Ancient Places and Civilizations
Ancient Places and Civilizations
Alexander the Great and the Greek Empire
Anglo-Saxon Art: To see what the British Museum
describes as one of its "greatest artistic treasures," click on "national
treasure" and, especially, "turn its pages" in the second-to-last
paragraph.
Arthur, King of the Britons, and his Knights of the
Round Table
Attila and the Huns: Who was Attila? Who were the
fifth-century Huns? How was it possible for them to create an empire extending
from the Urals (in today's Russia) to the Rhine (in today's Germany) when the
best means of transportation, at the time, was riding a horse?
Black Death: Scourge of the Middle Ages. Because the
plague was so bad and so widespread, people thought it was "the end of the
world."
Cuneiform: Writing of the ancient world is deciphered
in the 19th century
Crucifixion: A Roman Form of Punishment
Egyptian Mummies: In the Predynastic Period, Egyptian
people were buried in sand-filled desert pits. Those natural conditions were
perfect for mummy-making. Later, using bitumen tar - called "mum" - to coat
linen strips with which they wrapped bodies, Egyptians created a mummy-making
process. Scholars believe about 70 million Egyptian mummies may have been made
over a 3000-year period.
Etruscans: Ancient people of Italy
First-Century Israel: Ruled by Rome
Ghana: The Ancient Empire: How did the ancient empire
of Ghana begin? Where was it located? Listen to the story of how early
settlements became commercial centers, growing wealthy from Saharan trade. Click
on "West Africans" in the first quote of this chapter. The audio clip is from
the BBC series The Story of Africa - as told by Africans.
Hadrian's Wall
Hammurabi: Living in the area we now know as the
Fertile Crescent, this ancient king created a code of laws which survives to
this day (in the Louvre)
Hieroglyphics: Deciphered by means of the Rosetta Stone
inscriptions
Jurassic Period: A time of dinosaurs
Navajo Nation: During the 19th century, after living in
North America for thousands of years, the Navajo people were forced to make a "long walk" from their ancestral
homelands. Many died as a result.
Neanderthals: Who were the Neanderthals? Where did they
live? Did they know how to make fires? Did they have a "civilization?" What did
they look like? When were they first rediscovered?
Olympics: Games of the Ancient World
Pompeii: Death of a city
Roman Games: Keeping the public under control
Troy: The Story of Achilles, Hector and The
Iliad
Umbrians: Ancient people of Italy
Vikings: Sailing their ships to Britain and elsewhere,
Viking raiders looted monasteries and carried treasures back to Scandinavia.
Scholars now believe Vikings were the first Europeans to explore North America.
From their settlement in Greenland, they sailed south to Newfoundland - a place
they called "Vinland the Good." Learn the saga, follow their journey, see their
reconstructed sod homes and write with Viking Runes.
