Kingdom of Macedon

Paracas culture

The richest Paracas mummy bundles wrapped a single body in layer upon layer of cloth, sometimes more than a hundred separate textiles.

Maya civilization

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

Ancient Carthage

When Rome destroyed Carthage, its libraries were handed to African princes, but the Senate ordered Mago's 28 books on farming translated into Latin.

Phoenicia

Tyre sold a purple dye made from sea snails; one source puts it at 10,000 shellfish for a gram of dye. Some historians derive the name Phoenicia from the Greek word for dark red.

Spring and Autumn period春秋

Southern states such as Wu and Yue cast bronze swords of such quality that one made for King Goujian of Yue, buried for over two thousand years, was dug up in 1965 with its edge still sharp.