As the cradle of democracy, rational philosophy and theater, Greece laid the foundations of Western thought. It influenced ...

To inhabit the islands, it is assumed that technological advancements in seafaring, beyond what was considered possible ...

Civilization is back. But it is no longer the preserve of “Renaissance man” or of “the West,” or even of literate societies. Civilization is a way of talking about human history on the largest scale.

PBS and BBC have teamed on Civilizations, a global nine-part series that tells the story of art from the beginning of human history to the present day, for premiere this spring on PBS. The series was ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For the first time in the game’s 30-year history, leaders and civilizations can be chosen independently of one ...