Antiquity
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Antiquity may refer to any period before the Middle Ages (476–1453), but still within Western civilization-based human history or prehistory:
- Ancient history, any historical period before the Middle Ages
- Classical antiquity, the classical civilizations of the Mediterranean
- Late Antiquity, the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Ancient Egypt, a civilization of ancient Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt
- Ancient China
- Ancient Greece, a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (c. 600 AD)
- Ancient India
- Ancient Iran
- Ancient Israel and Judah
- Ancient Japan
- Ancient Near East, the home of early civilizations within roughly the modern Middle East
- North Africa during Antiquity, the history of Egypt, Ancient Libya, Numidia and Mauretania
- Poland in Antiquity, an era that dates from about 400 BC to 450–500 AD
- Romania in Antiquity, between the foundation of Greek colonies in present-day Dobruja and the withdrawal of the Romans from "Dacia Trajana" province
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient languages
- Ancient music, music that developed in literate cultures, replacing prehistoric music
- Antiquities, objects or artifacts surviving from ancient cultures
Proper name
- Antiquity, Ohio, a community in the United States
- Antiquity (whisky), a brand of Indian whisky
- Antiquity (journal), a journal of archaeological research
- American Antiquity, a journal of the Society for American Archaeology
- Latin American Antiquity, a journal of the Society for American Archaeology
Popular culture
- Antiquity (album), a 1975 album by Jackie McLean and Michael Carvin
- Antiquities (Magic: The Gathering) an expansion to the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game
See also
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