Part of the Mesopotamian civilisation.
An empire if you are talking in terms of size.
songhai empire
I'd say an civilization
The British Empire has both positively and negatively effected the formation of Modern Civilization.
The Maya civilization.
the Aztec
civilization
Persian Empire.
The Western half of the roman empire is a bla bla civilization The Eastern half of the roman empire is a bla ba dee bla civilization
When one civilization takes over and rules another civilization, that is a colonial empire.
When one civilization takes over and rules another civilization, that is a colonial empire.
The collapse of the sumerian empire happened because the code of laws were expected to pass down to civilization to civilization(Sumerian to babyloin).