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Antiquity
Antiquity
(noun) and
ancient
(adjective of antiquity, or obsolete noun for an old person) may refer to:
any period before the
Middle Ages
(476–1453), but still within the period of
Western civilization
-based human history or
prehistory
. The term is most often used of
Classical antiquity
, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially
Ancient Greece
and
Ancient Rome
.
"
Ancient history
" generally, and may be used of any historical period before the Middle Ages
Ancient Near East
Late Antiquity
is used of the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
African Antiquity
Ancient Iran (Persia)
Ancient China
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient India (disambiguation)
Ancient Israel and Judah
Ancient Japan
Ancient Rome
Ancient languages
Ancient music
Antiquities
, the term—almost always in the plural in modern usage, referring to objects or
artifacts
surviving from ancient cultures.
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