Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Ancient Near East: Cities, Kingdoms, Languages, and Connected Worlds
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection about cities, kingdoms, languages, archives, labor, exchange, and uneven transformation across the ancient Near East from approximately 4000 to 900 BCE. The collection treats the Near East as a modern scholarly convention rather than an ancient people or identity.
- Profiles
- 14
- Time
- Approximately 4000-900 BCE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Early China: Regional Cultures, States, and Imperial Transformations
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection about archaeological communities, regional centers, states, writing, work, ritual, mobility, conquest, and imperial institutions from approximately 7000 BCE to 220 CE. Early China is a modern study frame, not the name of one timeless people, nation, culture, or identity.
- Profiles
- 18
- Time
- Approximately 7000 BCE-220 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Ancient Central Asia and Inner Eurasia: Oases, Steppe Societies, and Connected Worlds
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection about farming settlements, pastoral and mobile communities, oasis cities, political formations, labor, exchange, conflict, religion, and imperial change from approximately 3700 BCE to 900 CE. Central Asia and Inner Eurasia were never one people, race, nation, language, culture, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 18
- Time
- Approximately 3700 BCE-900 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Early South Asia: Communities, Cities, States, and Connected Worlds
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection about early farming communities, Indus cities, Iron Age and early historic settlements, states, monastic institutions, labor, writing, belief, and mobility from approximately 7000 BCE to 700 CE. Early South Asia was never one people, race, nation, language, religion, caste, culture, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 18
- Time
- Approximately 7000 BCE-700 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of Northeast Asia: Korean Peninsula, Japanese Archipelago, and Connected Seas
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection spanning approximately 13,000 BCE through 1000 CE across the Korean Peninsula, Japanese Archipelago, Lower Amur, Primorye, Hokkaido, and connected maritime worlds. Northeast Asia is a modern geographic frame, not one people, race, nation, language, culture, civilization, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 13,000 BCE-1000 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of the Caucasus: Highlands, Lowlands, and Connected Worlds
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection spanning approximately 1.85 million years ago through 700 CE across the Caucasus highlands, Black Sea and Caspian corridors, and neighboring lowlands. The Caucasus is a changing geographic frame, not one people, race, nation, language, culture, civilization, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 1.85 million years ago-700 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of Arabia and the Red Sea: Oases, Kingdoms, and Connected Shores
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection spanning approximately 210,000 years ago through 700 CE across Arabia, the Gulf, and the Red Sea. These are changing geographic frames, not one people, race, nation, language, culture, civilization, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 210,000 years ago-700 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of the Iranian Plateau and Zagros: Communities, Empires, and Connected Landscapes
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection spanning approximately 63,000 years ago through 700 CE across the Iranian Plateau and Zagros. The region was never one people, race, nation, language, culture, civilization, religion, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 63,000 years ago-700 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of Anatolia: Communities, Kingdoms, and Imperial Crossroads
Explore a selective, source-reviewed collection spanning approximately 500,000 years ago through 700 CE across Anatolia. Modern Türkiye, Anatolia, Asia Minor, archaeological classifications, languages, political formations, religions, living identities, and genetic populations require distinct evidence.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 500,000 years ago-700 CE
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Asia
Reviewed Aug 2026
Deep History of the Levant: Communities, Cities, and Imperial Crossroads
Explore twenty evidence-sensitive profiles spanning Palaeolithic caves, early settlements, coastal cities, sacred and political landscapes, desert networks, Roman provincial communities, and late-antique transformations. The Levant is used as a modern scholarly-geographic frame, never as one people, religion, nation, or genetic population.
- Profiles
- 20
- Time
- Approximately 500,000 years ago-700 CE
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