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| ancient Rome |
a civilization cultivated by the city-state of Rome from the 8th century B.C.E. through its development as a republic and its collapse as an empire in the 5th century A.D. |
| Atlantis |
a mythical Atlantic island and ancient civilization west of Gibraltar that supposedly sank into the sea. |
| Aztec |
a member of an Indian people who had an advanced civilization in central Mexico before the Spaniards conquered them in 1519. [1/4 definitions] |
| Etruria |
an ancient country and civilization that flourished in the sixth century B.C. in west central Italy. |
| Hellenism |
the culture and civilization of ancient Greece. [1/3 definitions] |
| Hellenistic |
pertaining to the Greek language, civilization, culture, and the like that developed after the conquests of Alexander the Great. [1/2 definitions] |
| jumping-off place |
an isolated or remote area, considered as the edge of civilization. [1/2 definitions] |
| Maya |
a member of a highly developed ancient civilization of the Yucatan Peninsula that was destroyed by Europeans in the sixteenth century. [2/3 definitions] |
| Montezuma II |
the last emperor of the Aztec civilization, who reigned from 1502-1550 (b.1466?--d.1520). |
| Muslim |
of or pertaining to the religion, culture, or civilization of Islam. [1/3 definitions] |
| Mycenae |
a major center of ancient Greek civilization located in the northeastern Peloponnesus. |
| Mycenaean |
of or pertaining to Mycenae, a major center of ancient Greek civilization located in the northeastern Peloponnesus. [1/2 definitions] |
| Mycene |
in Greek mythology, the nymph for whom the ancient center of civilization, Mycenae, was named. [1/2 definitions] |
| savage |
(offensive; old-fashioned) a member of a group of people thought to be part of a primitive civilization. [1/9 definitions] |
| supercivilization |
combined form of civilization. |
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