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Which Ancient Civilization Is Most Fascinating?
Egypt 27%  27%  [ 14 ]
Sumer/Akkad 6%  6%  [ 3 ]
Hittite/Phoenician 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
Judah/Israel 10%  10%  [ 5 ]
Greek 31%  31%  [ 16 ]
Roman 12%  12%  [ 6 ]
Assyrian/Babylonian 8%  8%  [ 4 ]
Choson/Shang/Yamoto 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Medes and Elamites/Persians 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 52

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19 Jan 2008, 10:42 pm

Mhm... I like the ancient Japanese civillization. Samurais FTW.



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19 Jan 2008, 10:50 pm

That ancient civs themselves are awesome but I prefer the Greeks because of the politics and then earlier civs (civs = civilizations) because of the ground work that they laid. Ancient Egypt is fascinating simply because of the culture and yes the monuments like the pyramids and the Sphinx.



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20 Jan 2008, 5:18 am

I think they're all fascinating in their own way.I have a soft spot for the Sumerians
and Assyrians because I don't think they get the recognition they deserve.I'll have to
vote for the Romans because their influence is still ominipresent today,especially
considering their language of Latin is such an important part of not only the 'Latin'
languages like Italian,Spanish and French but of English itself.


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20 Jan 2008, 6:02 am

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Lene wrote:
No Aztec/Mayan option? They had the coolest religious ceremonies.... :P


Their technology level was ancient, but their place in time was medieval through renaissance so I didn't think they'd fit. I did think of placing them, but they are out of the timescale. Sorry.


I'd include them - how are you defining Ancient?


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20 Jan 2008, 2:15 pm

I always loved learning about ancient Greece at school, and lapped up stuff about their myths and legends (and the poems of Homer, too). I still think they were the best ancient civilisation...


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01 Jan 2014, 12:26 pm

Egypt and ancient Romans, I don't know that much about the others. I like Egypt more, I think, their culture was more exotic.


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01 Jan 2014, 12:30 pm

[X} Other.

Any civilization that existed before or during the most recent Ice Age, which ended about 12,000 years ago.

Too bad there are no written records.



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01 Jan 2014, 12:35 pm

There were not that developed, though - nothing compared to Romans, Greeks etc.


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02 Jan 2014, 11:12 am

Assyria/Babylon partially because they were the first " ancient " civilization that I had heard of. Also to try and see if the walls of Babylon were as impressive as records say they were. * probably not, but it would be nice to see *


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02 Jan 2014, 11:24 am

Greece!! !


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25 Jan 2014, 7:37 am

The #1 Oldest Temple ever discovered, made 12000 years ago.

Göbekli Tepe
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JfbV21weQE[/youtube]



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25 Jan 2014, 7:40 am

Gobekli Tepe
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0ZkgqM1TE[/youtube]



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25 Jan 2014, 9:26 am

Lene wrote:
No Aztec/Mayan option? They had the coolest religious ceremonies.... :P


I don't know if human sacrifice can be described as cool but these cultures where not devoid of knowledge, that's for sure.



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25 Jan 2014, 9:29 am

What about the kingdom of Dahomey?



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26 Jan 2014, 6:33 am

either Tiwanaku Empire - ( think Lake Titicaca), or the Mayan culture


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