Antiquity
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William Avery
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+ [[Late Antiquity]]
'''''Antiquity''''' may refer to:
*Generally, "[[ancient history]]," and may be used of any historical [[periodization|period]] before the [[Middle Ages]].
**More specifically it means the [[classical antiquity]] of [[Greece]] and [[Rome]].
**[[Late Antiquity]] is used of the period between classical antiquity and the Middle Ages
**It may also be used to refer to various periods of ancient history, like [[Ancient Egypt]], ancient [[Mesopotamia]] (such as, [[Assyria]], [[Babylonia]] and [[Sumer]]) or other early civilizations of the [[Near East]]. It is less commonly used in reference to civilizations of the [[Far East]].
*The term, almost always in the plural in modern usage, is also used of [[Antiquities]], or [[Artifact (archaeology)|archaeological]] or other objects surviving from ancient cultures.
*''[[Antiquity (journal)|Antiquity]]'' is a quarterly journal of archaeological research.
*''[[Antiquities (Magic: The Gathering)|Antiquities]]'' an expansion to the [[Magic: The Gathering]] collectible card game.
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