What do the terms ''savages'' or ''barbarians'' imply in the context of contemporary understandings of civilization, and how have Indian peoples come to be described by these expressions?

On a small island 750 miles off the coast of India, one woman's death marked the end of an ancient civilization. Bao Sr was 85, as best she knew, when she died last week. She was the oldest ...

Traces of Akkadian live on in languages like Arabic and Hebrew, and the basic achievements of the Akkadian-speaking people of ancient times are directly linked to our modern civilization.

If you opened your copy of Civilization IV today and found a French-language tech tree card you will be delighted to hear that you weren't the only one, for a change - instead of returning the ...