Funan扶南

Moche culture

Moche potters modelled ceramic portrait vessels so lifelike that individual faces can be recognised across different vessels.

Maya civilization

The Maya Long Count calendar tracks days in an unbroken count from a mythical starting point in 3114 BCE.

Ancient RomeRoma

From 212 CE almost every free person in the empire, from a Briton to a Syrian, was a Roman citizen with the right to use Roman law.

Kingdom of Aksum

The prophet Mani, who lived in the 3rd century CE, named Aksum among the four great kingdoms of the world.

Sogdia

At Pendzhikent, excavated houses show that about a third of them had painted murals and carved wood.

Anuradhapura Kingdom

A cutting of the Bodhi tree, brought by Sanghamitta in the 3rd century BCE, was planted at Anuradhapura, where a tree believed to descend from it still stands.