What was the ancient civilization?
There were several of them. "Ancient" usually concerns the
Civilizations that existed anytime between about 4,000 BC until the
first century AD. Most well-known are the Sumerian, Mesopotamian
and Persian civilizations and the Egyptian, Greek and Roman
civilizations. In the Americas, the Inca and Maya civilizations,
although younger, sometimes also are counted as 'ancient'
civilizations.