD

ZAND

ZANGID

ZIRID

ZIYADID

ZURAYID