The ancient world

 Ancient means belonging to the distant past, especially to the period in history before the end of the Roman Empire. ... Ancient means very old, or having existed for a long time.

A civilization 

is a complex human society , usually made up of different cities,

with certain characteristics pf cultural and technological development. still, most anthropologists agree on some kind of urban settlement and are not nomadic.

 

A civilization word relates to the Latin word " civitas" or city .