Lost Civilization Rankings
Fifty of the most fascinating lost, collapsed, or mysterious civilizations in history.
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Atlantis (legendary)—
Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300–1300 BC)—
Minoan Civilization (c. 2700–1450 BC)—
Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600–1100 BC)—
Ancient Sumer (c. 4500–1900 BC)—
Akkadian Empire (c. 2334–2154 BC)—
Babylon (c. 1894–539 BC)—
Assyrian Empire (c. 2500–612 BC)—
Hittite Empire (c. 1600–1178 BC)—
Ancient Egypt (c. 3100–30 BC)—
Carthage (c. 814–146 BC)—
Phoenicia (c. 1500–300 BC)—
Ancient Persia / Achaemenid Empire (c. 550–330 BC)—
Ancient Greece city-states (c. 800–146 BC)—
Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD)—
Byzantine Empire (330–1453 AD)—
Mayan Civilization (c. 2000 BC–1500 AD)—
Aztec Empire (c. 1300–1521 AD)—
Inca Empire (c. 1438–1533 AD)—
Olmec Civilization (c. 1500–400 BC)—
Zapotec Civilization (c. 700 BC–700 AD)—
Toltec Empire (c. 900–1150 AD)—
Teotihuacan civilization (c. 100 BC–550 AD)—
Mississippian Culture (c. 800–1600 AD)—
Ancestral Puebloans / Anasazi (c. 1–1300 AD)—
Cahokia (c. 600–1400 AD)—
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) civilization (c. 300–1722 AD)—
Göbekli Tepe culture (c. 9600–8200 BC)—
Çatalhöyük (c. 7500–5700 BC)—
Ancient Nubia / Kush (c. 2500–350 AD)—
Axum / Aksumite Empire (c. 100–940 AD)—
Zimbabwe civilization / Great Zimbabwe (c. 1100–1450 AD)—
Ghana Empire (c. 300–1200 AD)—
Mali Empire (c. 1235–1600 AD)—
Songhai Empire (c. 1464–1591 AD)—
Maurya Empire (c. 322–185 BC)—
Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 AD)—
Harappan Culture (c. 3300–1300 BC)—
Khmer Empire (c. 802–1431 AD)—
Majapahit Empire (c. 1293–1527 AD)—
Srivijaya Empire (c. 650–1025 AD)—
Tang Dynasty (618–907 AD)—
Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD)—
Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD)—
Mongol Empire (1206–1368 AD)—
Viking Age Scandinavia (c. 793–1066 AD)—
Anglo-Saxon England (c. 449–1066 AD)—
Carolingian Empire (c. 800–888 AD)—
Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258 AD)—
Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 AD)—